Las Hermanas Social Premium Project
Since 2003, Peet’s has sourced coffee from Las Hermanas, a group of all-women farmers who are part of SOPPEXCAA, a cooperative union nestled in the highlands of Jinotega, Nicaragua. Soppexca has 640+ members—40% of them women—and is women led.
This sisterhood of women growers is dedicated to quality, equality, and community, carefully monitoring and tracking growing and processing conditions to ensure they meet Peet’s stringent quality standards.
Their unwavering focus on coffee quality has transformed them into vital economic contributors to their households, thus helping improve life for themselves, their families, and communities. In fact, our supplier scorecard for Soppexca shows that the group is outperforming the region in key indicators including reduced child labor, worker safety, no banned chemical use, erosion control and farm diversity; plus access to processing infrastructure, markets that pay quality premiums, credit and a savings accounts, and record keeping
Peet’s purchase of Las Hermanas’ Fair Trade Certified™ coffee includes a "social premium" that SOPPEXCCA directs toward a community development project of the members’ choice, further solidifying a relationship that has been sustained for close-on twenty years.
Las Hermanas by the numbers
- Established in 2003
- 220 female farmers supported
- Additional premium goes to community development
Coffees that support Peet's Las Hermanas Social Premium Project
Every pound, every cup, every sip supports women farmers at origin.
100% women-produced, Fair Trade certified, and roasted to perfection in a medium style. The cup delivers milk chocolate sweetness and satisfying, creamy texture.
Looking for some slow sipping and savoring? This medium roast blend was crafted from three Latin American coffees, for moments just like these.