In this final episode, Marisabel Vasquez and Ana Sofía Narvaéz speak with Kimberly Easson, founder of The Partnerships for Gender Equity (PGE). Kimberly has worked for thirty years in agricultural supply chains and development in more than twenty countries around the world.  

Are coffee companies creating and executing projects or services in a gender-equitable way? Are there tools to help guide and inform how coffee companies work and help deliver these projects? How can farmer organizations benefit?  

She shares valuable insights on diagnostic tools and research studies conducted through PGE that answer these questions while also considering property rights and financial freedom. 

We invite you to learn more about these tools and how all actors in the coffee value chain can participate and implement.

Have you cupped Robusta? Would you like to learn more about it? This week brings you a different conversation! 

In this episode, Ana Sofía Narváez speaks with Professor Sunalini Menon from India. She shares valuable information on Arabica, Robusta, and how India's coffee industry has evolved. Mrs. Sunalini Menon is a pioneer in the Arabica and Robusta coffee industry in India. She has been a speaker at major industry events, researched coffee quality, and processing methods, protocols, amongst others. Similarly, she has worked with the Coffee Board of India, the Coffee Quality Institute, the Association of Specialty Coffee, and local organizations and government agencies in her home country. She is currently a board member of the Tata Ltd Group. 

We invite you to listen to her comments on Robusta, people's perception, its potential, and how to perform sensory assessments. This is a fascinating conversation you can't miss!

In this episode, Marysabel shares her beginnings as a coffee grower, the challenges she faced, and how she paved her way to becoming a well-known coffee grower, businesswoman, and mother. She highlights how sustainability for them means to have a balance between the social impact, economic growth, and especially a united family.

New Year, New Episode! Our very first episode in Spanish. 
Meet Paola Laguna, a young Colombian coffee professional and entrepreneur. Her passion for coffee and sustainability has led her to undertake different projects with her partner and colleague José Alberto Rosero since 2014. Paola Laguna has been behind successful businesses such as Bourbon Coffee, Colo Coffee, and recently she is focused on her new venture Tropicalia Coffee Co. In November 2021, they opened her new store in Bogotá, Colombia. Tropicalia is a proposal that elevates the experience of coffee in Colombia under the same concept of quality and sustainability, initially through three coffees Privilegio, Esencia, Trópico.  
Visit www.tropicaliacoffee.com to learn more.

In this new episode, we are honored to have Phyllis Johnson, Co-founder of BD Imports, Board Member, and Director at the Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity in the United States. Her contributions towards women empowerment and equity for more than 20 years have paved the way for more coffee professionals to speak up and share their ideas and stories. She authored the book The Triumph:  Black Brazilians in Coffee.

In this new episode of Caravela Coffee Talks, we speak with Taya Brown, founder of the Del Fuego Project. Taya is a researcher, agronomist, and Ph.D. in Horticulture. She combines her interest and passion for organic food systems and her coffee experience while working directly with small-scale farmers in Guatemala. She shares how a scientific approach, agronomy, access to information, and cupping can help develop communities while empowering farmers to have more ownership and participation in coffee studies, specialty coffee markets, and as coffee consumers.

In this episode, our Relationship Builder, Ana Sofía Narvaez, speaks with Priya, who is based in Thailand and is co-founder of Samadool Coffee. She tells us about how she the Australian market inspired her to start a coffee business in her home country, Thailand. Since they started, they have not only introduced some of Australia to the Thai market, but they have been able to educate coffee consumers in Thailand, through great quality of coffee and outstanding customer service. We invite you to listen how Samadool have adapted to their market and developed a whole coffee industry here.

In this new episode of Caravela Coffee Talks, we speak with Holly Kragiopoulos, co-founder of North Star Coffee Roasters in Leeds, United Kingdom. Holls wears many hats in the business, amongst them Green Sourcing, Relationship with Farmers, and Quality Control.  We had a great conversation about how Holly started her coffee career after traveling and working directly with farmers in Kenya with her partner, Alex Kragiopoulos. They saw an opportunity and a gap back then to connect farmers with consumers, change consumers' mindsets about coffee, and change the way coffee was marketed as a simple commodity. Holly highlights crucial moments for the growth of her career, as well as the expansion and evolution of North Start Coffee Roasters, always putting people over profits.

In today's episode, we are honored to introduce Freda Yuan. She is a Professional Coffee Taster, World Cup Tasters Champion, and Head of Coffee at Origin Coffee Roaster in the UK. She is also the author of Sip ´n´ Slurp a Guide to Expert Coffee Tasting, a self-published book. 

Freda talks to Ana Sofía, our Relationship Builder, about her sensory journey in coffee and how to make cupping a tool that strengthens your personal and professional confidence. She highlights there is nothing right or wrong when identifying flavors in coffee. Each person has a unique sensory background, and it is a skill that we can develop! 

In this episode of Caravela Coffee Talks, you will hear from our former Relationship Builder, Salomé Puentes and Zarah Lawless, co-founder of Calendar Coffee based in Ireland.

They speak about how they started Calendar Coffee back in 2018 based on seasonal coffees and building a reputation for unparalleled quality, always being honest and loyal to their story and journey. Zarah shares with us some tips on starting a coffee business. But most important, she shares with us how to successfully keep a business by staying true to your values.   

In today’s conversation, you will hear from our former Relationship Builder, Salomé Puentes and Jamie Isetts, Sourcing Consultant and Green Buyer for Square Mile Coffeee. They speak about how Jaime came to become a Green Coffee Consultant, a journey that started somehow working with small-scale farmers in Spain, learning new languages like Spanish and Portuguese. They dive into the role of green buyers, power dynamics, transparency, traceability, standards, and expectations when establishing relationships with producers. The power to change narratives whilst creating a positive impact for all parties in the supply chain.