The Coffee Cartel
Specialty coffee scores 80+ on the SCA scale. Here’s why those numbers matter — and how higher-quality coffee is helping Colombian farmers leave coca behind.
Premium Colombian coffee gives farmers access to legal markets, long-term crop value, and a product with global demand. When farmers can grow coffee profitably, they have a real reason to transition away from coca and invest in something more sustainable.
Coffee is linked to lower risk of early death, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes — with some of the strongest data at three to five cups a day. Here’s why “100% Legal Energy” is more than a slogan.
Both have roots in parts of Colombia. Both are grown by hardworking farmers in challenging rural regions. But what they represent economically, legally, and socially could not be more different.
$$ Proceeds from every bag sold are dedicated to both the Cocaine For Coffee™ Initiative and local Tampa FL drug-rehabilitation centers, helping support programs, partnerships, and efforts focused on transitioning coca farms into thriving coffee operations, and helping victims in the USA recover from addiction.