Coffee & Tea

Love Your Coffee and Your Neighbor, Too

Coffee is big business. But sadly, it is often an unjust business.

A lot of coffee is grown by small-scale farmers in poor, isolated regions. In conventional trade, middlemen often force them to accept low prices that don’t even cover their production costs let alone basic living expenses.

The more conventionally-traded coffee and tea we buy, the more we perpetuate this unjust way of doing business. With Fair Trade, however, farmers get a fair price while coffee (or tea) drinkers like us enjoy a gourmet product for about the same price as conventionally traded varieties.

Through our Fair Trade partner, Equal Exchange, LWR helps coffee and tea grower associations in Latin America, Africa and Asia bring their delicious products to the U.S. market.

For each pound of Fair Trade coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar and snacks you order through the LWR Coffee Project, Equal Exchange donates $.20 to LWR’s Small Farmer Fund.

Support the LWR Coffee Project

You can enjoy your morning coffee and promote justice at the same time.

• Buy Fair Trade coffee online.
  
• Download an order form to fax or mail.
• Bring the LWR Coffee Project to your congregation, school or office.
  
• Ask for Fair Trade coffee at your local café or supermarket.