Sustainability is at the heart of our mission, so we make a continuous and comprehensive effort to incorporate sustainable practices into every aspect of our business.

Sourcing our green coffee

We trade directly with small-scale sustainable producers to ensure their practices meet or exceed the minimum standard for fairly traded beans and to allow us to build lasting partnerships with farmers willing to meet our high standards for quality. You can read more about our fair trade relationships in the Fair Trade page of the About Coffee section, and learn about the farmers on the Single Origin product pages in the Buy Coffee section.

Packaging

Plastic packaging is one of the major environmental costs of the coffee industry. At Kickapoo Coffee, we strive to eliminate plastic from our operations. All of our prepackaged coffee is sold in reusable, recyclable steel cans containing 80 percent post-consumer recycled steel. Our one-pound bags feature a biodegradable glycine liner, and we package the majority of our bulk five-pound bags in biodegradable kraft bags.

Local focus

On a more fundamental level, we are actively engaged in cultivating a local customer base. Although we ship our coffee all around the country to discriminating coffee drinkers, the bulk of our production is hand-delivered or shipped within a 200-mile radius. Through cupping events, sponsorships, and so on, we are building a strong customer base within our immediate community and the surrounding region.