The origin where it all started for This Side Up in 2013. Beautifully complex fruity coffees and ever more processing innovation from a new generation of idealistic local coffee entrepreneurs, both independent and within cooperatives.

Rushashi and Coko are cooperatives with a strong focus on women and youth empowerment and a beautiful regenerative vision. Intango is a private mill run by one of the country’s specialty coffee industry’s founders.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Rushashi
contact : Antoine Kagenza
email : abakundakawarushashi@yahoo.fr
phone : +250 783288732

local partner : Coko
contact : Therese Nyirangwabije
email : koperatwongerekawacoko@yahoo.com
phone : +250 ‭(078) 759 18 62‬

local partner : Intango
contact : Gilbert Gatali
email : gilbert@rootsimizi.com
phone : +250 788 301 122

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since : 2013
total kgs bought : 248.855
% of capacity (2022-2023) : 29%
farmers represented : ± 6000
our price vs local alternative : + USD 0,90 / kg
projects jointly started : 1

Northern Tanzania is perhaps the most naturally impressive coffee land in the world, but also one of the most complex. After years of being a victim of institutional corruption, we are slowly beginning to realise better options for small, independent coffee groups and exporters.

Thanks to Rebecca Trupin’s newly established Wanza, we can support a growing group of farmers in the region. Aranga and their neighbours are truly a testament to the initiative and determination of these farmers.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Wanza Traders
contact : Rebecca Trupin
phone : +1 917 783 3014
email : rebecca.trupin@gmail.com

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since: 2014
total kgs bought : 25.214
% bought (2021-2022) : 70%
farmers represented : 85
our price vs local alternative : + USD 1,20 / kg
projects jointly started : 0

Colombia is well known for its exquisite coffee growing conditions and is one of the few countries in the world where individual farmers have the means to fully process their own coffee. This has opened the door for our most “intimate” direct trade project between farmers and roasters.

Indeed, our partner Argote has become an example to our entire producer network, slowly turning the whole village of Génova into dedicated specialty coffee producers.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Argote Specialty Coffee
contact : Juan Pablo Lasso Argote
email : jupalasso@hotmail.com
phone : +57 3002199249

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since : 2014
total kgs bought : 72.379
% of capacity (2022-2023) : 99%
families represented : 24
our price vs local alternative : + USD 0,70 / kg
projects jointly started : 1

Spread on so many islands, Indonesia is a coffee world in itself. It keeps surprising us with new varieties, flavours, cultures and projects. Adri Yahdiyan is a developmentally minded exporter and our window into this world.

He and his team are tireless in connecting to our partner farmer communities on Flores, Sulawesi and Java, gaining and maintaining their longstanding trust. He is keen to develop more relationships across the nation as we grow together, through thick and thin.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Ontosoroh Coffee
contact: Adri Yahdiyan
phone: +62 857 4385 9181
email: adri@ontosoroh.co.id

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since: 2016
total kgs bought : 93.883
% bought (2021-2022) : 45%
farmers represented : 250
our price vs local alternative : +USD 0,65 / kg
projects jointly started : 2

Myanmar might be a new specialty hotspot, but not many farmer groups have actually received much aid or support. However, some learned how to produce specialty naturals through social media and even cater to a growing local market.

In recent years, despite a tragic regime change, our friends in Hopong county have actually been able to greatly increase their production. With our help and the loyalty of a growing group of roasters, more and more families are finding a better living than relying on opium production.

TRACEABILITY :

company : Indigo Mountain
contact: Khun Kyaw Min Htike
phone: +95 9 45591 6977
email: indigomountaincoffee@gmail.com

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since: 2017
total kgs bought : 52.950
% bought (2022-2023) : 60%
farmers represented : 1.200
our price vs local alternative : + USD 1,44 / kg
projects jointly started : 1

Peru, once the home of chocolaty and full-bodied “filler” coffees, has given rise to a new generation of farmers who understand their market, their coffees and flavours, and found a way to grow it in the most ecologically sustainable way.

Our friends at Finca Churupampa are a fully circular social enterprise with an advanced outlook on regenerative agriculture. Our other partners at CEPRO Yanesha use coffee production as a means to safeguard their traditional way of life.

TRACEABILITY :

company : Finca Churupampa
contact: Lenin Tocto
phone: +51 949 605 978
email:gerencia@fincachurupampa.com

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since: 2017
total kgs bought : 98,521
% bought (2021-2022) : 12%
farmers represented : 280
our price vs local alternative : + USD 0,75 / kg
projects jointly started : 0

TRACEABILITY :

company : CEPRO Yanesha
contact: Gino Marín
phone: +51 95598901
email:gerencia@ceproyanesha.com

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since: 2022
total kgs bought : 5, 175 kg
% bought (2021-2022) :
farmers represented : 16
our price vs local alternative : + USD 0,25 / kg
projects jointly started : 0

The Kivu region is not an easy place to be a strong producer cooperative. War, corruption and many forms of injustice are daily matters to farmers here, so those who can still make the most of the region's incredible growing qualities deserve a clear window to the world.

