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Most Peru Roads Re-Opened Post Political Upheaval, Protests

  Last week, amid a complex and jarring power shift in Peru, mass protests added fear, complexity, and unknown expense to coffee collection and logistics, especially for growers and association…

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Sourcing

Higher Base Rates, Flatter Pay Structures: How Pangoa & Ocumal Are Doing Things Different

Tailoring Payment Structures to the Needs of a Group As we’ve discussed in pretty much every one of our previous pieces about paying for coffee, different groups negotiate their pricing…

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Shipping Update

Colombia & Peru Update, August 2021

As promised, we’re coming to you today with another origin and shipment update with specific focus on the current and anticipated situation in Colombia and Peru, typically our two largest…

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Interviews

Carina & Fabian of Red Fox Sourcing Talk History & the Future in Peru, Colombia, & Mexico

As we continue working to spotlight voices from producing countries, we were excited to interview Red Fox’s own Carina Barreda and Fabian Viveros Léon in the Foxhole. Fabian and Carina…

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Interviews

Prudencio of Valle Inca, Peru on Building Trust & Community

Prudencio (Jose Prudencio Saenz Vargas) is the widely respected leader of Valle Inca in Cusco, Peru, one of our largest and most important relationships in the world. A Calca native,…

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Interviews

Esperanza Dionisio of Pangoa on Cooperativism, Women Leadership, & Covid-19

Photo courtesy of Mark Corpus of Reanimator. Esperanza Dionisio has a reputation that precedes her. Leader of the Pangoa cooperative in Peru’s Selva Central and the first ever woman cooperative…

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Tibed Yujra of Puno, Peru on Puno History & Launching An Association During Covid

We were lucky to get a chance to sit down with Tibed Yujra, a long-time partner in Puno, Peru, in the Foxhole for a conversation about his work in organizing…

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Sourcing

Puno, Better Than Ever

Puno coffee—if you’ve had it, you know it’s unforgettable. Puno is one of the most exclusive and renowned growing regions in all of Latin America, and while we buy all…

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Interviews

Marilu Lopez Padilla of Coopbam, Peru on Covid & Women Leadership

We were lucky to get a chance to bring Marilu Lopez Padilla, Coopbam smallholder producer and Women’s Committee leader, onto the Foxhole for a conversation about the challenges created by…

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