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FEATURED COFFEE
Guatemalan
Direct Trade Coffee
BUY COFFEE AND SUPPORT THESE CAUSES
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Finca Villaure
Guatemalan Coffee
Direct Trade Coffee
It's all about the altitude for this coffee, grown in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes mountains of Guatemala. When coffee grows at high altitude it ripens slower and creates better bean density and gives a more consistent, cleaner cup.
The man behind this coffee is Aurelio Villatoro, the owner of the coffee plantation Finca Villaure. Villatoro is a fourth- generation coffee grower, and his family has owned the farm since the 1950s. In addition to running the day-to-day operations, Villatoro is also an expert mechanic and the music leader at his church.
The Guatemala Finca Villaure coffee sold at Grounds 4 Good is considered a medium roast. It offers a jasmine aroma with notes of grapefruit and honey with a clean, crisp finish.
Kapchorwa, Ugandan Coffee
Kabum Co-op
True Trade Coffee
The Kabum Co-Op has one goal in mind: to make as much money as possible for the people of Uganda by allowing them to bypass typical middlemen and sell their coffee direct to buyers on the world market. By doing that, they're able to sustain themselves and begin turning their country and their economy in a different direction. This is True Trade.
High on the western slopes of Mt. Elgon you'll find our coffee plants ripening beneath the Ugandan sun. Here in the Sipi Falls area of the Kapchorwa District, Bugisu Arabica thrives with a mix of latitude and altitude that doesn't exist many other places on earth. Consequently, the highland, shade-grown Arabica beans in this area are nothing short of stellar.
Bolaven Farms, LAOS
ORGANICALLY GROWN
This exotic coffee is a premium organically grown coffee. Farmers were paid above Fair Trade prices.When the French colonists inhabited Laos in the early 1900s, they considered its coffees among the best in the world. However, decades of war and disease left the industry in ruins. Through the efforts of Bolaven Farms, many are finding hope in their soil as they fight their way out of poverty while producing fantastic coffee.
From our partners at Bolaven Farms: “Our resident farmers could become proud land owners with productive family farms. Their hope is our joy. What the poor want is not aid, but jobs - real jobs. This is the dignity we are equally created for. Embracing this revealed desire of the poor, Bolaven Farms is committed to labor with our Resident Farmers, to put an end to poverty, one family at a time."
For each order, a giveback of up to 40% of profits will be directed to the cause you choose.
Select your coffee first, then choose your charity from the dropdown menu:
12 oz: G4G House Blend - Ground
Please select your cause for a giveback.
Price: $8.00 per 12 oz. bag. All shipments come with two 12oz bags.
This exotic coffee is a premium 100% Arabica, organically grown coffee from Bolaven Farms in Laos. Farmers were paid above Fair Trade prices.
Tasting Notes: A well balanced cup of coffee roasted with single origin beans. The taste and aroma offer rounded tones with good intensity. Deep smoky undercurrent with a hint of chocolate.
12 oz: Guatemala Finca Villaure Medium Roast- Whole Bean
Please choose a cause for your giveback.
Price: $10.50 per bag. All shipments come with two 12oz bags.
This exotic coffee is a premium 100% Arabica coffee directly sourced from Guatemala. The farmers were paid directly and fairly for this coffee.
Tasting Notes: The Guatemala Finca Villaure coffee sold at Grounds 4 Good is considered a medium roast. It offers a jasmine aroma with notes of grapefruit and honey with a clean, crisp finish.
12 oz: Kapchorwa Uganda Dark Roast- Whole Bean
Please choose a cause for your giveback.
Price: $10.50 per bag. All shipments come with two 12oz bags.
This exotic coffee is a premium 100% Arabica, certified True Trade, and sourced from the Kabum Cooperative in Uganda. This Bugisu Arabica coffee, grown in the Mt. Elgon region, has a unique latitude and altitude combination and rich volcanic soil which produces a truly rare and delicious coffee.
5 LB: Guatemala Finca Villaure Medium Roast
Please choose a cause for your giveback.
Save money by buying bulk. Perfect for your church, office or home.
