It’s true, getting to each and every coffeefarm yourself to make the agreements is not the easiest nor most efficient way. But let us tell you that it pays off, on many levels that is. Traveling through the Indonesian Coffee Islands, from Jungle to open highlands, and from outstretched valleys to rough volcanoes, we searched and found farmer communities who were willing to work together on this project. Barely having a matras, eating simple, fresh homegrown food, often without any connection to the outside world except for some lost tourist every few weeks, Indonesia and its Island people have left a great impression on our way of seeing things. Experiencing the real deal from early dawn to dust, we could not have been hosted more hospital and in better conditions than on these coffee islands and therefore the whole trip was truly authentic. Brave people, strong people, good people.

Even if you had a big plan, like us, of going fair trade and durable all the way upon arrival, by the time you would leave, you'd have a vision and true ambition of contributing the best you can to their whole village and everybody in it. Today we may say we work together directly with farmer communities at all of the islands involved while having a sustainable and customized future plan for all of them. From former to Cup, we skip the middleman, and we get a lot more out of it in every sense of the word. For more information visit here: http://www.talesofcoffee.com/