OUR VISION IS TO PRODUCE THE FINEST COFFEE AND SELL IT AROUND THE WORLD
OUR STORY
Carico works towards making a real difference in the lives of the small scale farmers across Africa who grow our coffee and pay them a fair price. Our vision is to produce the finest coffee and sell it around the world and reinvest in the communities which grow the crops.
We aim to prosper along with the farmers from whom we buy our coffee. We buy only high quality coffee beans and we get them at source from small scale farmers and co-operatives across East Africa. We encourage the farmers we work with to preserve their soil and to practice sustainable harvesting and processing
Our first range of coffees were from Uganda where we were founded.
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ECONOMIC
Supporting these communities is more than about coffee, good coffee or a good price paid to the farmer for coffee.
Since its inception in 2016, CARICO has worked holistically with communities in Bugisu to develop resilient learning, supporting Cooperatives through training and provision, pre-purchase or loan of processing materials; guiding the set up of Cooperatives; pre-purchasing processing material for eventual joint ownership and more.
In 2019, three Mount Elgon coffees were blind tasted by a qualified Q-Grader in Europe and all scored specialty status.
SOCIAL
Supporting communities holistically is necessary. CARICO invests in meaningful development projects partnering with Cooperatives and schools in farming communities.
To find out more about our social projects.
ECOLOGICAL
Our deliberate intent is to try and make these farming communities less dependent on the biosphere forests that they live next to. We refer to the SDGs to develop, implement and measure strategy.
The area borders an UNESCO’s Man & Biosphere Reserve, places that are ecologically and environmentally critical.
CARICO also sells an Arabica coffee from Western Uganda from the border of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, a UNESCO Heritage Site, that is home to 5% of the world’s endangered 1,000 mountain gorillas.
Find out more about Mount Elgon farming communities.