IWCA Coffee for Women's Empowerment

We are proud to be partnered with the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) and Cafe Femenino, two trail blazing organizations working hard for gender equality in the coffee lands.

The majority of our coffee is sourced from Cafe Femenino member co-ops. To become a member of Cafe Femenino, a co-op must provide land ownership rights to the women farming the land, leadership positions within the co-op, financial/business-decision making power, and direct compensation to the women members. In addition to the five cent per pound premium paid for this coffee, five cents of every pound of Cafe Femenino coffee that Ampersand purchases is contributed to the Cafe Femenino Foundation.

The mission of the IWCA is to empower women in the international coffee community to achieve meaningful and sustainable lives. Ampersand is a sustaining partner of the IWCA. In addition, Ampersand has agreed to donate 0.5% of its global revenue to the IWCA…meaning everything that you purchase from Ampersand supports women’s empowerment. Pretty darn cool, right?

Together we are supporting women’s empowerment while maintaining incredibly high coffee standards.