Shade Grown Coffee
If you drink coffee and love birds, then you might as well drink bird friendly, shade grown
coffee.
What is Shade Grown Coffee?
For more information about shade grown coffee, its benefits and contrasts with
sun grown coffee, go to our
bird friendly coffee page.
The below coffees are grown on plantations that are bird friendly.
Thanksgiving Coffee uses
verified shade grown
coffee. This means that its CEO or the importer has personally
inspected the farm to insure that the plants are properly grown in the shade.
These coffees are also Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified.
The "Song Bird Coffee" brand below is the
result of a joint venture between the American Birding Association (ABA) and
Thanksgiving Coffee Company. Fifteen cents from each package are donated to the
ABA.

Costa Rican Shade Grown Coffee
This coffee is grown in the Terrazu region at altitudes above 1200 meters, in
the shade using organic methods.
Its flavor is completely ?Costa Rican.? If you want to experience a classical
Costa Rican coffee, with rich fruity tones and heavy body, mild in flavor but
intense, with a nice smooth finish, try this one.

Guatemalan Shade Grown Coffee
This coffee is shade grown on steep volcanic slopes of the Northwestern Highlands
of Guatemala by Maya Quiche coffee farmers.
Rich aroma complicated by smoky semi-sweet chocolate and
caramel. The cup is simple but satisfying: very sweet, deep, roundly roasty. The
real glory of this coffee is an extraordinarily long, lushly vibrant, deeply
chocolaty finish." - The Coffee Review, November 2005.

Nicaraguan Shade Grown French Roast
From the Aranjuez community in Nicaragua. The village is located
high in the northern mountains above the city of Matagalpa where the coffee is grown under rustic
shade, and the farms are filled with birds, monkeys, jaguars and butterflies. Flycatchers, and several species of warblers are among the
migratory guests.
This coffee is full-bodied, smoky, and intense.

Nicaraguan Shade Grown Medium Roast
This coffee comes from the SOPPEXCCA cooperative located in the department of
Jinotega, Nicaragua. It is grown at an average altitude of 1000 meters above sea
level, where the air is thin and the coffees mature slowly, creating intense
flavors.
Fruity, nutty and chocolaty with hints of mango, plum and cranberry.

Panama Songbird Coffee
This Panama Coffee is from a private estate known as the Hartman Estate. This
coffee came in 3rd in the 2001 Panama National Competition. The Hartmans are
very habitat conscious and are avid birders. Supporting them supports the
objectives of the American Birding Association and the goal of making great
coffee from Panama commonly known.
Medium roast, light-bodied with mellow
acidity and mild floral notes.
Decaffeinated Songbird Coffee
Produced by the small-scale family farmers of the CEPCO cooperative in Oaxaca,
southern Mexico.
Our Fair Trade partnership with this cooperative has provided above market
prices and enabled the creation of micro-credit programs, schools, and training
programs
focused on quality improvement.
Rich, with a cinnamon sweetness hinting of the satisfying and complex flavors of
Mexican-style hot chocolate.
Song Bird Decaf is water-processed.
Drink shade grown coffee and create
songbird habitat...An even better way to start your mornings!
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