Cupping Notes

Francisca is a 35 year old single mother with five children. She lives with her family near the town of Nueva Frontera in Honduras. She started growing and selling coffee in 2010, and has been selling her coffee to brokers in the area since.

Alex is 43 years old, married and has four children. He is a prominent coffee grower in the Nyamarunda region of Uganda, where he has been growing coffee for eight years. He also dries his own coffee, as well as supplying it directly to processing factories within the district.

Bua was born in 1992, and lives in the Son La Province of Vietnam with her husband and two daughters. Her main source of income is from her farm, on which she currently grows coffee as well as breeding livestock.

Gordon is 43 years old and is married with six children. Four of his children are currently attending school. His coffee farm is located near the town of Ntungamo in Uganda.

At our core, we believe in a sustainable world for everyone. To play our part in achieving this, we use Kiva loans to come together with like minded people and businesses to make a difference for people who can’t live without coffee.

Francy is a agricultural producer who is dedicated to cultivating coffee. She is happily married, and lives on her farm near the Colombian town of San Rafael. She began farming due to her passion and love for the countryside, and learned her skills from her parents. Francy now operates and manages her farm independently.