Church Coffee

I am online tonight searching information about "direct relationship" coffee. At Sozo we have 3 or 4 beans that we have a "direct relationship" with the coffee plantations. Rodney hopes to go to New Guinea and actually meet the growers this Fall. I am excited for him! I had this thought to look up "churches with coffee" and see what I came up with. Many churches said "proudly serving" Starbucks Coffee. I am not against any other coffee companies. You won't hear Rodney or I ever talk down about our "competition" only because we feel that everyone will drink the coffee they want to drink and we need to just focus on what we feel we are supposed to do. Not get off on trying to put another coffee chain down. We are a small roasting company and we are dedicated to bringing a great cup of coffee into the hands of the people! BUT here is the interesting point....why are churches willing to buy "Folgers, Maxwell house, and Starbucks" and not look at buying from a coffee roasting company that can honestly say that the coffee they are drinking gives back to a community and helps to support missionaries. Isn't that what being Christ and helping out each other should be about? Don't get me wrong....I know it is about "cost" and not every church feels coffee is important. We have seen it happen in churches that serve Sozo that more people hang out and drink coffee because it is "good" and therefore more fellowship happens....lives come together and community happens....cool....

So that is my blog tonight. Does your church serve "church coffee" (the kind that is cheap) just so they can say they serve coffee or do you think your church would want to go to that next level and spend a little more to know that their money is helping a community in Nicaragua to build schools and have medical needs met. Interesting thought. Their would be a story behind every cup of coffee.....is that to high a price to pay???

Check out Sozo and you may be surprised that buying from us in bulk actually isn't as expensive as you or your church may have thought.

Good night.
Mindy