About us & Photo Gallery
Take a look and discover who we are..
Who We Are
Let us introduce ourselves
Who are we? My name is Ben Gangloff & I’m married to Peruvian native Yrma. Together we scour the remote corners of Peru looking for tasty treats to import. We support direct market sourced coffee. What does that mean? Well, we search for direct relationships with growers & partner with them to ensure the highest quality all the way from seed to your cup. We pay a price not based on fluctuations in the marketplace, but rather invested to foster a sustainable market that rewards the growers for the hard work entailed in careful quality control. On our end, we have eliminated a few “middlemen” in the process & still can make a living. For those sipping the end result, fine coffee & the knowledge that there is a real human connection all the way from field to espresso maker.
About Our Imports
How it all came to be…
We have been importing direct market green coffee beans via the Curibamba project & working to improve the standard of living for the coffee growers that work so hard to make sure that we have our great coffee in the morning. Our partnership with growers means higher quality coffee & more earnings for the farmers. It’s a win-win!
This past year (2015) we added several more growers that we purchase coffee from directly. These fine coffees are now available in the US. Thanks for your support of direct market coffee! Please read our blog to find out more about each of these coffees; the special places and the families behind them. We go to the farm, so that you don’t have to.
