Another Cup | Azahar and Ritual Coffee Ep. 3 Covoya Coffee

July 9th, 2024

Another Cup | Azahar and Ritual Coffee Ep. 3

In this episode, Todd Mackey talks with friends from Azahar Coffee and Ritual Coffee about their work in the coffee supply chain. They discuss the Pickers Project, an initiative to recognize and support coffee pickers, and share their experiences visiting coffee farms in Colombia. The conversation highlights the importance of relationships in the coffee industry and the challenges of navigating the complex supply chain. They also express their desire to reciprocate the hospitality they received from the coffee producers. Overall, the episode emphasizes the value of collaboration.

Episode Notes

Takeaways

The Pickers Project is an initiative to recognize and support coffee pickers by ensuring they are paid a fair wage and provided with benefits.
Building strong relationships is crucial in the coffee industry, as it allows for effective communication and problem-solving.
Visiting coffee farms and engaging with producers helps create a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the supply chain.
The complexity of the coffee supply chain requires constant collaboration and finding solutions that benefit all stakeholders.
Paying more for quality coffee is essential to support sustainable and equitable practices in the industry.

Sound Bites

"The Pickers Project is a human-based initiative to recognize the labor that pickers are doing when they're working in coffee farms."
"Relationships are everything in the coffee scene. It's the secret of this whole coffee scene that we're doing and that we're seeing here in Chicago at the show."
"Creating a relationship where both your buying partner, your client, and your producing partner are having a proper business conversation, that was sick for me."

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