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The space we call home. A collective of our shared ideas, visions and accomplishments. Travel on our journey through the coffee fields of member owners to our cafés and beyond. This is where we can share our joys, our struggles, our ideas and passion for what we do each and everyday working for coffee farmers.
New Look. Same Mission.
At Pachamama Coffee, we work for coffee farmers. For over 20 years, we have been in the pursuit of doing better business in better ways to create a sustainable and...
News
Cooperative Grocer feature: How We Built Pachamama Coffee Cooperative
Allison Hermes, from Cooperative Grocer magazine, sat down with our CEO and co-founder, Thaleon Tremain, for an interview that touched on Pachamama Coffee Cooperative’s unique origin story;...
"Pachamama is One of the Most Sustainable Coffee Roasters" - Civil Eats
It’s an honor to be named one of the Ten of the Most Sustainable Coffee Businesses in the United States by Civil Eats! Read the...
Organic, Shade Grown Coffee in Nicaragua
Description: Tour the small-scale organic coffee farm owned by Heriberto Alteminaro and his family in Nicaragua. Organic production on the farm is not only good for...
Adelante. Raul Del Aguila And Pachamama
Building A Farmer Owned Coffee Cooperative I first met Raúl in Costa Rica. He was a genuine, humble man with a great passion for life....
Pourover Coffee with Sofia Vanegas
How do you brew your coffee every morning? Pour-over, french press, standard coffee machine? It’s probably quite different than how Sofia Vanegas, small-scale coffee farmer in...
Raúl Del Águila Hidalgo, Nuestro Compadre
We are extremely sad to report that Sr. Raúl Del Águila, the general manager of the COCLA cooperative in Quillabamba, Peru, has passed away on February 13,...
COCLA Co-op of Peru
The COCLA Cooperative of Quillabamba, Peru, is a leading Farmer-Owned and Fair Trade organization owned and governed by more than 8,000 small-scale family farmers. COCLA, a...
Prodecoop’s Youth Education Program “Estudiando Con Café” Excels In Nicaragua.
Pachamama Coffee Co-op’s founding member PRODECOOP in Nicaragua provides its farmers with social benefits, as documented in this short film produced by PRODECOOP.
Video: Tour the COCLA Cooperative of Peru
At Pachamama, the farmers own the company. This means better coffee for you, more money for farmers and a healthier environment for all. And it...
Interview with Raúl del Águila, Founding President of Pachamama
This interview was recorded in 2009 in Quillabamba, Peru by Olaf Hammelburg. Raúl del Águila is the general manager of the COCLA cooperative and the...
"Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail" by Olaf Hammelburg
“Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail” is the link between you and the people who produced your morning coffee. This book features the acclaimed photography and...
Video: Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
This beautiful video of a traditional coffee ceremony in Ethiopia was filmed by Olaf Hammelburg for TraceableCoffee.org, a project of Pachamama Coffee Cooperative and the Oromia Coffee Farmers...
Video: Tadesse Meskela Discusses the Value of Farmer Ownership
Thanks to Olaf Hammelburg of Connecting Worlds for his fine work in Ethiopia, documenting the production of organic coffee at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union...