Jesus Mario Palacio’s coffee dreams came true last year when Pact customers gave his coffee the highest approval rating in the history of our company. He had been involved in the production of Colombian coffee as man and boy; living through some dark days when his part of the country (the Antioquia region around Medellin) […]
If you’re looking for Stephen Gray, check the Grindhouse, where he can be seen meticulously roasting a batch of beans. Or maybe head to the kitchen where his daily quality controlling of our coffee is taking place. If it’s Wednesday morning, he might even be leading our internal coffee class; teaching us the key to […]
Making coffee a force for good means changing millions of lives for the better. To make sure that we have as much positive impact as possible at origin, we developed our unique Three Phase Program. We address the varying challenges of each farm individually, as every plantation differs in climate, growing techniques and production. We don’t […]
Talent Spotting One of the great joys of my role as Head of Coffee at Pact is seeing first hand the difference we can make to the lives of our farming partners. Particularly when we’ve spotted a potential coffee growing star of the future. Last spring, I was very excited to return to the Cangual […]
The second coffee in our Micro-Lot plan has arrived! In April I was invited to San Salvador to judge the National Quality competition, an event organised by the specialty coffee board of El Salvador which recognises and rewards the best coffee produced in the country each year. To win this contest is the ultimate ambition […]