Organic cultivation: coffee farmer and consumer benefit from quality together

Although many people now know that more and more coffee is being produced that respects people and the environment, the quality level of this coffee was often not good enough to compete with non-organic coffees. This has changed in recent years. Coffee was traditionally grown as a shade plant in combination with, among others, fruit trees. That method of cultivation is very good ecologically. In the 1970s, however, the large-scale 'solar coffee' came into vogue: not eco-production, but an industrial monoculture in which the coffee plant is fully exposed to the sun. The yields with this cultivation method were much higher than with traditional cultivation, but much more fertilizer and pesticides were needed for this large-scale method of cultivation. At the end of the 1980s there was increasing resistance to this method and a number of organizations (including Max Havelaar) fought for a fair price for coffee farmers in developing regions. This economic criterion has now been extended to the method of cultivation and so fair coffee has also become pure coffee.

For over 45 years, the Boot family, owners of Boot Koffie / The Golden Coffee Box, have done business directly with small coffee farmers who receive a fair price for their product through this method and are encouraged to grow for quality.

These small farmers have been working for years using the method of "shade cultivation" and also use far fewer pesticides than with the large-scale cultivation of coffee. More and more coffee farmers are now switching to organic cultivation because they see the advantages (pesticides are also very expensive). The demand for this coffee is increasing and, thanks to the efforts of the growers, the quality has also shot up in recent years.

Award winning organic coffee from Brazil

In Brazil, too, the phenomenon of pure coffee is gaining traction. And with results. This year, an organic coffee became the first to enter the prestigious Cup of Excellence coffee competition. The Brazil Fazenda Santa Terezinha is the only certified organic coffee (from no fewer than 963 entries) to have made it to the top of Brazil's prize-winning coffees. A coffee described by the judges as ripe, juicy, alive with deep undertones of blackcurrant and lots of velvet.Privileged to all award winners is that their coffee is auctioned through the Cup of Excellence coffee auction on the Internet. This way the coffee goes to the highest bidder and the proud coffee farmer gets a very good price for his product. Barend Boot also knows how to buy beautiful coffees through the Cup of Excellence coffee auctions. "Now that organic coffees of excellent quality are also being grown, it is of course fantastic to be able to offer these to our customers as well," he points out. "Consumers are increasingly demanding pure coffee and we are happy about this in all respects." In addition to the Brazilian Fazenda Santa Terezinha, available as filter and espresso coffee, we also have organic coffee from Nicaragua, Panama and Ethiopia.

Boot Koffie introduces everyone to wonderful flavors of surprising coffees from all over the world. Boot Koffie always has a wonderful international assortment of organic quality coffees in both espresso and filter roast which are sold through our web store www.bootkoffie.nl among others. Happiness through taste.