News, events, coffee education and fun from all of us here at Thread Coffee Roasters.
Uganda Gumutindo From Mount Elgon, Uganda Fast Facts: Location - Mount Elgon Region Elevation - 1000-1900 meters Coffee varietal - Catimor Founded - 1998 Members - 7000 members in ten primary societies After losing its foothold in the international market in the early...
APECAFORM Fair Trade - Organic - Washed San Marcos, Guatemala Fast Facts: Location: San Marcos and Tajamulco Volcano Altitude: 1000 – 1900 meters Varietal: Arabica – Typica, Caturra, Bourbon Certifications: Organic; FLO; SPP Organization: Founded in 1992, legalized...
The Thread Coffee fairies take to the streets - and coffee shops - of Baltimore to promote coffee justice!
A member of the Thread team visited the Muungano cooperative in late May and early June of 2015. In addition to having exceptional coffee, many of this cooperatives members are working towards gender equality in their community. In Swahili, Muungano means...
Want to make your own cold brew at home that tastes as good as ours does? Give this recipe a try!
In Mexico, we continued the trip through the Mayan Highlands to visit Maya Vinic and see how they were coping with La Roya Much the same as we saw with the farmers of Yachil, the farmers of Maya Vinic have also been hit hard by La Roya. We spoke with Mariano Ortiz...
Nicaraguan • Ethiopian FORCE is an artistic effort to agitate the culture of rape and promote a culture of consent. Force’s current project, The Monument Quilt is a public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse. For this partnership Thread Coffee roasts...
Bolivian • Ethiopian • Columbian Baltimore Print Studios is a letterpress and screen printing, public-access print studio in Charm City, MD. Together with Thread Coffee, we've created this custom coffee blend which is dark and mild, with low acidity. The Printer's...
APECAFORM (Asociación de Pequeños Caficultores Orgánicos Maya-Mames) is made up of approximately 400 members in 17 communities on the slopes of the volcano Tajumulco in the Southwestern Highlands of San Marcos, Guatemala. We bring you a sweet, clean coffee with good...
Located in the Mount Elgon region of Uganda, Gumutindo was formed in 1998 after the dismantling of Uganda’s coffee industry. The cooperative is a farmed-owned business made up of ten different “primary societies” that represent over 6,000 farmers, half of which are...