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Café Femenino Coffee disrupts coffee’s traditional economic system by paying women coffee farmers directly for the coffee they produce. All Café Femenino Coffee comes exclusively from women-owned and operated farms. Proceeds from the sale of Café Femenino Coffee are paid directly to the women farmers who invest in their farms, communities and families. 

Since their first meeting in 2003, the women of the Café Femenino Peru Program have marshaled widespread social change into their communities. The hard work and courage of the women of Café Femenino Peru mean the women in their community have more decision-making power, more income, and more dignity than ever before.

The Café Femenino Coffee movement started in Peru in the late 1990s. While women have always been crucial to coffee production in Peru, men traditionally held the economic power. In 2003, 464 female coffee producers united to change this dynamic. Café Femenino was born.

In 2015, the women of the Kokowagayo co-op in Sumatra found their own voice. Empowered to strive for gender equality, the women of the cooperative separated their coffee from the men’s during the 2014 growing season and began the first women-only cooperative in Sumatra.

Since it’s founding in 2004, the Café Femenino Project has made a profound impact on the lives of thousands of coffee producers worldwide. Café Femenino Coffee’s Quinceañera celebrates the vision and accomplishments of the women who founded Café Femenino fifteen years ago.

Paying women coffee farmers directly ensures that they get their fair share, which is the fundamental tenet of the ethical sourcing model followed by Café Femenino Coffee. It also gives women the decision-making power, equality and voice they need to empower themselves and guide their own destiny.