Price: $10.65 per pound. Sold in 5lb bags.
During the checkout process, you will have the option to choose ground or whole bean.
This exotic coffee is a premium 100% Arabica coffee directly sourced from Guatemala. The farmers were paid directly and fairly for this coffee.
Tasting Notes: The Guatemala Finca Villaure coffee sold at Grounds 4 Good is considered a medium roast. It offers a jasmine aroma with notes of grapefruit and honey with a clean, crisp finish.
5 LB: Kapchorwa Uganda Dark Roast
Please choose a cause for your giveback.
Save money by buying bulk. Perfect for your church, office or home.
Price: TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK. $9.45 per pound. Sold in 5lb bags.
During the checkout process, you will have the option to choose ground or whole bean.
This exotic coffee is a premium 100% Arabica, certified True Trade, and sourced from the Kabum Cooperative in Uganda. This Bugisu Arabica coffee, grown in the Mt. Elgon region, has a unique latitude and altitude combination and rich volcanic soil which produces a truly rare and delicious coffee.
5 LB: G4G Decaf Roast
Please choose a cause for your giveback.
Save money by buying bulk. Perfect for your church, office or home.
Price: $11.10 per pound. Sold in 5lb bags.
During the checkout process, you will have the option to choose ground or whole bean.
This exotic coffee is a premium 100% Arabica coffee, specially blended by G4G. It is a Mountain Water processed Mexican coffee.
DONATE!
Please choose a cause for your donation. All money will be directed to the cause you choose.
OUR CAUSES
Here's is a little bit about who we are and what we stand for.
Who We Are
We are a group of individuals committed to community transformation through coffee.
We are passionate about empowering farmers to fight their way out of poverty.
We are passionate about excellence in every step of coffee production from planting to roasting, in order to bring you the very best cup.
We are passionate about helping YOU support YOUR CAUSE.
Why We Do What We Do
Grounds 4 Good has a heart for people that beats to the core of every coffee bean.
We believe we can make a difference in this generation by giving back to worthy causes working for good.
We are social entrepreneurs changing lives with every cup. Join us! Wake up… Do Good.
Think Life 360
360 Value Add...Not Just Coffee
When you drink our coffee, you are making a difference with every sip. From the grower to your cup, we make sure value is added every step of the way. You are supporting the entire value chain and changing lives, one cup at a time. Grounds 4 Good strives to be fair to our growers and our environment. We have relationships with friends in the countries that grow the beans, and we know the impact fair trade has on the communities there. Our coffee is grown organically as we seek to be responsible for our impact on the environment.
People
Who are the people? Every person participating in the value chain from the coffee bean picker, to the preparer of the green bean, the roaster, the bagger, the shipper, to you, to the person who goes out to do good supported by your decision to buy from Grounds 4 Good and give back $5 for every purchase. We greatly esteem the lives along the chain and will do our best to serve each one to the best of our ability.Product
Our coffee is the tool. It provides a livelihood to those who produce it, and we ensure they are being fairly compensated for their efforts. It provides an affordable luxury for you, the social entrepreneur. Coffee is something you will most likely buy anyway, why not do it for good with purpose behind it? Our coffee provides a way to put money behind the causes you care about in this economy where many non-profits are struggling.
Purpose
We are all part of something much larger than ourselves. Our goal is to have a successful company that models virtuous business and best practices while doing good in our world at the same time. We are fighting injustices, serving the needy, supporting good works enterprises with everything we've got. Join us! We would love to partner with you in your journey.
PARTNER WITH US
Here are 3 ways to "Wake Up...Do Good" with Grounds 4 Good.
Become A Grounds 4 Good Partner
Grounds 4 Good partners with schools, churches, youth groups, sports teams, and other non profits in our unique Partner Program. By becoming a Grounds 4 Good Partner, your cause receives $5 for every purchase.
Click on the BECOME A PARTNER button for more information.
Who are Our Partners?
Grounds 4 Good is partnering with these organizations, supporting their efforts to do good in our world. Each receives $5 for every purchase designated to their cause. Don't see your cause? Sign them up as a Grounds 4 Good partner today!
