La Terza

April is, without question, the embodiment of Spring. At the start of Spring, we all shed our Winter husks as the sun pops out and our senses are awoken by the explosion of life in every tree, backyard and even cityscape. Amidst the hustle and bustle of Springtime we all Read more…

Women have always played a major role in coffee farming and production throughout history and across the globe. Despite making up a vast sector of coffee production most women are confined to sorting jobs and have been notably excluded from decision making, propagation, property ownership and of course, equal wages.  Read more…

Coffee’s Roots Like most everyday commodities we enjoy, coffee has its roots deep in a history of violence and enslavement. We have since come a long way, with certifications like Fair Trade, upswings in minority coffee land ownership, and protective agencies overseeing the industry. Still, coffee remains a prevalent part Read more…

Women don’t just spend time drinking coffee, they spend time cultivating, producing, selling, importing and roasting coffee as well! Why is this news? Like most industries women make up a vast percentage of the consumer as well as laborer to produce coffee but are often undercompensated, under represented and often Read more…

Navigating the coffee aisle at your local grocer is never easy. A hundred bags sit staring at you with labels sporting words like “naturally processed,” “ fair trade organic,”  or “Cultivar”. If you are lucky your local cafe will be able to decode coffee bag language for you before you Read more…