Sustainability

At Crema, one of our core principles centers around practicing sustainability and zero-waste. We've outlined the ways that we put these principles into practice in other blogs posts, but we want to shift the focus to what we, as a collective of coffee drinkers can do every day to minimize our waste specifically related to drinking and making the coffee we love so much.  Below, you'll find a handful of practical and easy-to-implement tips for becoming a more sustainably-minded coffee consumer. Here's an overview of what we'll dive into: Choosing ceramic cups in cafes Buying coffee in compostable bags Composting...

You may have noticed that we care a lot about our environmental impact and sustainability. What you may not know is that our passion was originally inspired by our coffee producers! On one of our first origin trips we saw that they care a lot about the environment and the way their practices affect it. They often go the extra mile, even reusing their coffee pulp and repurposing water to grow grass for cows. Their passion for sustainability fueled ours and years later, here we are: a zero waste business always looking for ways to improve our impact, both locally...

We are a zero waste business. To us, this term defines our goal of taking small steps in a more sustainable direction. Over the past several years, we’ve taken steps like composting and recycling 90% of all our waste, buying local, and stocking our store with BPI certified versions of all our single use items. We are excited to announce to you our new next step: retail bags made almost entirely (99%) from plants. We’re calling them our “Next Best Step Bags,” and they make us really happy. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Our new coffee bags are Biotre...

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? Sustainability can mean many different things. The Oxford Dictionary says it’s, “the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” Our approach has evolved over the years through reading Wendell Berry, and other books like Cradle to Cradle and Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money, and learning from coffee producers and friends in our community. We want every aspect of Crema to continually thrive--for us, that is made possible by establishing a strong sense of economic vitality, environmental commitment, and social responsibility.   What does sustainability at Crema look like? ECONOMIC VITALITY Money is...