Every year we release a winter blend called FESTIVE SPIRIT, capturing the warmth and fellowship of the season. Featuring community-focused producers, this spirit of togetherness is brought to life both in and out of your cup.
This year's Christmas blend brings together two remarkable female-led coffee producers: Donas do Café in south-eastern Brazil and Rebuild Women’s Hope in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
From Brazil, we've sourced coffee from two family-owned, women-led farms – Sitio Sao Jao and Sitio Maranhao – both contributing farms to the Donas do Café project, which champions and brings visibility to the women working, and often leading, in several coffee farms within SMC coffee cooperative.
Across the continent in DRC, Rebuild Women's Hope was founded in 2013 by Marceline Budza with a mission to empower the often marginalised women of rural DRC through financial autonomy, gained by producing coffee.