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Our coffee buyer Pete Rogers visits all our coffee farms to source the highest quality green coffee beans but he also works closely with the coffee farmers and workers to ensure best coffee farming practices.

Working closely with coffee farmers and workers is part of the Ethics and Community Aid programmes implemented by Rogers Estate Coffees across all the farms they own and work with in Central America.

Community Aid programmes see that coffee farmers and workers are treated fairly and have a safe environment in which to work. This involves paying coffee farmers and workers a payment they deserve which covers the cost of the production, infrastructure, maintenance as well as the need for a reasonable profit.

Please check out our videos on our Facebook page which showcase Pete Rogers’ trips to meet and work with coffee farmers:

Coffee Farmers Part 1: http://bit.ly/ctUmUI

Coffee Farmers Part 2: http://bit.ly/9RJXbt

Rogers Estate Coffees, the UK coffee roaster is so confident about its fairly traded, gourmet coffee beans that it has developed a range of exclusive promotions to encourage retail and wholesale customers to rethink their coffee choices and ’switch’ their coffee to Rogers Estate Coffees.

During July and August Rogers Estate Coffees has teamed up with like minded businesses, to further promote their organic coffee range and introduce their coffees to new customers.

To receive a free sachet of organic coffee and a 15% discount off your first purchase from Rogers Estate Coffees simply visit one of their partner’s websites* and make a purchase. Your purchase will then be dispatched with your free coffee gift. The summer promotion will run until the end of August and more details can be found here.

Trading as an online store, Rogers Estate Coffees has a diverse product portfolio of gourmet, organic and flavoured coffees all produced to the highest ethical standards that exceed well known organisations such as Fairtrade.

Customers can easily order their favourite coffees online and have it delivered straight to their door whilst contributing to the important community projects carried out by Rogers Estate Coffees; helping them turn previous poor coffee farms into flourishing coffee communities.

Rogers Estate Coffees is pleased to review recent research studies revealed this week (18th and 21st June 2010) which claim that drinking coffee in moderation has great health benefits.

Forget people saying that coffee is bad for you; the latest research revealed today puts your daily cup (or 4!) on a pedestal - saying that coffee intake in moderation can fight cancers of the mouth and promote healthy hearts.

• Coffee lovers are 39 percent less likely to suffer from cancers of the mouth and larynx according to the latest research which used information gleaned from nine studies from Europe, America and Central America which compared the coffee drinking habits of over 5000 cancer patients and more than 9000 healthy people. Read more here:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1288213/Four-coffees-day-mouth-cancer-bay.html
  

• Drinking coffee can also cut heart disease risk. The study by Dutch scientists discovered that those who drank between two and four cups of coffee a day had 20 per cent lower risk of a heart disease. Read more here on BBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10350373.stm

Visit our online shop now to stock up on your favourite coffee.

Don’t forget our 12 for 8 offer on wholesale coffee and free delivery on all orders over £25.

Making a perfect cup of fresh coffee is easy when you know how!

Arm yourself with a cafetiere or filter coffee machine, some fresh ground coffee, a cup and  don’t forget some milk, cream or sugar to taste.

Follow our easy guide to making the perfect brew and you will be a coffee master in no time!

The UK coffee market is growing and is forecast to be worth £976 million by 2015 (Mintel 2010).

Recent news reports state that over 20 Million Brits pop out to a coffee shop for their daily coffee fix each week, with cappuccino or an espresso being popular choices (The Sun, 2010). 2010 statistics from consumer Intelligence Company Mintel indicate that the coffee market has grown in value by 17% since 2005 with consumers preferring to purchase premium coffee brands over the cheaper jars of instant coffee.

An increasing number of coffee lovers are not aware that their choice of coffee can impact thousands of people and nature in communities thousands of miles away.

There is an array of labels out there– each pledging to the consumer that their coffee is socially and environmentally responsible.

But how can you differentiate between fact and fiction? What do these labels actually mean for the farmers, workers and their families and the natural environment in these coffee growing regions?

