Joe Van Gogh “Cafe Femenino Blend” 2012

There is a lot to be said for a quality coffee with a clever name, there is even more to be said for a coffee with solid ethics, so what do you say about a great coffee with a name that, while a touch cliche,  is fun and clever and an ethical stance that is almost unmatched? The answer is you start by trying it then you tell everyone about how great it is! It is impossible not to tell people about Joe Van Gogh’s (a little cliche, but fun and clever, right?) Cafe Femenino Blend, it is a fantastic quality organic, fair trade coffee that supports a great charity.  This is a muli-region blend that has clean spice, cocoa and smoke notes with a pleasant, understated, sweetness; the charity is the Cafe Femenino Foundation,  which started in 2004, in Peru, with the aim of enhancing the lives, and increasing the visibility, of women in coffee production around the world. The have grown substantially since then and are definitely an organization worth supporting; you can find more information about them here: www.coffeecan.org. So you really can not lose with this one, a great coffee supporting a great cause; it doesn’t get much better.