Brazil Cafe Delas - Olam

Region: Patrocínio, Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais

Process: Natural

Some Farmers Include: Delza Resende de Castro Chagas of Quebranzol farm, Telma Batista Machado of Bom Jardim farm

Flavor Notes: Chocolate, caramel, dried fruits, pear

Café Delas is a program developed to help empower women in the coffee industry in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is no secret that women are often invisible although not absent on coffee farms across the world. This initiative is geared towards giving coffee growing women a platform to have an equal voice in leadership and access to resources and knowledge that they need to grow their operations in the field. Olam, the coffee importer and creator of this program found that women are more likely to invest their income back into their families and communities, improving education, nutrition, and health. All of the coffee produced by farmers in the Café Delas program can be traced back to women growers. Not only do women farm the land, they are in charge of all other aspects of the business. For every pound of coffee purchased from Café Delas, Olam reinvests 3 cents into initiatives that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in the coffee industry.