The House Blend Compassion Subscription which changes seasonally is currently: Nicaragua, Jinotega and Honduras, Finca Terrerito This month's coffee for the Roaster's Choice Compassion Subscription is a blend of: Honduras, San Sebastian and Rwanda, Gasharu (Sisterhood Blend) In the Roaster's Choice coffee this month, we taste notes of floral, ginger and vanilla! March is designated as Women's History Month, with March 8 being International Women's Day. With this in mind, we chose to highlight our two single origin coffees that support women owned cooperatives or farms. Women contribute significantly to the global coffee sector. Between 20-30% of coffee farms are female-operated and up to 70% of labor in coffee production is provided by women, depending on the region. However, women have much lower access to resources, such...
The House Blend Compassion Subscription which changes seasonally is currently: Nicaragua, Jinotega and Honduras, Finca Terrerito This month's coffee for the Roaster's Choice Compassion Subscription is El Salvador, Mapache Estate In the Roaster's Choice coffee this month, we taste notes of apple juice, plum and cocoa nibs. Compassion International has been present and active in El Salvador for 43 years and have served over 67,000 children. The country of El Salvador has been recovering from a 12 year civil war that mostly took place in the 1980's. Nutrition and education has been a focus of Compassions work, as the poverty level is far reaching. At Compassion centers, children are given educational assistance designed to keep them engaged in school to help foster a desire to keep going. Older...
With Human Trafficking Awareness Month rounding out, we wanted to make an effort to shine some more light on this horrific crime and what you can do to help raise awareness and educate yourself. Trafficking is a problem that all of us at Three Tree Coffee Roasters are passionate about addressing. SOME FACTS... Today there are between 21-30 million people enslaved in the world. That more than any time in history. Although this is a global issue, it also hits close to home. In 2021 alone, 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported to the US National Human Trafficking Hotline involving 14,554 individual victims. Shocking as these numbers are, they are likely only a fraction of the actual problem. CHANGE...
The House Blend Compassion Subscription which changes seasonally is currently: Nicaragua, Jinotega and Honduras, Finca Terrerito This month's coffee for the Roaster's Choice Compassion Subscription is Ethiopia, Anderacha (Natural Process) In the Roaster's Choice coffee this month, we taste notes of cherry wine, blackberry and honeysuckle! A few months ago, our Roaster's Choice coffee was an Ethiopia, Anderacha as well! That particular coffee was processed using a traditional washing method, whereas this months Anderacha is processed using a Natural method, which is the oldest processing method for coffee. While the washed coffees have their fruit (or the cherry on the outside of the bean) removed relatively quickly after harvesting, Natural process coffees are opposite. The cherry is dried around the bean before being husked off. This process usually...
*Current subscribers, welcome to our new method for delivering valuable content to you regarding your Compassion Subscription. Each month through these blog posts, we'll provide you information on the coffee you received in your subscription, including where it came from and what we are tasting. We will also provide you impact stories so you know what your purchase is supporting. Some months, these impact stories will focus on Compassion projects like the stories you have read through the past monthly inserts. Some months, we will instead give insight into how this coffee is impacting farming communities or how our organization is Ending Human Trafficking. The hope is that you can see the impact your purchase is having both through Compassion International and beyond the 20%...
