Here's Our Very First Holiday Gift Guide ✨
This holiday season, what's your mantra?
At Bean Voyage, our mantra is to support small and womxn-powered businesses that are doing incredible and important work. Each year, there are millions of gift options to choose from, and myriads of decisions to make. Our hope with this gift guide is to help you make a gender-equitable decision this holiday season. If you are thinking of gifting coffee to your coffee-loving friends, family members, and/or colleagues, consider the brands below who are committed to gender equity in access to education, economic opportunities, and the creation of meaningful employment opportunities for youths. These are brands that are committed to putting their $$$ in the hands of those that farm, produce, and prepare your cuppa!
All of these brands have committed to investing in the welfare of womxn and their families by paying 300% more than the c-market price for the coffee!
If you are in Europe,
Our friends at GWGC in the UK are an excellent choice for your loved ones who appreciate great design, messaging, and delicious coffee. From their Cheek To Cheek™ program, Casey and Fi are also giving 10% of the final sales back to the coffee producers. This is on top of what they already pay the producers (which is way better than the market price!) We love our friends at GWGC because they are great exemplars of those that put their $$$ where their mouths are. They currently have Monse Prado (our 2019-20 Care Traders!) on stock for you to grab... before they are all gone!
2. Torrefaction Papillons
If you are in France, and are looking to buy some specialty Womxn-Powered Coffee™, you are in luck! Meet our friend, Charlotte at Torrefaction Papillons which is a micro roastery based in Lyon, France. They source specialty coffee (85+) from female producers around the world with the mission to support the development of the local economies in farming communities!
If you are in North America,
Meet our trusty friends at De Mello! Based in Toronto, they serve some top-notch coffee for the locals and are a proud member of our Care Partnership! We have partnered with them since 2019/20 harvest and they have been serving coffees from three of our Care Trades since then under their Care Partnership Single Origin Line! Gift your friends a bag of Aracelly Robles' coffee if they are in for some cranberry, passion fruit, lavender goodness, or Arleen and Maria's for some white chocolate, green apple magic! And Jacqui and flor's coffee if you're in for vanilla and cashew nut -like flavors! Gift deliciously stylish coffee and invest in Gender Equity in Costa Rica.
2. Bean and Bean Coffee Roasters
Our friends, Rachel and Jiyoon are our favorite mother-daughter coffee duo that travels, sources, roasts and cups to serve some of the most stellar coffees for their customers! Based in NYC, they are committed to serving quality womxn-powered coffee™, and making impacts through their coffee business! In addition to supporting womxn-powered businesses, they have also partnered with The Sloth Institute to donate 1% of all online purchases go towards them. Gift this meaningful coffee to your loved ones this holiday! Plus, Monse's coffee that they serve is honey processed that bursts with juicy, fruity and chocolaty goodness! Grab them before they are gone!
3. Jacked Up Jill
We met our friends, Louanne and Jennette in 2018 in Costa Rica. They were staying at a hostel operated by one of our local partners, ASOMOBI, and we were hosting a quality control and fermentation workshop for the coffee-producing members of ASOMOBI. Fast forward a few months, they became one of our first clients outside Costa Rica! They are a Winnipeg, Canada based roaster who are committed to serving carefully selected, ethically sourced coffee! In 2019, they've had Ericka's coffee featured and served for their clients! You can be sure to get access to some delicious womxn-powered coffee on their site!
4. Emma's Torch
Our friends at Emma's Torch did it again..... They've created some of the most luscious gift sets to exist... in history! And they are collab-box of all the ethically-sourced goodies and it includes our womxn-powered and farmer-roasted coffee!! Emma's Torch is an organization whose mission is to empower refugees through culinary education. And they have partnered with social enterprises that are "doing good" - and it features Custom tote bag, Spiced Nuts, and Hawaij Hot Chocolate by Emma’s Torch, Granola by Beautiful Day, our Womxn-Powered Coffee™, Chocolate Bar by Peace by Chocolate, Dried Fruits by Jali Fruit and Hot Cereal by SoulFull Project.
If you are in Costa Rica,
Get in touch with us to get Womxn-powered AND Farmer-roasted coffee delivered to your doorstep Today!
They are ethical, delicious and are a direct way for you to invest in the provision of educations and training for womxn coffee producers and meaningful employment opportunities for the youths from coffee farming communities. We sell in individual bags, and also offer bulk prices for our corporate partners in Costa Rica. Exclusive for Costa Rica for now.
beanvoyage.org/shop-roasted for more information!
