Origin Trips

Some of our team went to Costa Rica to see how coffee is grown and processed. Hear about their experiences first-hand!

CREMA’S ORIGIN TRIP TO COFFEE FARMS IN COSTA RICA At Crema, our partnerships with the people in these countries are essential to our ethos. We rely on these expert farmers, processors and pickers to bring you the tasty coffees we offer. As you may have heard us say before, we are a small part of the larger journey of coffee from seed to cup.   As part of our benefits and well-being plan, Crema employees are eligible for an origin trip after 3 years with the company. After a two-year origin trip hiatus (Hmm, I wonder why?), a few of...

We took a trip to Costa Rica a few weeks back to cup coffees from Don Mayo, Luis and Oscar Monge, and Fransico Mena—all producers we know through Exclusive Coffees, a local organization that works to connect buyers and farmers and elevate the quality and experience of coffee for everyone. A few of our team members came along and got to visit coffee farms and see the beginning of coffee’s story first hand. Sean Woestehoff (barista and musician extraordinaire) shares some thoughts on cupping in a building surrounded by coffee-plant-laden hills, the anaerobic process, the many fruits he’s never tasted...

We find inspiration in a lot of places. We’re continually inspired by our community, the faithful friends and guests at the shop, the community of creative folks around us in our city.   But nothing inspires us more than walking the hills of the Menendez family farms in El Salvador. ABOUT THE MENENDEZ COFFEE FARM Don Miguel, the over-half-a-decade veteran of the coffee world and patriarch of the Menendez family, loves watching people taste his coffee. He watched us cup — our co-owner Rachel, and fellow coffee sojourners Jess and Abby — and beamed with a pride you could’ve read...