Crimson Cup Donates $3,000 to Feed Children in Olopa, Guatemala Coffee Farming Community
Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) May 17, 2018 -- Columbus coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea has committed $3,000 to feed children in the remote coffee farming community of Olopa, Guatemala. Working through the Save the Children organization, the donation will ensure that 300 children receive nutritious meals each day for the coming year. The donation will lessen the need for children to work to support their families instead of attending school.
“Over the past three years, our direct trade relationship with the Olopa community and its Asociacion de Productores de Café de Olopa (Apolo) coffee co-op made us aware that child labor and childhood hunger were significant issues,” said Founder and President Greg Ubert. “We are excited to make this commitment through our Friend2Farmer program to ensure that the children of the 64 families supported by the co-op are well fed and have the opportunity to attend school instead of working.”
In 2015, Crimson Cup became the first U.S. coffee roaster to visit Olopa, a remote municipality in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala. Two years later, Crimson Cup signed a three-year purchase agreement with the Apolo co-op.
“Instability in the coffee market was leading some co-op members to consider abandoning the crop that had been their livelihood for over 80 years,” said Coffee Buyer Dave Eldridge. “Our three-year commitment to purchase coffee at above-market prices has helped give coffee growers the confidence and cash flow they need to invest in agricultural improvements and their local community.”
Despite Crimson Cup’s increased support through coffee buying, however, children in the community still needed to work in the fields to support their families. Crimson Cup’s donation will help address this problem by supporting Save the Children and its partners in establishing Comprehensive Care Centers to provide care, healthy meals and education of about 300 local children.
About Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea
Columbus, Ohio coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea is Roast magazine’s 2016 Macro Roaster of the Year. Since 1991, Crimson Cup has roasted sustainably sourced specialty and craft coffee in small batches, which it sells directly to consumers and as wholesale coffee beans. The company also teaches entrepreneurs to run successful coffee houses through its coffee franchise alternative program, which includes a coffee shop business plan. Crimson Cup coffee is available through a community of more than 350 independent coffee houses, grocers, college and universities, restaurants and food service operations across 36 states, Guam and Bangladesh, as well as the company’s own Crimson Cup Coffee Houses. To learn more, visit crimsoncup.com.
Cheryl Claypoole, Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, https://www.crimsoncup.com, +1 614-361-5023, [email protected]
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