At Camano Island Coffee Roasters we are blessed to have a 97% retention rate of our Coffee Lover’s Club members. We have many loyal customers that understand that their ethical coffee purchases can really help change the world.
Recently, we had a member who had to cancel their membership after more than five years of receiving our coffee. When we heard the news of their job loss, we were all saddened that a “family” member was in financial pain. Then, to our surprise, another customer stepped forward and purchased coffee to send them as a gift. Once more we were reminded that we really do have the most charitable customers on earth and that coffee is not a product but a force that can create change both here in the US and around the world.
All of us here at Camano Island Coffee Roasters want all of our customers to know how much we appreciate them. Each one of you could buy coffee from many places, but you have chosen to purchase coffee from a company that is striving to be a good steward of your dollars.
Thank you for your loyalty – even in these tough economic times. We all wait for the things to change, but our work needs to be done regardless of the state of the US economy. Without each of you, we would not be able to continue in our goal of creating sustainable change for our “third-world” families.
Sincerely,
Jeff – CICR
We’ve been working really hard on making our image match our purpose. There are so many great reasons to buy our coffee and we find that sometimes we lose our purpose AND our customers’ attention when trying to relay that message to them. Sure, we have organic, fairly traded, shade grown, top 1% of the coffee available on the market (and if you’re already buying from us, you probably started skimming because you’ve heard that message so much!) Really though, what is our main purpose? Sure, we’re a business trying to make money, but there is so much more to it than that.
It’s almost noon and the Mother’s Day Art Studio Tour is in full swing! Come on out to Camano Island and enjoy watching local artists do what they do best! You’ll find glass blowing, watercolor paintings, rock sculptures and much more! It’s on today, tomorrow and Sunday and Camano Island Coffee Roasters has decided to stay open this Sunday (10:00am to 4:00pm) as well! Grab a cup of coffee on your way and have a great time!
Here’s some information on Honduras:
I didn’t say price increase, a notion people are becoming more and more familiar with lately. We did not raise coffee prices but, instead, reconfigured the way each of our customers would receive their coffee. This decision was reached after more than six months of internal debate. The only “sacred” issues to us were our customers, our villages, and the quality of our coffee.
It’s been a little while since we’ve posted a blog post. This is just a note to let you know that we’re still here and have many exciting things coming. We’ve diverted a lot of our focus (temporarily!) from the blog to the many new and exciting changes coming to you soon!
This is a daily question we hear from churches and non-profit organizations. The answer is simple… 
Our Papua New Guinea coffee is one of our most popular coffees which is entirely understandable given it’s undertones that provide hints of cocoa. It has a medium to full body and is considered by many to be among the finest and most expensive coffee in the world. Most of PNG’s arabica coffee comes from trees that were uprooted in Jamaica (Blue Mountain) and replanted in PNG.
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Papua New Guinea is known as a country ripped in pieces by civil war, lawlessness and poverty. Yet in the last few years, thanks to many factors including sustainable coffee purchasing, Papua New Guinea has started down the road to recovering it’s economy and government corruption. It’s a long road ahead, but we have helped immensely and can continue to help just through responsible purchasing.