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We continually investigate our operations in the United States so that we, too, keep improving our business and reducing our environmental footprint. Photo: Durham, NC, by Counter Culture Coffee.We purchase shade-grown, certified organic, and sustainably produced coffee. We also cultivate and maintain close, personal relationships with coffee farmers, but real environmental sustainability doesn't end with the coffee we buy. We hold our grower partners and their farms to high standards and we know that we must set high standards for ourselves, too. We continually investigate our operations in the United States so that we, too, keep improving our business and reducing our environmental footprint.

Some examples of projects that we have undertaken in the past year:

The first of our three goals in the CUPS program for 2015 is Carbon Neutrality, which commits us to offsetting 100 percent of our carbon footprint. Our inter-departmental Sustainability Committee leads our company’s efforts to reduce our consumption of energy and other natural resources: from encouraging alternative commuting to installing water-saving appliances and repurposing burlap bags. We constantly strive to act on the knowledge that doing more with less will benefit our business as well as our planet.

Read more about CUPS and our carbon footprint here.


WHAT'S NEW

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Meet Erik Diffin Erik Diffin from Production in the COFFEE PEOPLE section of our site!
 
Meet Philadelphia's Ultimo Coffee.
 
Follow us on Twitter (@counter_culture) for 140 characters of coffee information.
 
The Independent Weekly (NC) looks at fair trade and Direct Trade in coffee.
 
Spruce Street Espresso was included among the top spots for coffee in the 2011 KRUPS National Cup O' Joe Awards.
 
Counter Culture Coffee People: Meet Joe Welsh, Controller
 
The Independent Weekly (NC) offers an introduction to the current Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) coffee scene, including Café Helios, The Morning Times, Parker & Otis, and more.
 
 
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Craig LaBan surveys the Philly coffee scene one cup at a time, including Ultimo Coffee, Spruce Street Espresso, Lovers & Madmen Coffee Lounge, and Town Hall Coffee Co., among others.
 
Check out our TNT Latte Art Throwdown page for a schedule of upcoming coffee events!
 
 
Lynne Rossetto Kasper interviewed Michaele Weissman, author of "God in a Cup," on The Splendid Table.
 
 
Meet our retail partners Sorella (New York) in our COFFEE PEOPLE section.
 
Philadelphia CityPaper digs into the latte art competition scene.
 
Meet Jeff McArthur from the roasting department in our Coffee People section.
 
Meet Amalia Aguilar in our Production Department in our COFFEE PEOPLE section!
 
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Meet Tommy Gallagher, Technical Services
 
Meet Alex Brown, Customer Relations Representative, Washington, DC
 
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