We are proud to present the coffees of Ngula and Katana, two villages that formed cooperatives to use coffee to create stability in a place that has known more unrest and sorrow than most of us can imagine.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : CPNCK Ngula
contact : Gilbert Makelele
email : cpnckidjwi@gmail.com
phone : +243 997 253 080

local partner : RAEK Katana
contact : Désiré Zagabe
email : zagabedesire@yahoo.fr
phone : +243 993 361 808

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since : 2017
total kgs bought : 55.800
% of capacity (2022-2023) : 32%
farmers represented : 3.500
our price vs local alternative : + USD 1,75 / kg
projects jointly started : 1

In the Paraná and São Paulo region, where Luiz and his team manage Capricornio, looks can be deceiving. Although monoculture is still the norm, a small group of producers of all sizes have committed to making more living soils and becoming independent of the C-price.

We are proud to support these pioneers on this challenging journey - with Luiz at their head, a visionary agronomic scientist who believes in sharing knowledge, we are confident we can change the face of Brazilian coffee forever.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Capricornio
contact :Luiz Saldanha Rodrigues
email : luiz@capricorniocoffees.com
phone : +55 14 3161 9060

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since : 2017
total kgs bought : 542.254
% of capacity (2022-2023) : 2,5%
farmers / workers represented: 14 / 270
our price vs local alternative : +0,25 USD / kg
projects jointly started : 0

Nicaragua is one of the least noticed coffee origins in Central America, even though the growing conditions and potential of this country are some of the best.

After a three year break and much drama with our previous export partner, we finally came across one that genuinely cares for the growers who are the backbone of the Nicaraguan coffee world. Through Santa Lucila, we are finally able to support them once again.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Santa Lucila
contact : Rina and René Paguaga
email : renepaguaga512@gmail.com/ rpaguaga12@gmail.com
phone : +1.786.671.6490 / +505.8408.8925

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since : 2022
total kgs bought : 18.975
% of capacity (2022-2023) : 16%
families represented: 3
our price vs local alternative : +USD 0,96 / kg

Ethiopia is not a country one trades with easily and we have seen many foreigners run away with their tail between their legs. The only way we wanted to do it is through supporting local leadership and direct relationship with an estate who is seen as a benevolent village head in the area.

Gidhe Berhe owns a coffee farm in Limmu that is as close to the original growing habitat of the arabica species as possible - but not in the wild. Galeh Estate is a completely planned, closed loop, regenerative agroforestry system.

TRACEABILITY :

local partner : Limmu Kossa Galeh Estate
contact : Gidhe Berhe / Abiy Ashenafi
email : limmukossa1@gmail.com / abiy.ashenafi@gmail.com
tel : +251917550244 / +31628453571

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since : 2017
total kgs bought : 49.649
% of capacity (2022-2023) : 7%
farmers / workers represented: 120
our price vs local alternative : + USD 1,30 / kg
projects jointly started : 0

Uganda has never been a favourable place to be a coffee farmer. However, specialty coffee is slowly on the rise. With good growing conditions and the help of some of the industry’s most renowned developmental entrepreneurs, we are helping to breathe new life into the region of Zombo in the northwest of the country.

Our partners friends Andy, Aggrey and Phiona of Zombo Coffee Partners do what few others dare: offer shared ownership of the company to farmers and in time, aim to break free of the C-price altogether.

TRACEABILITY :

our partner : Zombo Coffee Partners
contact : Andy Carlton
email : andy@zombocoffee.com
tel : +256 787 251280

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IMPACT OVERVIEW :

partner since: 2018
total kgs bought : 51.000
% of capacity (2022-2023): 60%
farmers represented: 550
our price vs local alternative: + USD 1,20 / kg
impact projects jointly started: 1

India, immense yet underrated as a coffee origin. With easily the most specialty robusta knowledge in the world, and with an astounding array of beautiful arabicas, it’s time India’s dedicated coffee producers take center stage.

Komal and Akshay are a special combination of farmers and exporters who experiment passionately with coffee processing and have deep, trustful relationships with surrounding estates and smallholder farmers. This makes them our hub to the amazing coffees Coorg has to offer.

Kenya is known worldwide for its astounding specialty coffees - but not so known for its transparency. Because we did not want to support the usual middlemen who do not add to the farmers’ quality of life, we waited for seven years until we found a partner who could circumvent them.

Gloria and the women of the surrounding farms are dedicated to bringing the work and pay for farmers up to the dignified level they deserve.

TRACEABILITY :

Our partner : Sakami Coffee
Contact : Gloria and Jarmo Gummerus
Email : sakamicoffee@gmail.com
Tel : +44 7816 863557

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Impact overview :

partner since: 2020
total kgs bought : 18.300
% of capacity (2021-2022): 20%
farmers and workers represented : 160
our price vs local alternative: + USD 1,02 / kg
impact projects jointly started: 0