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Feb 13, 2024

Introducing Collective Bean: A Model for Trust and Traceability

Feb 13, 2024

Apr 12, 2022

CCS Goes to Peña Blanca

Apr 12, 2022

Jul 30, 2020

CCS North America Transparency Report: Donation to The National Black Farmers Association

Jul 30, 2020

Alex & Pepe, Origin Coffee Lab. Jaen, Cajamarca. Peru

May 21, 2020

PERU. Origin Coffee Lab Report

May 21, 2020

Nov 13, 2019

Luis Delcid: A Flower on a Cliff

Nov 13, 2019

A familiar coffee farmer story is one of tending to your own coffee plants and being a part of a family legacy; inheriting farms from grandparents and parents who produced coffee, and then passing that knowledge on to your children.

Now, in 2019, Luis Delcid is creating his own legacy.

Nov 13, 2019

Oct 21, 2019

Coffee by Design, Pioneering in Tech: Presenting Jhonny Vidurrizaga

Oct 21, 2019

Making specialty coffee starts with a particular mindset, but ultimately it is a craft. There are particular things one needs to do. Jhonny Vidurrizaga does them all.

He is also one of our farmers pioneering the Connect.Coffee platform. Join Jhonny and sign up here today!

Oct 21, 2019

Oct 15, 2019

A Risk for a Risk: Origin Field notes from Colombia 2019

Oct 15, 2019

Our team recently visited Colombia. Here, Colleen reflects on the challenges the country faces and the grit of coffee producers from this special origin.

Oct 15, 2019

Oct 4, 2019

What to expect from our Peru Selection: Fall 2019

Oct 4, 2019

Our Peruvian findings are super clean, super clear, and transparent, yet it is the syrupy sweetness that is the overarching characteristic. Which can be a good and sufficient feature in and of itself, making for a good base in a blend. That being said, some of these lots are fantastic standalones, lush and full-bodied, eg. for espresso preparation, while others are elegant, with fruit and floral notes, unlike any other coffee we’ve tasted from this neighboring origins. Super juicy, simply unique.

Oct 4, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

CCS Now to offer coffees from Finca Deborah

Sep 30, 2019

"We're very excited to share our coffees with CCS and their audience
within global coffee community.” - Jamison Savage, Finca Deborah

Sep 30, 2019

Sep 3, 2019

CCS and Peru 2019 : Words from Robert W.

Sep 3, 2019

This year’s harvest, in the regions of Cajamarca, where we found our treasures last year, has been shorter because of a uniform cherry maturation. This means that most of the representative lots can be assessed at the same time and our first rounds of cuppings were held at OCL in Jaen a couple of weeks ago. We will continue assessing offer samples in the coming days and then returning to Peru for conclusive cuppings and more farmer conversations — September 8th to 11th.

Sep 3, 2019