Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Chocolate, Brown Sugar

This lovely Guatemalan coffee is grown by the farmers of Asociacion Chajulense, a coffee cooperative located in the municipality of San Gaspar Chajul in the Ixil region of Guatemala. The cooperative was founded in the middle of Guatemala’s brutal armed conflict to provide the people of Chajul with an economic resource to support their community. Coffee Exchange co-owner Bill Fishbein has dedicated the work of his non-profit, The Coffee Trust, to working with the community of San Gaspar Chajul and the non-profit has concentrated its sustainability efforts on education, healthcare, food security, economic development and capacity building. 

In 2014, when La Roya (the coffee “rust” fungus) devastated the Chajulense coffee crop, The Coffee Trust found itself needing to shift gears from promoting general sustainability, to finding very specific solutions to coffee farmers’ capacity to survive the pending devastation (Chajul lost 75% of its crop in 2014). Through the implementation of organic farming practices and the use of Effective Microorganisms (EMs)--which starved La Roya in the soil and killed it on the coffee plants’ leaves--Asociacion Chajulense was able to recover a majority of its lost production by 2019, with what is universally regarded as higher quality coffee. And now during the pandemic, when farmers are locked down and food is scarce, The Coffee Trust has assisted Chajulense coffee farmers with funds to create a new well (the old one was polluted) and providing corn.

Coffee Exchange has been a longtime supporter of The Coffee Trust and Asociacion Chajulense. Through fundraisers, including its now famous New Year’s Day 1st Cup fundraiser, the Coffee Exchange has raised tens of thousands of dollars to support The Coffee Trust, and where Coffee Exchange customers and staff managed a fundraiser to purchase the coffee farmers of Chajul with their own coffee roaster so they can roast coffee for their own local customers,  and raised over $25,000 specifically for the Roya Recovery Project.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Dark Chocolate, Walnut, Round and Smooth

The Pangoa Cooperative, in the highlands of the western Amazon near the Brazilian border, not only harvests incredible coffee; they have also established a variety of programs to support their members. The Pangoa cooperative encourages ecotourism projects to help supplement farmer’s incomes, developed an educational fund program to loan members money to send their children to university, and additionally created a health services fund to assist members with their medical needs. Starting with only 50 farmers in 1977, the group went through very difficult times when the Shining Path militant group swept through the area driving away many of the region's farmers during the late 80s. Since that time the group has rebuilt and now delivers high quality, fair-trade organic coffee to market.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Roasted Hazelnut, Smokey, Milky Body, Caramel

Flavor Notes: Green Apple, Dark Caramel 

A barista favorite at The Coffee Exchange and consistent winner of cupping competitions, Fondo Paez is one of our most popular offerings. Cultivated by the largest indigenous group of coffee farmers in Colombia, the Paez (meaning the people), this lot is harvested in the remote, southwest highlands of the Department of Cauca. Uniquely developed by Colombians to be disease resistant against La Roya, this coffee is partly of the Castillo varietal. 

Fair Trade / Organic

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Milk Chocolate, Malt, Hint of Citrus

The Cafe Organico Marcala (COMSA) Cooperative was founded in 2001 with a vision of creating new and alternative development opportunities for small-scale coffee farmers in the region of Marcala, Honduras.  The organization originally brought together 69 small-scale farmers of Lenca origin who were interested in selling their coffee collectively under the umbrella of a rural credit union.  Today, COMSA is 1200 members strong.  The collective demonstrates effective, regenerative organic practices that are both improving productivity and protecting plants from common diseases driven by individual farmers who experiment with their own organic practices, milling, and drying areas ensuring the quality of their crops 

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Rich Dark Chocolate, Black Pepper

Available in three different roast profiles. The Full City Roast is a full bodied coffee, with notes of milk chocolate, and malt, that is just a little bit citrusy. The French Roast has a round body with darker chocolate notes, and a hint of black pepper. Then for those who want to go one step darker, we also offer this coffee as an Espresso Roast, the darkest in our dark roast repertoire. Very dark, tarry, and heavy-bodied. 

The Comsa Cooperative, founded in 2001, grants liberty in individual farmers to experiment with their own organic practices, milling, and drying areas, to ensure quality control of their crops. 

