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) […]
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 […]
Beans Got Talent Specialty coffee is the industry term used to describe coffee made from the highest-quality beans on the planet. But what does it take to become a special bean? The competition is pretty fierce with less than 1% of the world’s coffee making the grade. So it’s fair to say that winning the […]