Tiny Footprint Coffee Peru Medium Roast Ground Coffee - 16 Ounce

Tiny Footprint Coffee is the world's first carbon negative coffee, a result of a unique collaboration between Roastery 7 and the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation. One is an Artisan coffee roastery and the other a nonprofit conservation organization. Together, they have created the ultimate combination of good karma. But how is our coffee carbon negative, you ask? It's actually quite simple. It takes 4 lbs. of CO2 to produce and distribute 1 lb. of our coffee. For every pound sold, a portion of the proceeds is donated to fund reforestation in Ecuador’s Mindo cloud forest. Over time, these trees will remove 54 lbs. of CO2 from the atmosphere – more CO2 removed than emitted.

Our reforestation efforts in the Northwestern Andes of Ecuador involve planting native tree species in heavily deforested areas throughout the Mindo Cloud Forest region. These trees not only sequester massive amounts of carbon from the air, but also provide habitat to hundreds of local bird species, reinforce soil conservation techniques, and rebuild water tables. The Mindo Cloudforest Foundation works directly with local landowners to provide jobs related to the care and redevelopment of the cloud forest.

To create great coffee, we pour endless hours into sourcing the finest, sustainably-grown Arabica coffee beans from around the world. Our beans are shade-grown, organic certified, and most often fair-trade or Rain Forest Alliance certified. We also purchase coffee from small, family-owned farms that are not fair-trade eligible, yet grow some of the most beautiful, best tasting coffees on the planet. All of the roasting and training is done from our roastery in Minneapolis, MN where we're working hard to make the entire roastery carbon negative – from fully bio-degradable coffee bags, high-efficiency lighting and fuel-efficient ribbon burners on our roaster, to composting coffee grounds and reducing waste around the shop.

Our organic coffee is USDA Certified Organic, Fair Trade & Shade-Grown Arabica Coffee with a flavor profile that offers pleasing notes of soft caramel-like mouth feel, balanced by elegant citrus acidity, and a sweet, clean finish. It's also a fair trade and single origin coffee, with Cenfrocafe's investments in grower education and processing infrastructure resulting in year after year improvements in quality and consistency. Craft roasted in our vintage 90 kilo German-built Probat drum roaster retrofitted with modern fuel-efficient ribbon burners, we deliver perfectly roasted coffee every time. Tiny Footprint Coffee is truly making a positive impact on the environment, and we take pride in delivering exceptional coffee that is good for both the planet and the people.

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