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Our vision is to pursue coffee perfection by creating partnerships that ensure prosperity for all people, improving the natural environment and operating efficiently to minimize our environmental impact. Photo: Waghi Valley, Papua New Guinea, by Counter Culture Coffee.
Building a sustainable business is central to Counter Culture Coffee's mission. We strive to be leaders in sustainable coffee and combine our commitment to buying high-quality coffee with respect for the natural environment.
 
Since the beginning, we have sought coffee that not only tastes good but also does good—for our local community and for all of the communities around the world where our partners grow coffee—and we continue to raise our standards as we make progress. Whether through our our Counter Culture Direct Trade Certification or our projects aimed at reducing our environmental footprint, our day-to-day decisions reflect our dedication to real environmental, social, and fiscal sustainability.
 
Our vision is to pursue coffee perfection by creating partnerships that ensure prosperity for all people, improving the natural environment and operating efficiently to minimize our environmental impact.
 
CUPS Initiative Sustainability Scorecard
Photo by Counter Culture Coffee. Photo courtesy the SPREAD Program at Michigan State University.
Sustainability Scorecard
Environmental Sustainability
Photo by Counter Culture Coffee. Photo courtesy U.S Fish & Wildlife Service.
Photo by Counter Culture Coffee. Photo by Counter Culture Coffee.
Social Sustainability
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Photo by Counter Culture Coffee. Photo by Counter Culture Coffee.
Fiscal Sustainability
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Sustainability News and Events

Our Local Communities

7-22-10

We do all of our roasting in Durham, NC, and since our founding in 1995, we have partnered with organizations and donated resources to causes and organizations that work to preserve and improve our local community.Building a sustainable business is central to Counter Culture Coffee's mission. We strive to be leaders in sustainable coffee and combine our commitment to buying high-quality coffee with respect for the natural environment.

One of the responsibilities of a sustainable business is to contribute in positive ways to our local community, as well as the communities of producer partners around the world. We do all of our roasting in Durham, NC, and since our founding in 1995, we have partnered with organizations and donated resources to causes and organizations that work to preserve and improve our local community.

Visit the Local Communities portion of the Sustainability section of our website for a recently updated list of organizations to which we have contributed resources in our communities.

Thanks,
Nathan

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FEATURED COFFEE

MAY FEATURED COFFEE
Finca El Puente
Finca El Puente
Catuai
Counter Culture Direct Trade Certified
Finca El Puente is a special coffee and truly close to our hearts. We discovered it on our very first trip to Honduras, fell in love with it then, and have been head over heels ever since. Moisés Herrera and Marysabel Caballero – the couple who run the farm – have become like family, and this year they continued the tradition of refining an already-great coffee. This harvest of Finca El Puente brings lighter purple-lavender and plum notes, black cherry, sugar cane sweetness, and toasted nut in the finish. View map.

Regularly $15.75

$14.75 (per 12 oz bag)

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