Learn what inspired us to provide the best coffee beans in Chicago, Illinois.
“Growing up, our grandparents grew coffee. During coffee season, we would harvest the ripe coffee, process it in small batches, and sell it to buyers who came from the city. The coffee was only sold as a raw material for further processing into finished goods. We never consumed it or knew what it tasted like, with the exception of the regular coffee fruit. According to the Fair-Trade Foundation, 80% of the coffee produced in the world comes from smallholder farmers like our grandparents. From the 1980s, when our grandparents were growing coffee, till today, the quality is exceptional. Our focus through the Leshey Foundation is to ensure that growers and their families have access to a reliable source of income and entrepreneurship education to improve and diversify the overall output of the community.”
– Founder
