Celebrate Women in Coffee
THE FUTURE OF COFFEE FARMING IS FEMALE
By shining a spotlight on women-grown coffees, we celebrate and recognize the many contributions of women to the world of coffee and support the empowerment of women across the globe.
Coffee production is a labor-intensive practice. From planting, to caring for the trees, to picking, and hand sorting individual beans, it takes many hours and much attention to bring coffee from the tree to your cup. Almost without exception, it is women who take on these tasks, and despite this they are rarely credited or permitted ownership of the work that they do.
- Doug Welsh, Peet's VP of Coffee and Roastmaster
GREAT CUPS LEAD TO BETTER FUTURES
In 2019, Peet’s started the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship in Huila, Colombia with the help of our friends and partners at Sustainable Harvest, the Universidad EAN, and the Coocentral Cooperative. Each year, 100+ women coffee growers in Garzòn, Colombia expand their skills through business training, enabling their future through income diversification, so they can continue to grow their lives along with their beautiful coffee. Diversifying their income improves their financial resiliency, which leads to healthier lives, children, and communities, and enables women to continue farming exceptional coffee for us—and you.
Graduate of the program, Lucia Alvarez, has been an example of women helping other women, opening her farm to other women within her community to help educate and share information about farming, technology, and business entrepreneurship.
In Honor of Women's History Month
This year we are proud to offer 100% women-grown coffees from around the globe.
Anniversary Blend 2022
Plum and red fruit, fine chocolate, velvety finish
For every pound we sell, we give $1—up to $50,000—to the Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship in Colombia. With every cup you savor, you give back to the women growers at origin. Supporting the women of Coocentral Cooperative means supporting the entire region. We can drink to that.
Las Hermanas
Milk chocolate with a creamy body and lingering finish
The members of Las Hermanas, a cooperative nestled in the coffee-conducive highlands of Jinotega, Nicaragua, understand the inextricable link between coffee quality and quality of life. We’ve been working with them for 18 years, walking their path from subsistence to sustainability.