I worked in the coffee industry for a decade and it was always a pleasure to serve this coffee.
It is bold without being bitter and holds up especially well as an espresso or cold brew. I served it alongside higher end third wave coffees here in NYC and it was comparable in quality and flavor. For roughly the same price as buying coffee in the US, you can get coffee that directly benefits the community it comes from. Buying in bulk is especially economical, with a 5lb bag plus shipping coming out to <$15 a pound. I can not recommend it enough.
Also comrades, the rest of the site has some great items for sale as well. Check them out here!
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I've been looking for some good, non-slave labor coffee for a while now. i'll check these out
I know I already said it in the post but it’s some seriously good stuff too. I’m drinking a cup of it rn actually
Equal exchange is cheaper, cooperative, and got their start smuggling Nicaraguan coffee into the US to support the Samdanistas.
:frothingfash: Black Rifle Coffee
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:stalin-approval: Zapatistas
Schools for Chiapas is legit, folks.
Wish they had a decaf tho. I like my coffee as strong as jet fuel and this stuff packs a punch.
Decaf is revisionist
Jk obv but yes that would be nice for our caffeine free comrades
They don't wanna ship it to canada for less than $75 and I can't afford that :deeper-sadness:
I think there's a Canadian based coffee roaster that sources some of their beans from the Zapatistas, can't recall if it's also a worker owned co-op like Just Coffee or if it's run by small business tyrants. My partner is Canadian and I remember looking in to it to send her some coffee, but I can't recall what the name of the company I found is. If I find it I'll pass the link over!
If you find it I’ll link in this post for our polar comrades :maduro-salute:
If you can find some friends to split it that might be worth it, if not you can just straight up like send them a dollar for fun
Well I don't got 75 friends so maybe I will just send them a dollar after I get paid
O7 anything you can do is a valid contribution comrade. Even just sharing it with someone you know who might buy something!
I've wanted to try this for a long time now. Next time I run out I'm orderin' some for sure.
bookmark that link so the reactionary hippocampus can not stop you from buying it by refusing to save the memory to your brain
Their coffee is fantastic, I get a bag of beans from them every few months and haven't had any complaints. Usually just do drip, but I made an amazing pot of French press with it the other day and might just switch over to doing that for my morning brew.
If the schools for chiapas site run out of bags, Just Coffee Cooperative sources some of their beans from the Zapatistas and is a US based worker owned coop. They have a gift subscription option which I get for my parents once a year which they love, I get pictures every time they get a new box of coffee in the mail.
Comrade I def recommend making some cold brew with it. It slaps and I don’t even use cream/sugar in it
Also this is mad cute :ancom-heart:
Hell yes, I LOVE cold brew, I should do it with these beans.
Before I had money to spend on fancy coffee, I used to use Bustelo for everything since it was $2 at the grocery store by me. Some of the best cold brew I've had is with cheap coffee and just let it sit for a day or two in a huge mason jar.
It’s really easy to make cold brew in a French press actually. Just drop in the grounds in the morning and then tomorrow morning press and pour like a normal french press. I literally got a second French press so I can have a fresh cold brew every day and a separate press free to use if I wanted a hot coffee lol
Ratio is 5x weight of water to coffee weight
I use the mason jar more for quantity than anything! Prior to covid me and some coworkers I was friendly with would do 1-2 64 ounce mason jars of coffee a day in the office so there was plenty to go around. That's part of why I kept doing it with cheaper coffee like Bustelo 😀
Excellent. been buying from a local co-op that does single origin stuff, but this looks great.
I only drink one cup of coffee a day using a clever dripper (~18g of coffee per day). According to a rough calculation, that means it'd take me 122 days to finish a 5 lb bag. Would the coffee still be fresh after that long?
Buy beans and grind them yourself. They'll stay fresh if you keep the beans dark and somewhat cool
Ground coffee goes stale in 30 minutes. Always buy whole bean and grind it right before brewing. If you can spring for a burr grinder the results will be better.
Don't think that's good for the oils. I'll probably just order a 3lb bag once I've finish the current coffee I have
Freezing it is the best way to save it. Just make sure it’s thawed before grinding and brewing.
Towards the end it won’t be as high in quality but it definitely will be not terrible as long as you store it properly! You can also brew some as cold brew to help burn through the cache a bit faster. I’ve used it for cold brew about 100 days after I got it and it still slapped
hell yeah that rules. never made cold brew before, but that sounds like a great idea!
It’s super easy you can make it as long as you have a container and something to strain with
Hmm yeah that's looking a lot like a commoditystatecapitalismredfashbothsides
My post actually got removed on Reddit from a Gen Z anarchist sub bc it wasn’t anarchist enough :deeper-sadness:
Love this. How long does it take you to get the beans usually? Gotta figure when to order when my current set runs low!
I normally get it in 2 days after ordering, but it’s flat rate so it could be 3
Radddd! Do you find that with a 5lb bag that they stay fresh enough? I usually get through a 1lb bag in 2-3 weeks as I'm not a heavy coffee drinker
Definitely. Because the coffee is roasted pretty close to its shipping date it I’ve actually gotten it BEFORE its ideal freshness window which happens normally between 3ish days-2 weeks after roasting. (some helpful info about coffee freshness here)
I also normally brew it as espresso which makes it very obvious if it’s gone past peak freshness and it’s been fine for like a month and a half after I’ve gotten it. If you’re doing pot coffee, pour over, or French press you’ll easily be good for that long and probably a fair bit longer as well. I’ve made leftovers into cold brew three months after (properly storing it in a cool, dark, airtight container) and it tasted great still.
That's awesome, thanks for the detailed response. Looks like I'm cancelling my bougie coffee subscription service and using that money to fund some comrades instead!
Well done comrade
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It is sad I know, but they do ship to Canada for over $75 orders I believe. If you have some friends it’s definitely worth splitting a 5lb bag
The closest thing I could find in NZ is this Mexico San Fernando coffee. Do you know if that would go towards zapatista farmers at all?
