Andrea Rubi on her farm Finda Ruland 2 in Honduras

The Village

When it comes to producing exceptional coffee, it truly takes a village. Women are a tremendously influential part of the global coffee community, making up 70% of the labor in field work and harvesting—detail-oriented roles which ultimately translate to excellence in the cup. However, women face steep challenges when it comes to equitable access to career growth, land, education, and credit, representing just 20-30% of farm ownership.

The Village is a celebration of women in coffee, composed of seasonally-rotating selections from valued relationships with female producers and cooperatives, aimed at highlighting and addressing this gender gap. According to strong research, investing in women increases the sustainability of coffee everywhere—women are more likely to reinvest their income back into their families, their coffee businesses, and their communities. And when access to decision-making and the global marketplace improves for women farmers, quality improves too.

Currently, The Village features Andrea, Angie and Brenda Rubí from Santa Barbara, Honduras

Andrea and her sisters' skill and diligence shines through this washed lot. Expect a complex balance of layered acidity and structured sweetness. Beginning with notes of deep citrus and stone fruit, flavors arc towards ripe cherry as the coffee cools, leaving us with a final, soft note of spice and caramel.

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Type

Single Origin

Roast 

Light

Origin

Santa Barbara, Honduras

Producer

Andrea, Angie and Brenda Rubí

Variety

Icatu

Elevation

1300-1700 MASL

Process

Washed
Andrea, Angie and Brenda Rubí

Andrea, Angie and Brenda Rubí

Currently, The Village comes from the Turihamwe IWCA, sweet and exceptionally clean coffee hailing from the Ngozi region of Burundi. Sourced through Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian of JNP Coffee, this coffee was produced by a small group of founding members of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) chapter in Burundi.

At first sip, the coffee presents the honeyed, ripe, stone-fruit sweetness typical of excellent, clean coffees from East Africa. But the hard work of the women of Turihamwe is increasingly apparent as the cup cools: complex and delicate flavors such as melon, orange blossom, rosewater, and vanilla unfurl and lengthen in the aftertaste.

Meet Erica Zeledón Salazar

Meet Erica Zeledón Salazar

As a product that features seasonally rotating coffees from valued relationships with female producers, we hoped to reflect the diversity of stories and perspectives as well as origins in the label artwork. To do so, we had the privilege of working with the incredible Costa Rica-based illustrator, Erica Zeledón Salazar to bring the concept to life. We were drawn to her use of vibrant colors and texture, as well as how she uses symbolic elements to connect her ideas to the natural world.

We had a chance to speak to Erica about what inspires her work, and specifically the design for The Village.

"Nature has the ability to be a source of constant creation and transmutation—in it, we can find such microscopic elements that are difficult to see with the naked eye, as well as large bodies that make you feel so small—each and every one of them essential and important in the cycles of life. At the end of the day, everything is connected and those connections are what catch my attention completely."