Our mission hasn’t always been this way. Over the years, our mission has evolved because we’ve never stopped learning new things about the complex world of coffee and adapting our business along the way. We’re incredibly proud of how we’ve embraced change and learned from our experiences and new knowledge….
Back Seed to Cup What Is Natural Coffee Have you ever seen ‘natural coffee’ on a bag and wondered what it means? 🤔🌟 Read on below to find out and learn more about it! In this traditional method, coffee cherries are dried with their fruit intact, allowing the beans to…
Women grow great coffee, but are often overlooked. They make up 70% of the workforce in coffee growing and processing, but make 40% less revenue. They have systemically lower access to resources like land, credit and information. THIS HAS TO CHANGE. The She Roars collection celebrates the women who make…
Come on along with us as we try something new – sharing our thoughts and recommendations in a simple, straightforward, (kind of?) analogue way! When we thought about putting this post together, we wanted to center and celebrate Black coffee professionals, but we didn’t want to take up too much…
Starting this week, as you get your coffees, you’ll notice that they look a little different than what you’ve been used to. For the past few months, we have been working very hard on refreshing our branding to better reflect our spirit and our values. For this, we partnered with the extremely talented Lisa…
“Overall, women earn less income, own less land, control fewer assets, have less access to credit and market information, greater difficulty obtaining inputs, and fewer training and leadership opportunities. These disparities create inefficiencies in the coffee value chain because women, who perform fundamental agricultural tasks, are not accessing the resources…
You’re invited! WHAT: A very special virtual coffee tasting WHEN: Next Saturday, February 18th at 11am – 12:30pm EST WHO: Meet Jim Ngokwey of Mighty Peace Coffee, a social impact coffee importer who has sourced one of this month’s coffees SIGN UP HERE! Linda Mugaruka, left, Chief Quality Officer and Agronomist for Mighty…
Happy Black History Month! This month, we’re celebrating the incredible accomplishments of Black Americans and those across the diaspora that built the specialty coffee industry and continue to guide it forward – from coffee farmers, to exporters and importers, to coffee roasters and baristas. As we reflected on Black History…
We recently received a few inquiries asking if we had any low acid coffees, so we decided to test the pH of our five coffee profiles using a digital pH meter! Like many things with coffee, the more we found out, the more excited we became, and the more questions…
At Driftaway, we host three types of comparative coffee tastings: Weekly Saturday tastings with the Explorer Box, 90 minute Private tastings , and Corporate tastings. For all three, we taste the coffees in the professional, or cupping style. For this method, each coffee is steeped in a mug, side by…
