PT's Blog

Our hearts go out to the people of Colombia, ravaged by COVID-19 and now experiencing ongoing political unrest and violence.

From growing its own bamboo for infrastructure construction to harvesting rainfall for irrigation, Villa Loyola has become much more than a coffee farm—it's a sustainable agriculture innovation center. Our green coffee buying team visited last winter to see their latest projects in action. Take a look.

Each spring we eagerly anticipate the arrival of a new harvest from our longtime Direct Trade partners Finca Santa Maria. This winter, our green coffee buying team visited Armando Portilla during harvest to observe picking, sorting, and processing. Take a look.

We're thrilled that Sudan Rume Natural landed at #3 on Coffee Review's Top 30 Coffees of 2019! That's two years in a row that this coffee has been on the list.

Coffee review released its full list of the Top 30 Coffees of 2018 this week, and we're featured at #5 and #12! And that's not all: our sister company, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, nabbed the #8 and #17 spots.

It's easy to forget how far coffee travels to reach your cup, but it is a truly international beverage: many blends include coffee from two or three continents. And consumers are often unaware of the centuries-long journeys that coffee varieties undertook to reach their current growing regions.

In the coffee world, success is a question of managing countless variables. So the philosophy behind our Direct Trade program is simple: if we can minimize the negative impact of coffee's C-market price for our farmers, then they can focus on the variables within their control to ensure the long-term success of their farms.

PT's was born on February 3rd, 1993. That makes us 132 years younger than the state of Kansas, 11 years younger than the Specialty Coffee Association of America...

Enjoy rare and distinct coffee offerings, roasted with care and beautifully encased in our Blue Label packaging. Each box contains eight ounces of whole-bean coffee in a giftable tube package.