Cooperative Coffees is a green coffee importing cooperative, committed to building and supporting "Fair and Direct" trade relationships for the benefit of small-scale farmer families, their communities and exporting cooperatives.

Cooperative Coffees’ story began in 1997, when founder Bill Harris – inspired by his encounter with a Guatemalan coffee coop on a Habitat for Humanity delegation – decided to start up a roasting company that would import and roast fairly traded coffee beans from Central America.

At Coop Coffees we purchase 100% of our coffee at “Beyond Fair Trade” terms from highly functional, small-farmer cooperatives. We have created strong and reliable business relationships and many delightful friendships with them, since our founding 14 years ago.

Cooperative Coffees exists to import high-quality, organic green coffee from small-scale farmer organizations to build long-term relationships and foster fair and equitable trading practices.

Inspired with the idea of creating a “First-of-its-Kind Fair Trade Coffee Roaster Coop” – Bill embarks upon another road-trip. This time he scouts out the Midwest and eastern USA and identifies the seven original roaster members: Bongo Java, Cafe Campesino, Dean’s Beans, Heine Bros Coffee, Larry’s Beans, Los Armadillos (now Third ...

Canada Matt Damron came to Coop Coffees in March of 2017. As Quality Manager, he oversees the day-to-day aspects of coffee quality, collaborating with members to monitor current trends and create innovative quality solutions across the supply chain.

Just Coffee Cooperative is a worker-owned, small batch coffee roaster located in Madison, WI. We don’t follow your prototypical business model but rather, we are dedicated to creating and expanding a model of trade that’s based on transparency, equality, human dignity, and environmental sustainability.

Coffee is a commodity of crucial economic importance to more than 60 developing countries. Under current market condistions, annual revenues from coffee exports fluctuate around US$ 10 billion with retail sales of around US$ 50 billion.

Linda Burnside of Alternative Grounds joins her colleagues at the cupping table. Calibrating exercises are par for the course in order to keep our palates in sync!

Founded in 1967, the cooperative has a long history of producing some of the best coffee exported under the famed “Huehuetenango” mark. The members of Rio Azul all live no more than a 1.5 hour walk to the wet mill in Jacaltenango.