coffee sourcing

Alakef Coffee Roasters, established in 1990 and based in Duluth, Minnesota, sources, crafts, and custom roasts coffee beans. The name Alakef is a Hebrew slang term meaning "hits the spot" or "the best." The company offers coffee, tea, equipment, and a coffee club, and donates a portion of every bag sold back to the community through its Alakef Gives program.

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Collaborative Origins Imports sources coffee from producers in Guatemala, working directly at the farm level to create collaborative relationships between producers and roasters. The company focuses on relational, direct, transparent, and honorable sourcing, and provides an annual Price Transparency Report. It was previously known as Yepocapa Coffee, co-founded by Ryan and Abdiel.

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DRINK COFFEE DO STUFF is a specialty coffee company founded by Nick Visconti, with roots in the Swiss Alps in 2012, now headquartered in Lake Tahoe. It sources high-elevation green coffees and roasts them at 6,000ft, aiming to maximize sweetness and reveal origin character. Since its 2017 launch it has opened three brick-and-mortar coffee shops around Tahoe plus in-store grocery cafes, and distributes blends in California and Nevada grocery stores.

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