Mengeshe Gumi - Transparency

Farmer and exporter: Mengeshe Gumi

Importer: Crop to Cup

Price we paid for the landed coffee at our roastery: 20.95CAD/kg

FOB price: 14.75CAD/kg. This is the price up until the coffee is on board a ship, ready to export, so basically, the amount of money that will stay at origin.

Farmgate price: same as FOB. Why? Because Mengeshe is also the exporter. He is in control of growing, picking, processing, milling and exporting. This means more work, but also more control over not only quality, but over his profit margins, something a lot of farmers have little to no control over.