Equal Exchange Coffee,…
by CECOVASA*
Organic French Roast is Equal Exchange's best selling coffee and for good reason. Intensely dark, smoky, and full bodied, with a sustained aftertaste of bittersweet chocolate, this is a French Roast for French Roast lovers.
CECOVASA*
P6 Partner since
s.coop/cecovasa
Peru's CECOVASA holds a very special place in the hearts of workers at Equal Exchange Co-op.
Located in the VERY remote Sandia Valleys of southern Peru, the coffee farming members of CECOVASA have unique challenges getting their certified organic coffee to market. Some of these challenges are geographical (see photo above) and some are cultural -- many members speak only Quechua or Aymara, native languages of western South America.
Equal Exchange so greatly values its relationship with CECOVASA (the name is an acronym meaning "Organization of Agrarian Coffee Cooperatives of the Sandia Valleys"), that one of its most popular blends, French Roast, features CECOVASA's beans.
For a moving account of her trip to visit CECOVASA's farmers, read Phyllis Robinson's excellent article at the link above.