ALLIE & LENNIE

This is our sixth harvest from the wonderful importer Aequitas. Run by Yuki Minami, the group's mandate is to "foster equitable and transparent relationships by enabling connections between producers and roasters". As Yuki states, "Aequitas is Latin for equity. But she was also a goddess that meant justice, transparency and fairness. And this is what I wanted to do, I wanted to promote a fair trade for producers”.

We sourced four distinct lots from the group this year, with this third lot coming from Ernesto Yamamoto! Along with his son Cassio, Ernesto grows coffee at his Agropesg farm. He bought it  in 1974 and maintained a broad focus, growing a variety of crops from corn to soy to wheat. In the late nineties, he began shifting his focus towards coffee and operations really changed in 2021, when Cassio introduced him to his school friend Yuki. Today, they grow incredible coffee and continue to work with closly with Aequitas to continually improve operations, quality, processing and technique.