Before you’re ready to break onto the scene, it’ll help if you’re educated with legit info. Our education pages will guarantee that you’ll be in-the-know about the brews and blends you’re chillin’ with.

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Naturally derived drinks are all the rage. You’ll be uber-chic and sure to impress when you offer up certified organic and fair trade coffees and teas, bird friendly coffees, all-natural frozen drinks and all-natural syrups and sauces to all your guy and gal pals. Not only will you have the most delish stuff, but you’ll prove how environmentally savvy you are, too.

Bird Friendly™
Your friends will be straight up crazed with your bird friendly™ coffees. The beans for these javas are grown under a canopy of shade where the fab tropical and migratory birds live. To make sure these coffee farms are legit, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center – aka the SMBC – has strict criteria for evaluating these farms. Not only do the farmers have to protect the birds, but they also have to meet specific organic certification standards. Just when you think these coffees can’t get any better, you find out that the companies who sell bird friendly™ coffee also contribute 25 cents per pound to support SMBC research and conservation programs. Nothin’ like giving a little when you’re getting a little!

Fair Trade
Looking for a snappy way to show you care? Check out the buzz on Fair Trade coffees and teas. While you’re stateside trying to be glam, other people can have it rough. Stocking up on Fair Trade stuff helps you make a difference. Fair Trade promises to deliver a living wage to farmers for their harvests, while providing access to affordable credit services.To help keep the Earth green, Fair Trade producers promote sustainable practices, like organic farming. To be considered “Certified Fair Trade,” coffees and teas have to meet certain specs set up by TransFairUSA, who monitors the coffee chain of command from the producer to the importer to the roaster.

Certified Organic
If you truly want to be stylin’, you need to jive with Certified Organic products. These products view the farm as an ecosystem, stressing recycling, composting, soil health and biological activity. Only products meeting the organic foods production, processing and handling criteria can be deemed worthy of USDA Certification. Other products that haven’t met the certification requirements can be labeled as “organic,” “made with organic ingredients,” or “100% Organic.” You don’t have to be super granola to show you care about the environment, just try some USDA Certified Organic coffee! Our roasting plant is certified as an organic processor by the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association.