Become a Grounds 4 Good Monthly Coffee Member
As a Grounds 4 Good Monthly Coffee Member, you will receive two 12 oz. bags of great tasting coffee each month. Our coffee is a premium arabica, organically grown and fairly traded. With each purchase, Grounds 4 Good will give $5 to the cause you care about.
Click on the BUY COFFEE tab to partner through your purchase.
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GROUNDS 4 GOOD BLOG
Movement Day
Posted by Wendy White on Sep 19th, 11 | No Comments
Grounds 4 Good will be featured at Movement Day in New York City!
Thanks to our partners, GO2 Ministries, conference attendees at Movement Day will get to take home a delicious sample of Grounds 4 Good coffee. We are excited to be a part of this wonderful event!
Sound Ideas Home Theater Design Loves Great Coffee with a Great Cause!
Posted by Wendy White on Apr 30th, 10 | No Comments
Two of the most enjoyable things in life are music and coffee. No matter what kind of music you listen to, the challenge is always deciding what to listen to. So what is the solution to that challenge? Answer…use an Escient music manager. An Escient device will let you store all of your music on their hard drive, sort the music and automatically download cover art and meta data from an online database. With Escient, you will never go looking for that lost cd, or iPod again. Sound Ideas is an authorized Escient dealer and we have the experienced installers to get it running in your house seamlessly.
Now that your music is up and running, it’s time for a good cup of joe. Well, we would like to encourage you to consider a company called Grounds4Good to supply your coffee needs.
“Grounds 4 Good has a heart for people that beats to the core of every coffee bean. We believe we can make a difference in this generation. We believe our grassroots movement not only provides revenue for sustaining worthy causes doing good, but one that changes the way you think, the way you live, the way you buy.” -grounds4good.com
Grounds4Good is a great company that is seeking to make a real difference in the world by harnessing the power of an informed and caring consumer. Not to mention they have great coffee!
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A Word from Sam Say: Sourcing Partner Bolaven Farms
Posted by Wendy White on Mar 14th, 10 | No Comments
Now that I am a farmer, I have a redeemed perspective of and new appreciation for the first rain of the year. The early rain does far more than break a dry, stressful season for our coffee trees; it serves as a token promise of the imminent harvests that are yet to come.
Some of our most exciting news is about BBC World's visit to Bolaven Farms. BBC has completed the filming of their next Earth Report which focuses on the biodiversity of Laos. Bolaven Farms is featured in the film as an effort to heal and redeem depleted land that has suffered from unsustainable “Slash and Burn” cultivation practices.
Bolaven Farms is boldly claiming “Beyond Fair Trade and Organic” in what we do:
Paying Fair Trade pricing based on quality and disseminating Integrated Organic System for improved crop yields.
Complying strictly to a zero tolerance for chemical and commercially produced inputs. All our fertilizers and pesticides are produced on-site using indigenous organic ingredients.
Working to reclaim the Plateau’s biodiversity that has been diminishing from deforestation and unsustainable “Slash and Burn” and “Shifting” cultivation practices.
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A Game Changing Movement
Posted by Wendy White on Mar 5th, 10 | No Comments
A movement is growing across the country. People are changing things. People are done with business, NGOs, nonprofits, and churches as usual. They are looking for organizations that are engaged in meaningful, purposeful, authentic living in a real world with real needs.
We at Grounds 4 Good want to encourage, support, and serve this growing movement. Grounds 4 Good was created as a game-changing tool to fight injustices found in our world locally and globally. Simply put, we want everyone to “wake up…do good” in the trenches of everyday life.
Grounds 4 Good is a social innovation for causal people that delivers great coffee AND supports great causes. For every person that buys coffee from Grounds 4 Good, $5 dollars per purchase is directed to the cause of their choice for as long as they are members. It’s that easy.
It is time to shift the paradigm…to a new vision for the future. People above profits. Global good.
We need leaders, influencers, and social entrepreneurs who will lead businesses, NGOs, nonprofits, and churches that will transform communities, redeem the lost, seek the welfare of the city, encourage the oppressed, care for the orphans and widows, give a drink to the thirsty...people who will wake up and do good wherever they are.
