SOPACDI is an organization made up of 5,600 coffee farmers, roughly 20 percent of whom are women, located near Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Members represent several different ethnic groups and they are all smallholder farmers (with fewer than 2 hectares of farmland on average) who deliver ripe coffee cherry to SOPACDI through the organization’s 10 collection subgroups. Joachim Munganga, a farmer himself, founded SOPACDI in 2003 by restoring a washing station in the area, providing service and market access to growers living in these extremely remote highlands. Before SOPACDI, farmers had no means to transport coffee to the markets and instead were forced to simply barter their coffee locally for food, clothing, and necessities.

Birambo Village

JBC Coffee Roasters is a family-owned roastery located in vibrant Madison, Wisconsin. Our vision is simple: let the coffee lead the way. Whether trekking up precarious mountain roads in a pick-up truck or slurping and sniffing our way to amazing coffee in the cupping lab, it is always in the endless pursuit of finding the best and most unique coffees available. Cheers.

Birambo Village

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Birambo Village