Meet Christian Rasch! His company, La Central de Cafe, receives coffee cherries daily from small producers. Christian has been sourcing coffee for us for the past 11 years. We have a great relationship in order to provide small producers with really good benefits, good pricing, and good returns.
24 Apr 2024
Our Approach to Coffee
So how do we get hold of those beautiful little beans that become your delicious go-to cup? It's simple really. We believe our coffee producers deserve the best, just as our customers do. That's why we work so hard at creating a fair and sustainable supply chain that supports our growers, their futures and the future of coffee. So every Toby's moment feels good in more ways than one.
Follow us on our journey to origin below:
Day 1 | Guatemala | Beneficio de Cafe La Concepcion
Day 4 | El Salvador | El Borbollon
Day 7 | Costa Rica | Cafe La Cumbre
Meet Minor & Nancy Jimenez, a husband and wife coffee-producing duo who started their project - Cafe La Cumbre, 10 years ago. They mainly specialise in Natural, Fully Washed & Red Honey process. Café La Cumbre is committed to introducing environmental criteria in their activities and ensuring that workers who carry out activities in the different areas of the company take these criteria into account, with the final purpose of contributing actively to the environmental conservation of our planet!
Day 8 | Costa Rica | Cafe Monte Brisas
Meet Maria Elena Castro! She's the mother of the founder of micro beneficio Monte Brisas. A family-owned business that has produced coffee on four different farms for over 40 years. Their first farm, Finca Salaca, started with varieties like Caturra, Catuai, Villasarchi, and Villalobos - eventually introducing the Geisha variety. Due to the change in their weather conditions, they've had to experiment with changing those varieties to withstand these changes. Tune in to find out more about her coffee journey!
Day 9 | Panama | Lost Origin Coffee & Altieri Specialty Coffee
Meet Franz, Head of Coffee Processing for Lost Origin Coffee. Franz has over 10 years of experience with craft brewing and has since turned to invest and focus on the world of specialty coffee. It's been a solid two years since then, and the team there are doing a killer job! We're also excited to work with Roger from Altieri for the first time - he's got some amazing coffees on offer, and we can't wait to share his coffees with you!
Day 10 | Panama | Hacienda La Esmeralda & Longboard Specialty Coffee
Meet Alex from La Esmeralda & Justin, owner of Longboard Specialty Coffee. Hacienda La Esmeralda is proud to be the true origin of the wonders of Panama Geisha. 2004 marked a spot in coffee history with the discovery of geisha coffee's beautiful attributes and diverse cup profiles on their farms. Justin's passion at Longboard is the authentic expression of terroir by cultivating Geisha coffee. Through this passion, a lifelong love of organic farming, conservation, adventure and flavour has found a way to manifest through the prism of coffee. It has become a spiritual pursuit.
Day 11 | Panama | Savage Coffees
Meet Jamison Savage, founder of Savage Coffees. At Savage Coffees, they specialize in advanced fermentation techniques, from their cultivation to the nuanced flavours of Carbonic Maceration and the depth of Anaerobic processing; they're not just redefining coffee – but they're shaping a new frontier of flavour. Join us as we visit Jamison's farm, Finca Deborah - home to the healthiest geisha trees we've ever seen!