The Motley gets all of our coffee from Klatch Roasting, a roasting company based in Upland CA. Klatch Roasting prides itself in selling top of the line coffee from all over the world. Named Roaster of the Year for 2009 by Roast Magazine, Klatch Roasting provides us with excellent coffee and continuous support in barista training and coffee expertise. We buy a variety of Fair Trade Organic (FTO) coffees along with direct trade coffees from them.
· Café Femenino is a FTO coffee harvested in Guatemala by a co-op that is run by women. The cooperative is working to support the empowerment of women by providing jobs and training in coffee production and improvement of quality. It was awarded the 2003 Ecological Merit Award for efforts to protect endangered species.
· Blue Thunder is a blend of French Roast and Sumatra Blue Lintong. The beans are harvested in different regions and then roasted locally at the Upland Roastery. The Blue Thunder blend makes a strong, rich cup of coffee with smokey, sweet tones.
· Las Mercedes is a direct trade coffee from El Salvador that is also Rainforest Alliance certified. As part of the direct trade contract that Klatch Roasting has with Las Mercedes, 25 cents of every pound are given back to the community in the Cerro el Tigre region to support health, education, environmental programs. In Fall 2009 Lucia Ortiz, one of the farmers at Las Mercedes, came to the Motley to give a talk on the process that goes in to harvesting coffee beans. During her visit, Lucia shared pictures of all of the community projects that the Las Mercedes farm is currently supporting along with the efforts to provide jobs and training for El Salvadorian women.
· Regular and Decaf Espresso is harvested at a variety of farms around the world all of which are fair trade organic.
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It's nice to know that the key entities in the coffee industry are continuing to empower the hardworking farmers. In return for vigilant efforts to improve their quality of life, coffee farmers provide wholesale coffee suppliers with high-quality beans.
A wholesale coffee distributor should always uphold its social and environmental responsibility. By supporting direct trade and free trade, wholesale coffee distributors are guaranteed to give us the perfect cups while helping out the farmers that cultivated them.
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