Happy B Corp Month! March is a special time for us at Nossa Familia Coffee. It's a time to reflect and share our journey as a Certified B Corporation. Being part of this global community means more than just selling great coffee; it's a commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. It means holding ourselves to rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. And it's not a one-time deal; every three years, we go through a recertification process to ensure we're continually meeting these high standards.   Back in 2016, Nossa Fa ..read more

Our Direct Trade Partnership in Nicaragua Last month Nossa Familia wrapped up our 2024 Coffee Tour to Nicaragua. Our annual trips are an immersive opportunity for our team and coffee enthusiasts to travel to the origin to see where our coffee is produced, meet the people who make it, and experience the beauty of the country where the coffee is grown. PHOTOS: (1.) Members of Nossa Familia's 2024 Coffee Tour visiting Bayardo Reyes (far right) owner of Finca San Jose de las Nubes coffee farm (2.) View of the valley below the farm Visiting the source allows for a deeper unde ..read more

OUR FESTA HOLIDAY BLEND IS BACK AND IT'S BETTER THAN EVER! Festa, meaning celebration or feast in Portuguese, is a way of life in our native Brazil—and the holidays are no exception. Since 2016, Festa Holiday Blend has been a mainstay of our holiday offering here at Nossa Familia. It represents the very best coffee we have to offer and it gives back to the hardworking farming communities who produce it. We are excited to share that our 2022 blend is better than ever! Festa features beans from our family farms in Brazil as well as our partner producers at Finca San Jose de las Nubes i ..read more

NOW FEATURING: KEIA & MARTYN'S As we enter the month of June, Nossa Familia is thrilled to continue our Guest Roaster series, shining a spotlight on Black-owned coffee companies and sharing their coffee at our Portland, Oregon cafes. We are delighted to introduce our next guest roaster, Keia & Martyn's! Keia & Martyn’s medium light roast coffee from Columbia will be available on drip, on espresso and freshly roasted by the bag at Nossa Familia’s cafes through the end of June while supplies last. ABOUT KEIA & MARTYN’S  Keia & Martyn's Coffee is a value-centered roa ..read more

DID YOU KNOW? In the Portland Metro Area, roughly 50 million disposable coffee cups are thrown away each year. This creates 3 million pounds (about 1360776 kg) of solid waste and 6,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions. As a coffee company, we're guilty as charged – YIKES! WHAT WE DID To address this issue, we pioneered a Zero Waste Program at our cafes back on Earth Day in April of 2019. The program features a 25-cent upcharge on all disposable to-go cups which encourages people to pause and consider their options. We encourage our customers to take a break and enjoy their coffee in a nice ceramic ..read more

At Nossa Familia we are continually looking for ways to create a more sustainable coffee supply chain. From ethical sourcing to responsible roasting and serving in our cafes, our goal is to create a positive and sustainable future for our family, origin partners, community, and business overall. Carbon emissions have become a major issue globally, with smaller third world countries, including our coffee origins, being disproportionally affected. As a US-based coffee company, Nossa Familia recognizes the urgency to reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to global efforts to combat climate ..read more

Full Cycle's Giveback (2015 - 2022) Full Cycle is Nossa Familia's signature giveback blend. Since 2015, we've been proud to donate .50-cents of every bag of Full Cycle purchased to nonprofits striving to make the world a better place through bicycles. In addition to a love of bicycles, the name Full Cycle represents our involvement in the ‘Full Cycle’ of coffee, from farm to cup, and the relationships at every step in the supply chain. Full Cycle is curated to embody the best of what we stand for — delicious coffee sourced through family and direct-trade relationships ..read more

Happy B Corp Month! Every March we join our global community of businesses to celebrate and amplify what it means to be a Certified B Corporation. In 2016 Nossa Familia Coffee became Oregon’s first certified B Corp coffee roaster to show our commitment to putting people and the planet before profit. We are proud to be one of thousands of Certified B Corps meeting high standards of verified social and environmental performance. We're united around the idea of redefining success in business: that companies should be purpose-driven and create benefit for all stakeholders, not just shar ..read more

Happy B Corp Month 2023! In 2016 Nossa Familia Coffee became Oregon’s first certified B Corp coffee roaster to show our commitment to putting people and the planet before profit. Bringing you exceptional coffee stems from continually striving to foster community, ensuring social responsibility and minimizing our environmental impact throughout the full cycle of coffee. This tradition started long before we became a B Corp. Our family - ‘Nossa Familia’ in Portuguese - has been growing coffee in the highlands of Brazil since the 1890s. From our family’s resilient coffee tradition, we'v ..read more

Every year we wait in anticipation as our fresh crop coffees roll in. One particular coffee we’ve come to really look forward to is our Guatemalan Gesha from Finca San Jerónimo Miramar. This year we are offering a Washed Process Gesha from this outstanding regenerative farm near Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. Ringing in at $37 for a 12oz bag, this isn’t your run-of-the-mill coffee. Read on to discover with this coffee is so special. Gesha is the most prized cultivar in the specialty coffee world, selling for prices well above any other coffee. But what makes this highly-valued coffee so sp ..read more