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Dark Chocolate, Black Pepper, Round Body

The Cafe Organico Marcala (COMSA) Cooperative was founded in 2001 with a vision of creating new and alternative development opportunities for small-scale coffee farmers in the region of Marcala, Honduras.  The organization originally brought together 69 small-scale farmers of Lenca origin who were interested in selling their coffee collectively under the umbrella of a rural credit union.  Today, COMSA is 1200 members strong.  The collective demonstrates effective, regenerative organic practices that are both improving productivity and protecting plants from common diseases driven by individual farmers who experiment with their own organic practices, milling, and drying areas ensuring the quality of their crops. 

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Lemon, Red Fruit, Vanilla

This lovely Guatemalan coffee is grown by the farmers of Asociacion Chajulense, a coffee cooperative located in the municipality of San Gaspar Chajul in the Ixil region of Guatemala. The cooperative was founded in the middle of Guatemala’s brutal armed conflict to provide the people of Chajul with an economic resource to support their community. Coffee Exchange co-owner Bill Fishbein has dedicated the work of his non-profit, The Coffee Trust, to working with the community of San Gaspar Chajul and the non-profit has concentrated its sustainability efforts on education, healthcare, food security, economic development and capacity building. 

In 2014, when La Roya (the coffee “rust” fungus) devastated the Chajulense coffee crop, The Coffee Trust found itself needing to shift gears from promoting general sustainability, to finding very specific solutions to coffee farmers’ capacity to survive the pending devastation (Chajul lost 75% of its crop in 2014). Through the implementation of organic farming practices and the use of Effective Microorganisms (EMs)--which starved La Roya in the soil and killed it on the coffee plants’ leaves--Asociacion Chajulense was able to recover a majority of its lost production by 2019, with what is universally regarded as higher quality coffee. And now during the pandemic, when farmers are locked down and food is scarce, The Coffee Trust has assisted Chajulense coffee farmers with funds to create a new well (the old one was polluted) and providing corn.

Coffee Exchange has been a longtime supporter of The Coffee Trust and Asociacion Chajulense. Through fundraisers, including its now famous New Year’s Day 1st Cup fundraiser, the Coffee Exchange has raised tens of thousands of dollars to support The Coffee Trust, and where Coffee Exchange customers and staff managed a fundraiser to purchase the coffee farmers of Chajul with their own coffee roaster so they can roast coffee for their own local customers,  and raised over $25,000 specifically for the Roya Recovery Project.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Honey, Malt, Sweet Blackberry

A few years ago the growers of the Comsa Growers Cooperative started to experiment with preparing part of their overall crop as a Honey Processed coffee. With practice, comes excellence. The Coffee Exchange has offered this coffee in the past and this year’s crop is better than ever. Please join us in supporting the growers of the Marcala region in Honduras by enjoying this wonderful cup of coffee.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Full Bodied, Smoky

Mountain Water Process

Coffee Exchange decaf coffees have been decaffeinated by an all water process which uses no chemicals. Green beans are soaked in water, separating the caffeine and flavor elements from the coffee bean. After filtering through activated charcoal, the beans are returned to the filtered hot water, where the flavor elements are reabsorbed by the coffee.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Peach, Cocoa, Winey

In our ongoing effort to bring our customers women’s coffee projects, Coffee Exchange is reintroducing our Nicaragua Las Diosas. Dedicated to more than just growing coffee, La Central Cooperativa Las Diosas (The Goddesses) is a dynamic network of community based cooperatives run by women and supporting true development and respect for women’s rights. The cooperative is located east of Managua in the department of Estelí where much of the land is devoted to tobacco production and largely controlled by male producers. Las Diosas consists of four smaller cooperatives, each managed by its own Directiva (female Board of Directors). Fiercely independent and determined to succeed in the coffee industry, the 250-member cooperative has made much progress since their founding in 1996, both in terms of sustainable commercial relations for their coffee sales as well as the promotion of issues such as women’s education, housing and health.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Round, Full-Bodied, Nutty

Mountain Water Process

Coffee Exchange decaf coffees have been decaffeinated by an all water process which uses no chemicals. Green beans are soaked in water, separating the caffeine and flavor elements from the coffee bean. After filtering through activated charcoal, the beans are returned to the filtered hot water, where the flavor elements are reabsorbed by the coffee.

Fair Trade / Organic

Flavor Notes: Smooth, Velvety, Dark Chocolate

This Swiss Water Process decaf is our first Decaf Limited Offering. From the Sierra Mountain region, harvested from December to April, washed and sun dried, this coffee is a velvety, full-bodied departure from the harsh French Roasts, typical of a decaffeinated coffee.