Cafe Solar®

Cafe Solar® is the first restorative green coffee supply. Designed to address and provide solutions to coffee’s negative social and environmental issues, Cafe Solar® represents a proven model for sustainable coffee production. Its program is fully scalable and can be easily replicated in order to grow the coffee’s positive impact (a.k.a. produce more sustainable coffee).

The three main pillars of the restorative Cafe Solar® supply chain are:

Solar-Powered Coffee Processing. (The first solar-dried coffee! Replaces conventional wood-burning coffee processing).
Restorative Farming. (Integrated Open Canopy™: a system of farming that directly contributes to the protection and restoration of the natural forests surrounding the coffee farms).
Women Managers. (Women are key drivers in measuring and addressing the social and environmental issues).

Our most recent posts related to Cafe Solar®:

Yoro Biological Corridor – Report #2

Posted on January 10, 2022August 6, 2024 by merchantsofgreencoffee — Leave a comment

This Yoro Biological Corridor Meeting Report marks a historical point in the Corridor’s development, as it finalized the legal framework to implement the progressive model

Cafe Solar Awarded Scientific Funding

Posted on October 6, 2021March 20, 2024 by merchantsofgreencoffee — Leave a comment

National Science Foundation (NSF) to Fund Multi-Disciplinary Research of the “Yoro Model” behind Cafe Solar®– processing with renewable energy solar dryer technology and forest restoring method of coffee cultivation

Yoro Biological Corridor – Report #1

Posted on December 15, 2020March 20, 2024 by merchantsofgreencoffee — Leave a comment

The following Yoro Biological Corridor™ Meeting Report marks a significant point in the Corridor’s development, as there is a recognized crisis (45% of protected Honduran Forest Parks have been deforested been deforested in the last 10 years) …

Cafe Solar®: Solar Dried Coffee Q-Grading

Posted on July 10, 2020March 20, 2024 by merchantsofgreencoffee — Leave a comment

The q-grading of coffee is a process that consumers don’t typically get access to, and Cafe Solar is not your average coffee; it’s the first solar dried coffee! It’s also a supply of green coffee that’s built to mitigate climate change …

Wake Up! Better Coffee is Here

Posted on June 29, 2020August 28, 2021 by merchantsofgreencoffee — Leave a comment

Feature image of our first commercial to help promote our flagship restorative coffees: Cafe Solar green coffee & affiliated roasted blend; Climate Change Coffee.

Better coffee is here addressing better taste and climate change mitigation. This green coffee is the product of a first-of-its-kind restorative program. Restorative Coffee is green coffee that is produced sustainably and is restoring forests in growing regions …

Podcast: Coffee and Birds

Posted on June 5, 2020March 20, 2024 by merchantsofgreencoffee — Leave a comment

Feature image of Fabiola Rodriguez conducting field research about birds on coffee farms in Honduras.

In this podcast Fabiola Rodriguez, doctoral student from Tulane University, talks about coffee growing and migratory birds in the context of her areas of study: ornithology, ecology, and conservation. She also compares types of coffee farms and how they affect bird habitat …