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A Cup of Joe Never Tasted So Good...
Posted by Wendy White on Mar 5th, 10 | No Comments
Coffee addicts it is time to come out of hiding and listen in on how you can turn your caffeinated mornings into something fabulous. If you have ever given thought to just how much money you spend each month on coffee, then you probably realize it is more than you would like to ever publicly admit.
Fear not, one organization appropriately named Grounds 4 Good (www.grounds4good.com) is affording coffee lovers the opportunity to guzzle java and give to a good cause. Here is how it works… You buy 12 oz. bags of exotic organic coffee. For each purchase, $5 goes to a cause of your choice.
Grounds 4 Good is currently linked multiple causes, here are a few… Help Haiti, Compassion International, Kiva – loans that are changing lives of those in poor economic countries, World Vision – building a better world for children.
Be intentional and visit Ground 4 Good so that your coffee investment can become an investment in the life of someone who needs help.
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CONTACT GROUNDS 4 GOOD
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1648
Edwards, CO 81632
Phone:
800.901.2933
Email:
info/at/grounds4good.com
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TERMS AND POLICES
Privacy Policy
When you visit grounds4good.com, our commitment to you as our valued customer is to provide a valuable, informative, and quality experience that is synonymous with Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company. In order to do so, we may obtain information about you so that we may provide you with all of the benefits that grounds4good.com offers. That information may include your name, address(s), phone number, email address, products ordered and website usage statistics. (Grounds 4 Good will never ask you for your social security number, driver's license number or date of birth.) Because we respect your privacy, we will always handle your information in a safe and responsible manner. We will never sell your personal information to anyone for any reason.
When you provide grounds4good.com with information about yourself or anyone else, that information is safely stored in our secure web server. To best serve you, grounds4good.com will share that information only with its own employees and with carefully-selected outside companies that we hire to perform services for us, such as maintaining our database of customer information or preparing and distributing e-mail or paper-mail messages to our customers. We require that these outside companies agree, in writing, to keep confidential all information that we share with them and to use such information only to perform their obligations in their agreements with grounds4good.com.
We will continue to find new ways to enhance your experience at grounds4good.com, and we welcome your periodic review of our Privacy Policy as we update it from time to time to reflect improved technologies and services.
Security Policy
We have a robust encryption technology to secure your credit card number and other personal information as it travels over the Internet from your computer to our secure server. SSL is a standard technology used by millions of other commercial e-commerce websites.
Using your credit card with grounds4good.com is safe and secure and we are fully committed to this goal. Therefore, we use 128 bit, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). An online order with grounds4good.com is safer than using your credit card in a store or over the phone. This is true for several reasons both technical and practical, but most notably because your credit card number is handled by only one designated person at Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company instead of many, as is potentially the case in a busy store or phone-sales line. Grounds 4 Good does not store your credit card in any way on any of its computers. Credit cards are processed through a Visa CISP Certified payment gateway, Authorize.net.
However, in very rare cases, some older internet browsers may not be able to communicate with our secure server. If you experience any difficulties with your online order, please feel free to call our office at 1 800 901 2933 to place your order.
Terms and Conditions of Use
Only by agreement to the Terms and Conditions outlined in this section is permission granted to use the Grounds 4 Good web site and e-commerce software.
Copyright
All compilation and content of this website, including its assembly, design, text, illustrations, photographs, logos, etc., is the intellectual property of Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company or their respective suppliers -- and constitutes copyrighted material, trademarks and/or trade dress. Any reproduction of these materials is strictly prohibited without advance written permission from Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company. All violations will be pursued to the limits of the law. All worldwide rights, titles and interests are reserved.
Limited Liability
This website and its content are provided on an "as is" basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, as to the website's operation or content. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company disclaims all warranties, express or implied Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company will not be liable for damages of any kind arising from your use of or inability to use this website.
Software Available on this Web Site
Any software that is made available to download from this website is the copyrighted work of Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company and/or respective suppliers. Use of this web site and the software contained herein is governed by the terms of this agreement.
Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company hereby grants to the User a personal, nontransferable license to use the this website and included software for viewing and otherwise using this website in accordance with these terms and conditions, and for no other purpose.
Please note that all computer programming code contained in this website is owned by Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company and/or its suppliers, and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited. The software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms of this agreement.
General Service Inquiries
If you have a question or concern, we'd be happy to help. You can use our contact form to email us directly or call customer services at 1 800 901 2933.
Business Partners
This site contains links to other sites. Grounds 4 Good is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Information collected on this website--such as sales data or general demographic information--is available to certain business partners of Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company. Each such business partner enters into a confidentiality agreement with Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company. This insures that data we collect from our customers will not be sold, rented, or otherwise distributed to parties unknown to Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company; nor used for purposes other then those expressly sanctioned by Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company. We never share specific information such as name, address, or email address at any time.
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We use the services of several third parties in connection with our site (i.e., banner advertising services or email delivery). These service providers may use cookies and web beacons on our behalf and may set and read cookies using their own servers. Each of these service providers is contractually obligated to use these technologies only to provide services to us and in a manner consistent with this privacy statement. Moreover, these vendors may only use data that they may collect on our behalf (or that we otherwise provide to them) in connection with their provision of services to us. With certain service providers, we allow them to use data in an aggregated, anonymous manner to compile statistics about their services and to publish those statistics. For example, our banner advertising service provider can say that it "serves X billion impressions on behalf of our customers each month".
We use the services of a third party site analytics vendor to assist us in better understanding your use of our site. This vendor uses cookies and web beacons on our behalf. The collection of data on our site by this vendor is accomplished through a first-party data collection mechanism, so merely blocking cookies served from third party domains will not block these first-party cookies. The information that this vendor collects and stores on our behalf allows us to better understand how our site's visitors use and respond to this site. This vendor analyzes the information it collects on our behalf and returns it to us via a secure web connection. The information and analysis will be used to assist us in better understanding your interests in our website and how to better serve those interests and provide you with more personalized product offerings. Other than possibly allowing use of collected data on an aggregate basis, this vendor is contractually prohibited from using our data for any other purpose and is required to maintain all information collected and its analysis in confidence. As a visitor to this site, you have the option to deactivate the ability of this vendor to collect your data on our behalf. You may also choose to continue to benefit from the improved shopping experience which these services allow us to provide to you, but maintain anonymity. If you delete your cookies or visit this site using another browser, you will need to opt-out again.
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Our site provides users the opportunity to choose how information you provide to us can be used by Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company. If you are getting promotional email from us and would like to be taken off our list, simply click the link at the bottom of any email to unsubscribe. If you would to be taken off our direct mail list, please call Customer Service at 1 800 901 2933. Please be reassured that we never sell, share, or otherwise give out any mail or email addresses to other vendors.
You can also email us at support@grounds4good.com.
You can send paper mail to the following postal address:
Grounds 4 Good Coffee Company
PO Box 1648
Edwards, CO 81632
Changes in our business or privacy policies
As we continue to develop our business, we may sell some of our assets. In such transactions, visitor information may be one of the transferred assets. Also, in the event that all or substantially all of our assets are acquired in a transaction, our visitor information may be an asset that is reviewed and transferred. Such a transaction will be disclosed per the guidelines below. Also, we reserve the right to disclose any data we collect at our sites if required by law or valid order of a court or other governmental authority or to protect the health and safety of our employees or the general public.
If we decide to change our privacy policies, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If, however, we are going to use visitors' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify visitors by posting a notice on our website for thirty (30) days in advance of such use.
Children
This website is not intended to nor does it seek to receive information from children under the age of 13. However, due to the nature of our services, purchase information is collected without requiring the customer to disclose his or her age on this website.
Shipping Policy
Grounds 4 Good is committed to freshness. We are committed to getting your coffee to you as fresh as possible. If you order an item that is not in stock, we will notify you of the delay as soon as we receive your order. We won't charge you until your item is shipped.
100% Product Guarantee
We guarantee your satisfaction 100%. If there is any problem or question regarding your shipment, please contact us immediately by phone at 1 800 901 2933 or by email at support@grounds4good.com.
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