Cold brew coffee recipe with Sendero Coffee

There are now more and more social enterprise coffee brands emerging which are just fantastic as their aim is to correct many of the challenges facing coffee production at the moment.

Whether it be global supply shortages, adverse weather, aggressive pricing or labour conditions there are many areas for improvement within the supply chain which these social enterprises are looking to make better. 

Given the current situation, we are all getting our coffee fix at home, or if lucky from our local café, but however you source your brew, we want to help give you the lo(ck)down on some of the social enterprise coffee brands which are doing their part!

We’ve teamed up with Sendero Coffee to chat all things coffee, from why they got started to certifications and to an amazing recipe for cold brew coffee at home. 

Sendero explores remote coffee growing regions and works with local families and cooperatives directly sourcing outstanding Arabica coffee beans. Their coffees are handpicked and roasted in small batches for an exquisite taste and aroma in every cup.

Their coffee is available in loose format (ground or beans) or in their handy Nespresso compatible capsules which are biodegradable and break down within 6 months. 

Coffee became a passion. We were keen to explore coffee growing regions, and promote coffee from countries that are less known for Arabica specialty coffee, such as Uganda. 

 

We spent two months in South America, mostly in Ecuador, visiting smallholder farmers, working with a local coffee cooperative and learning more about coffee processing. We also learnt about crop cultivation and organic farming, and some of the hardships, for instance low coffee prices and lower production levels due to extreme weather conditions.

 

Our sourcing trip to Uganda in 2016 made the difficult circumstances in the coffee industry more obvious, and we started to support Ugandan coffee farmers by bringing their specialty grade coffee to Europe, where we supply green beans to several roasters, and we offer freshly roasted coffee in our two London coffeeshops.

 

Sustainable, community focused

 

We are offering specialty coffee from Uganda, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. 

 

Sendero Specialty Coffee ensures sustainable farming practices and harmony of eco-systems due to small scale coffee production. We offer above Fair Trade prices to farmers, and incentivise to strive for enhanced quality and sustainable labour. Sustainably sourced coffee improves smallholder farmers livelihoods and re-investment into local, rural communities.

 

The Sendero Guatemala filter coffee works very well for this cold brew recipe so get over to Social Supermarket and grab yourself some!