We are an Activist Company
Our Coffee is Radical,Delicious,Biodiversity-Friendly,Small Batch Roasted,Equitable,Honest,Single Origin,Organic,Fair Trade

We work with some of the most historically marginalised indigenous communities in India who are today, vulnerable to exploitation in global coffee markets. By building long-term, honest, transparent and equal partnerships with smallholder coffee growers, we hope to enable sustainable and secure livelihoods from coffee farming.

All our partner farms commit to growing coffee that is free of chemical pesticides and fertilisers. We believe that organic and regenerative coffee farming is not only beneficial to human health but also non-human organisms big and small that use coffee farms for habitat. We are fully transparent with the laboratory tests for our coffee so please do write to us and we would be happy to share this with you.

Our restoration effort includes restoring native vegetation in certain farm areas. The science behind our restoration process is derived from traditional ecological knowledge including the planting of select keystone tree species and maintaining other features on farms that could provide habitat for a wide variety of wildlife.

Our packaging is fully biodegradable. The outer bag paper bag is not pulp from freshly cut trees (we are unconvinced that pulp from trees is sustainable) but made from waste sugarcane pulp which is a byproduct in the sugar manufacturing process. The inner bag is a biodegradable “plastic” made from a polymer that disintegrates on its own between 8-24 months in landfill conditions and leaves behind no harmful residues.

Each cup of coffee can be traced back to the single farm or, at the least, cluster of farms from which the beans were harvested. Importantly, traceability at Black Baza is reciprocal, not just consumer driven. We share general details about where our coffee drinkers are from, their walks of life and coffee drinking habits with our partner producers as much as possible. We believe that this draws meaningful connectedness which eventually allows for more sustainable farming practices. Ask us more if you have questions!

Our commitment to sustainable coffee means that we have to meticulously monitor the impact of our involvement. Livelihood-related changes are monitored through questionnaire surveys and focus group discussions. Biodiversity-related changes are monitored through studying select ecological indicator species, such as certain native tree species, birds, insects and soil invertebrates.