Hemisphere Coffee Roasters

Coffee with a Mission

Direct - Trade Coffee, Coffee with a mission!

Welcome to Hemisphere Coffee Roasters

Direct-Trade Coffee

Providing the best high-grown fresh roasted coffee to churches, cafés, restaurants, and homes.

Many roasters say they help the farmer but it is not real clear how they actually do this. It can be a good "marketing story" to make this claim. Buying beans from someone who bought them from an importer who bought them from the farmer does not necessarily help the farmer. Other roasters say they help the farmer because they benefit from Paul's work with the farmers and the coffee we import. And that is Okay. For us here at Hemisphere Coffee Roasters, helping the farmer is more than a marketable story or a good feeling. HELPING COFFEE FARMERS IS WHY WE EXIST. Hemisphere Coffee Roasters has been buying directly from farmers with their sustainability in mind since 2004. The stories of hope and life-change is a book in itself.

With rising coffee prices, the true test of our intention is this: are we all willing to pay the higher prices and see the farmer benefit from our relationship? For over ten years farmers have sold their coffee for less than it cost to produce. Now higher prices and thinner margins are coming our way and we may be feeling (just a little) of what the farmers have been living with. Some roasters will go under because their model cannot sustain these high green coffee prices. With higher prices being paid to the farmer, will roasters rise to the opportunities and really help farmers or was it just smoke and mirrors.... a marketing story? We will see how this plays out.

Thanks for your interest in "good coffee"...that is, coffee that is good and is doing good!. We hope you visit us again soon!

Fresh Roasted Coffee - If you are looking for fresh roasted coffee that benefits the coffee growing communities, you have come to the right place. Hemisphere Coffee Roasters is on a mission: to assist coffee growing countries by purchasing coffee directly from farmers who will be a "conduit of blessing" to their entire communities.

We do this by working through farming-partners who have demonstrated their care for the community and by paying honest prices for the best coffee our partners produce. Great coffee requires careful attention to detail and there has to be incentive for farmers to produce great coffee. Our price to the farmer is not fixed and is not tied to the commodities (NYBOT) market. Through relationships of respect and transparency, along with quality standards we agree on a price. Last year our average price paid directly to the farmer before shipping was .40 higher than certified Fair Trade coffee.

All coffee that is Hemisphere Direct meets the following criteria:

We advance pre-harvest money to the farmer so they can stay out of local banks which take very high interest rates.
Paul personally cups the coffee before it is shipped in-country.
Paul shakes the hand of the laborers who pick the coffee. We know them personally.
Paul works out all the import brokerage details.
The coffee is registered with the FDA to meet strict importing protocol.

NEWS ITEMS

My book is finished and in my hands! It is called A House Blend and tells the story of coffee and our work in coffee. They are $12.00. Buy yours here.
Hemisphere Coffee Roasters is now an OHIO PROUD member!
Our Roastery and retail store is open 9:00 to 4:00 on Monday, 9:00 to 5:30 Tuesday-Friday and 9:00 to 2:00 on Saturday. We have a bible study on Sunday morning from 10:00 to 12:00. All are welcome!
Look for us at the Dublin Whole Foods store!
We cater a fully-stocked espresso cart for weddings and special events. Contact us for details.
We are planning two coffee tours to Costa Rica and Nicaragua this coming fall/winter. Contact us for details.
In August, Paul travels to Guatemala to look at a coffee project among the K'etchi tribe, one of the largest but poorest indigenous groups in Central America. More news to come!