Marques De Paiva is a tradition, Four Generations - Since 1895
Whole Bean Gourmet Fair Trade Certified 100% Arabica Coffee
Fair Trade: Better Living - For Everyone This excellent quality coffee has been Fair Trade Certified by TransFair USA, an independent non-profit organization which monitors and certifies Fair Trade products in the United States. Fair Trade raises incomes and living standards for small coffee farmers overseas while helping to protect the environment. Fair Trade doesn't provide aid or charity, but instead promotes self-reliance and equality for farmers who are disadvantaged under present trading conditions.
Fair Trade practices include:
The Science of Taste and Freshness. Joao Marques de Paiva understood the best beans make the best coffee. Our generation knows that only the most rigorous attention to every facet of the process can preserve taste and freshness. Once harvested, we roast with split-second precision to match the actual water content and characteristics of the particular crop. Finally. our state-of-the-art packing equipment from Italy removes air and immediately locks in flavor and freshness. To speed the coffee to you, Margues de Paiva has a customs operation located adjacent to the roasting facility, ensuring total "tree to shelf" quality control.
The Marques de Paiva family and Fair Trade means great taste. The Marques de Paiva Family is working with small growers in Brazil to give them access to international markets for their fine coffee. After the beans are picked, the marques de Paiva family still insures the same degree of excellence, bringing quality and freshness to a new level.
This total control process has earned international certifications, including ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for excellence in dealing with the environment. This coffee is also certified Kosher.
The story of Marques De Paiva - Joao Marques de Paiva, began cultivating coffee over 100 years ago in the rich highlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Four generations have practiced his art with pride. Today's generation has invested in state-of-the-art technolgies and quality practices to capture the Arabica bean's optimun flavor and preserve its freshness. Marques de Paiva is the only coffee with its processing facilities, quality lab, roasting, packaging and export operations purposely built near the farms. Our unique "tree to shelf" process effectively eliminates middlemen, delivering to you the finest tasting coffee at a fair and reasonable price.
Storing your coffee - To best preserve fresh flavor, store in an airtight container or this reclosable bag. Store in dry area of your refrigerator or freezer.