Rogers Estate Coffees, the UK producer of gourmet coffee, has adopted its own standard: “Fairly Traded.” This program exceeds the goals of some labelling organisations such as Fair Trade and ensures that the workers who produce your coffee beans are given the payment they deserve. This is done through setting up long term contracts with single estate famers, which enable these coffee famers to treat their employees fairly, improve local ecosystems and make a decent profit.

Peter Rogers is our green coffee buyer who spends up to six months of each year visiting coffee farms; overseeing and supervising the coffee sourcing process.

Each year, Pete Rogers visits dozens of coffee farms – from Mexico to Rwanda - not only to ensure a source of the world’s finest Arabica coffee beans but also to see firsthand that the Rogers’ partner farms are meeting Roger’s standards for socially and environmentally responsible coffee production. He tours all of its partner farms as part of a 20-plus year commitment to permanently improve the quality of life for thousands of coffee farm workers and protect nature in the world’s premier coffee growing regions.

You may be wondering how Pete communicates with the coffee farmers? He is fluent in Spanish and culturally sensitive to the workers in the South American regions, enabling him to have a close working relationship with the Roger’s coffee famers and their workers.

Pete helped launch the Rogers Estate Coffees “Community Aid” program in 1986 when he vowed to address the “appalling” poverty he witnessed on his first trip to Guatemala to source coffee beans.

From its first small project – supplying pencils and paper to a struggling school – Community Aid now turns the company’s Fairly Traded coffee into houses, schools, medical clinics and food while focusing on education to break the cycle of poverty at farms in over 10 countries. Once described by a reporter as a “mini-Peace Corps,” a Community Aid program starts with paying farmers enough to ensure they meet the cost of production and then its contribution to the farm goes up.

Community Aid has completed hundreds of social and environmental projects, including modern houses as well as medical facilities, schools and day care centers for thousands of coffee farm workers and their families.

Community Aid also provides permanent educational programs and scholarships, doctors, nurses, teachers, food and clothing, clean drinking water and energy systems and also protects native plants and animals including endangered species.

To read more about the community aid programs take a look at the case studies here: http://www.rogersestatecoffees.co.uk/index.php?id=82

Rogers Estate Coffees have now extended their product range of San Francisco Bay “Fairly Traded” ground coffee which aids farmers and workers and protects nature in coffee growing regions - with the launch of three new products, and from 17th February customers can enjoy free delivery on all orders over £4.95.

The newly added San Francisco Bay products are:

• Columbian Supremo ground coffee - which is a world renowned, full bodied coffee with an almost sweet taste . The second addition for those who prefer decaf is a decaffeinated version!

• Espresso Roast ground coffee – which is a very rich full bodied coffee that is perfect for regular coffee or an espresso – a perfect choice for coffee lovers!

Falling on 16th February this year, Shrove Tuesday is almost upon us - giving the perfect excuse to make some yummy pancakes. Once more, this age-old tradition reminds us of just how delicious and versatile pancakes can be.

For those of you who love coffee and pancakes alike, Rogers Estate Coffees, the leading supplier of gourmet coffee, has put together a nice adaptation of a Tiramisu Pancake Recipe.

Simply add a teaspoon of one of their flavoured roasted ground coffees to the Tiramisu Pancake recipe below and enjoy.

Coffee bean prices are set to rise after what was deemed the worst harvest in 35 years by the International Coffee Organisation (ICO). Both Colombia and Brazil, the world’s leading coffee producing countries, have experienced a poor crop in the last year.

In Colombia, this year’s harvest was the worst since 1974, due to bad weather, and was the third straight off-year. The ICO predicts that the coffee for the next crop year, beginning September 30, could fall well short of the 9.5 million bags predicted.

Bloomberg news reported that the price of coffee has already increased in New York and there are speculations of a similar effect to the global coffee market. “Premiums are bound to increase,” ICO Executive Director Nestor Osorio told Bloomberg on Friday.