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Girls Who Grind Wubit Bekele Beans is gorgeous light roast coffee. However, it may be news to you, but light roast coffee from female producers is seriously difficult to find. Trust us.
Wubit recognised that there is a major gap between the number of women in low-paid seasonal work and those in positions of power on washing stations and farms, so has built her business around promoting women as the drivers of social and economic change.
Alongside processing coffee at their own washing station in Gedeb, Ephtah source and export coffee from women farmers in Ethiopia’s most famed coffee regions, building strong relationships with contributing farmers.
Like all of Ephtah’s coffee this one was cupped by Wubit, who is a certified Q Grader, as part of her company’s deep commitment to quality. This lot is a natural process Yirgacheffe coffee, roasted very lightly to preserve the sweet strawberry and delicate hibiscus tea flavours.
Tasting notes: Strawberry, vanilla & hibiscus tea. 250g Beans.
Why We Chose This Supplier:
Girls Who Grind Coffee is an all-female specialty coffee roastery owned by Casey LaLonde.
Casey, originally from Upstate New York, had the dream of starting her own coffee business for as long as she can remember and there’s nothing she’s ever had as much passion for. She has happy childhood memories of her house filling up with the smell of coffee brewing in the mornings and became passionate about producer relationships after studying power dynamics for her Sociology degree.
Casey started off her career in a cupping lab and roastery where she learned how to cup and roast. She also assisted on Q-Grader courses. She enjoyed the experience of working in a lab but learned two things. 1. She wanted to work for herself. 2. She wanted to be involved in green buying and producer relationships.
After moving to the UK in 2009 and two daughters later, she was ready to start her dream business. She founded GWGC along with a previous co-founder, Fi O’Brien, in 2017.
Coffee is a wonderful world, but it’s also not always a fair and equal one. GWGC recognises the inequalities women face in coffee and sets out to help create an industry where women felt seen and celebrated for everything they bring to the table and have their voices heard. Hence, we made the conscious decision to focus solely on buying coffee from female producers, sharing their stories with the world, and giving them the recognition they rightly deserve for the incredible work that they do.
