On my visit to Antigua, I went on a coffee cupping tour at Finca Filadelfia, a family run coffee plantation and roastery. It was a lot of fun! I’ve done a fair amount of… more
Tales from Tecpán – by Amy Yeung in Guatemala
It’s been almost one week here in Tecpán. One week of emotional highs and lows. Tecpán is a small village town about 90 minutes from Guatemala City. It has a population of about 10,000… more
Ethical Bean Coffee in the Wall Street Journal
Target: Customers on the Go - Wall Street Journal 'Quick response' codes aim to take advantage of the book in smartphones With cafes on nearly every corner in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ethical Bean Coffee Co. needed… more
Bolivian Coffee? – By Aaron De Lazzer
Do they even grow coffee in Bolivia? Beautiful coffee in fact. Mostly in areas surrounding Caranavi, in the Yungas region - the same place that Bolivian coffee farmer Mario Condori comes from. Yesterday Ethical Bean had… more
The End of a Decade – by Amy Yeung in Guatemala
As I was packing for my trip to Guatemala, I realized that my adventures of moving and traveling all began exactly 10 years ago. In September of 2001, I moved to Kingston, Ontario to… more
Ethical Bean Coffee helps make UBC Canada's First Fairtrade Campus!
Ethical Bean Coffee is extremely proud to be associated with Canada's first Fairtrade campus. We supply the University of British Columbia, fairtrade certified, organic coffee and doughnuts to many of the cafeterias and food… more
Ethical Bean Coffee donates $30,000 to help Guatemalan children
Ethical Bean Coffee is pleased to announce that it will be contributing $10,000 to Child Aid’s FUNDIT program, and $20,000 to Project Somos. Each December Ethical Bean donates partial proceeds from every bag of coffee purchased to these two… more
Coffee’s Perfect Storm
You may be seeing some changes to the price of your coffee in the next few months and the reasons for it are well beyond inflation. President and CEO Lloyd Bernhardt sat down to… more