Tiny Footprint Organic Nicaragua Segovia Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee

The world's first carbon-negative coffee, Tiny Footprint Coffee, is the result of a unique collaboration between Roastery 7, an artisan coffee roastery, and the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization. This partnership has created the ultimate combination of good karma.

So, how is Tiny Footprint Coffee carbon-negative? It's simple - it takes 4 lbs. of CO2 to produce and distribute 1 lb. of their coffee. However, for every pound sold, they donate a portion of the proceeds to fund reforestation in Ecuador's Mindo cloud forest. Over time, these trees will remove 54 lbs. of CO2 from the atmosphere, effectively removing more CO2 than is emitted.

Tiny Footprint Coffee's reforestation efforts in the Northwestern Andes of Ecuador help to plant native tree species throughout the Mindo Cloud Forest region, areas that have been heavily deforested. These trees not only sequester massive amounts of carbon from the air, but also provide habitat to hundreds of local bird species, reinforce soil conservation techniques, and rebuild water tables. The Mindo Cloudforest Foundation works directly with local landowners to provide jobs related to the care and redevelopment of the cloud forest.

Making great coffee takes time, effort, and passion. At Tiny Footprint Coffee, they pour endless hours into sourcing the finest, sustainably-grown Arabica coffee beans from around the world. These beans are not only shade-grown, but also organic certified, and most often fair-trade or Rain Forest Alliance certified. They also purchase coffee from small, family-owned farms that are not fair-trade eligible, yet grow some of the most beautiful, best-tasting coffees on the planet. All of the roasting and training is done at their roastery in Minneapolis, MN, where they are working hard to make the entire roastery carbon-negative – from fully bio-degradable coffee bags, high-efficiency lighting and fuel-efficient ribbon burners on their roaster, to composting coffee grounds and reducing waste around the shop.

Tiny Footprint Coffee's ORGANIC COFFEE BEANS are USDA Organic, Fair Trade, and Shade-Grown Arabica. The FLAVOR PROFILE is sultry, bold dark roast tones with notes of chocolate, leaving traditional Nicaraguan flavors of bright apricot, fig, and spice. The FAIR TRADE & SINGLE ORIGIN coffee is from PRODECOOP, which uses its proceeds to bring improved living standards to its growing membership and fund programs in medical care, education, and environmental sustainability. The coffee is SMALL BATCH ROASTED, craft-roasted in their vintage 90 kilo German-built Probat drum roaster retrofitted with modern fuel-efficient ribbon burners, delivering perfectly roasted coffee every time.

product information: