The Kirindera Women’s Peace Coffee of the COOPADE Association aims to bring peace to Virunga National Park and across DRC.  By growing coffee,  the Kirindera women are employing young people and providing them with an alternative to joining the armed groups that are destabilising the region.

This absolutely delicious coffee with a gorgeous buttery (chewy) mouthfeel ticks all of the boxes.  It’s unctuous and sweet and finishes with lovely rhubarb tartness and floral aroma.

REGION: NORTH KIVU, VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK
PRODUCER: KIRINDERA WOMEN OF THE COOPADE ASSOCIATION
VARIETY: BLUE MOUNTAIN, RUMANGABO

Kirindera Women’s Peace Coffee, DRC

We are an all female coffee roastery based in the wild south-west. We source specialty coffees from female producers and those who work to support them.

Girls Who Grind Coffee

This stunning Honey Micro-lot is produced by Paola, Leida and Adriana Diaz Castillo, 3 young sisters who have been involved in coffee production their whole lives, They have named this coffee ‘Carmen Honey’ as a tribute to the Virgin of Carmen, a Saint to which the sisters’ grandparents are devoted to. 

REGION: SOCCORRO, SANTANDER 
FARM: FINCA LA ESPERANZA
PRODUCERS: PAOLA, ADRIANA, LEIDY DIAZ CASTILLO 
VARIETY: COLOMBIA, CASTILLO

Carmen Honey

Girl Crush Espresso is our current coffee crush for espresso based drinks.  Consider it our GWGC House espresso, if you like - but have no fear - it will always be a Single Origin - no blends here.

Our current Girl Crush is this perfectly balanced, sweet and smooth, washed process coffee from the incredible Boza Sisters of Finca San Antonio Amatepec.  These ladies are ambitious change-makers looking to carve a path for themselves and the next generation of coffee producers.

Tasting like a warmed apple cider doughnut with butterscotch sauce and toasted pecans, this coffee has a wonderful full body and a sweet buttery finish, the ultimate crowd-pleaser.

PRODUCER: FINCA SAN ANTONIO AMATEPEC
REGION: SAN SALVADOR
VARIETY: BOURBON

Girl Crush

Sweet and Vibey, this coffee has all the feels.  Lovely warming cocoa notes with a sweet maple and candied orange peel finish.

This is our 2nd year of supporting this gorgeous coffee produced by the amazing all-female AMACA Association, supporting their families through cultivating and producing coffee.

PRODUCER: ALL-FEMALE AMACA COOPERATIVE
REGION: EL TAMBO, CAUCA
VARIETY: CASTILLO, CATURRA

AMACA

A super-smooth, sweet and malty, easy-drinking DECAF from Maria Elena of Las Terrazas, Guatemala.

Maria Elena, a woman with two large passions in life: Coffee Cultivation and women’s rights. Maria is heavily involved in the organisation International Women’s Coffee Alliance, which works to empower women in a male-dominated industry. 

PRODUCER: Maria Elena
FARM: Las Terrazas
REGION: La Libertad, Huehuetenango
VARIETY: Bourbon / Caturra

Decaf

The Boza Sisters, El Salvador, Washed

The Boza Sisters, El Salvador, Natural

Cynthia La Rue, Nicaragua, Washed

Cynthia La Rue, Nicaragua, Black Honey

Karin Hernandez, Guatemala, Washed

Monse Prado, Costa Rica, Honey

Martha Zuniga, Colombia, Washed

Ana, Cris and Renata, Brazil, Natural

The Lady, Myanmar, Red Honey Carbonic Maceration

Juscyleia Reis, Brazil, Natural

Cooperative: Amaca Association
Region: El Tambo, Cauca,
Country: Colombia
Variety: Castillo / Caturra / Colombia

AMACA is a firm favourite with the girl gang at the roastery, where we’ve been living for the delicious natural cola, sweet black cherry and super dark chocolate flavour notes - there’s really no bad time to brew up AMACA, she always proves herself to be a welcome treat. 

About the Amaca Association...
The AMACA (Asociacion de Mujeres Productoras Agropecuarias del Cauca) is a group of all-women producers located in El Tambo, Cauca, Colombia that was formed in 1999 by 80 women from El Tambo, in Colombia’s Cauca department.

Now AMACA is 140 smallholder members STRONG with all women farm owners and heads of household.

All of the members support their families via the cultivation and production of coffee. In 2008, AMACA partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture, the governor of Cauca, and the municipality of El Tambo to increase the production and quality of coffee on 80 members’ farms.

A premium is paid to AMACA above the value of the coffee itself to support their goals and aspirations as a group. Their mantra is simple: to improve the quality of life for their members and their members’ families. These premiums can help them to accomplish these goals and in turn, support this passionate and strong-willed group of women in their love for and livelihood of quality coffee. BRING IT LADIES!

Amaca Association

The long-awaited decaf has arrived, and she's a beauty! Tasting like no other decaf you'll have ever tried, this sugarcane processed decaf is all soft and mellow, with hazelnut and almond notes balanced out by big orange and caramel vibes- decaf and delicious!


The Sugarcane process uses ethyl acetate that has been naturally derived from locally grown sugarcane, which grows in abundance in Colombia. Unlike most other processes, The Sugarcane method has the ability to retain the exceptional flavour of the coffee bean. First, the coffee is sorted and steamed for 30 minutes under low pressure in order to open the coffee seeds’ pores and prepare them for decaffeination. The coffee is placed in a solution of both water and ethyl acetate, where the E.A. will begin to bond with the salts of chlorogenic acids inside the seeds. The tank will be drained and re-filled over the course of eight hours until the caffeine is no longer detected. The seeds are steamed once more to remove the ethyl acetate traces. The coffee is then dried and polished for export.

We love this method because it’s a lot more gentle to the beans than other methods, resulting in a smooth, sweet and delicious cup that works particularly well with milk. 

Girls Who Grind Coffee

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Coffee items

Amaca Association

Ana, Cris and Renata, Brazil, Natural

Cynthia La Rue, Nicaragua, Washed

Decaf, Amaca Association, Colombia, Washed/Sugarcane EA

Juscyleia Reis, Brazil, Natural

Karin Hernandez, Guatemala, Washed

Kirindera Women’s Peace Coffee, DRC

Martha Zuniga, Colombia, Washed

The Boza Sisters, El Salvador, Washed

The Lady, Myanmar, Red Honey Carbonic Maceration

Coffee archive

AMACA

Carmen Honey

Cynthia La Rue, Nicaragua, Black Honey

Decaf

Girl Crush

Monse Prado, Costa Rica, Honey

The Boza Sisters, El Salvador, Natural