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Each producer had their own reasons for seeking out the Café Delas program and all of them found the support they needed. 

Covoya is excited to announce receipt of our License from the Regenerative Organic Alliance.

“The great thing about coffee is the relationships, meeting producers and then connecting roasters you know in the U.S. to them and then seeing how that relationship can take off."

"You get to really understand someone’s business, but you also get to know people personally and ultimately it’s those relationships that keep me in coffee."

Within the coffee industry, complex and specific tasting notes are an important part of buying and selling at transaction points along the supply chain. But what about the last link in that chain? What words work for coffee drinkers?

Covoya has been part of the Papua New Guinea coffee story for many years, beginning with relationships established by our Senior Trader and Sourcing Director, Ian Kluse, over 16 years. 

When the word Quaker came into use to describe under-roasted coffee beans it happened because their color resembled the color of clothing that many Quakers were wearing at the time. 

“If a customer doesn’t leave with a good story,” he said, “we haven’t done our job.”

Above all else, a coffee trader’s job is to know stuff, a lot of stuff, while keeping both sellers and buyers happy.