Kids Cuisine

I received an e-mail about a coffee roaster and distributor in Oregon that’s raising money to improve the quality of life for children and families who live in coffee-growing communities around the world. I’ve never heard of a coffee house taking such an initiative for such a worthy cause. I thought I’d pass along this news and see if any other coffee houses in your neck of the woods are doing anything similar. Here’s the story that I’ve heard so far.

The coffee roaster and distributor is Longbottom Coffee and Tea, which is located in Hillsboro, Oregon. They’re going to sponsor the first “Coffee Kids Week” from Oct. 8–13, 2007, with coffee donations. All proceeds from this event are going to be donated to Coffee Kids.

During Coffee Kids Week, Longbottom Coffee and Tea is donating Coffee Kids Blend and asking Longbottom Coffeehouse customers to donate five dollars ($5.00) for a 16-oz. bag of a great blend of Black Gold and premium Kenya AA beans. You can’t beat $5.00 for a 16-oz. bag of good coffee.

Longbottom Coffee and Tea already supports this organization by donating a portion of the money received from every pound of coffee sold. As the third largest Coffee Kids donor in the nation, Longbottom also makes additional donations to help support sustainability to coffee farmers that otherwise may not have economic stability and diversification. These farmers need a hand up, not a hand out—which is how Coffee Kids fosters stable, long-term success in the coffee growing communities.

For more information about Coffee Kids, go to http://www.coffeekids.org. For more information about Coffee Kids Week, you can also call the Longbottom Coffeehouse at (503) 924-4470.