For our Single Origins Bar, Think Coffee partners with roasters who purchase beans from small-scale farmers, often too small to be Fair Trade certified. In order to ensure that all of the farmers who produce our coffee receive above-market prices, we’ve come up with our own coffee purchasing program called Farmer Dividend.

Here’s how it works: We determine the amount of coffee sold through our Single Origins Bar and calculate the farmer’s “dividend,” a minimum of $1 for every pound of roasted coffee. We then put this amount back into the hands of the farmer – no strings attached. The entire dividend goes to the farmer whose hard work went into these great coffees.

Stop by one of our Single Origins Bars for more information. For a list of what’s available today, check out this week’s Single Origins selections.