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Introducing Feeding San Diego Coffee Collective
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Craft coffee on a mission to end hunger in San Diego.

Welcome to the Feeding San Diego Coffee Collective: Artisanally crafted organic coffee sourced from sustainable farms worldwide. Indulge in the rich flavors of Tower Roasting’s premium craft coffee, knowing that not only is it organic and fair-trade coffee, but every sip helps end hunger and reduce food waste. With every purchase, 30% goes directly to Feeding San Diego to support our hunger relief and food rescue programs.
Empire Blend Single Origin Coffee Whole Bean

The Coffee Origin Story

Our Empire blend is a mix of our organic, fair trade Peruvian Single Origin—a full-bodied medium roast and our Yirgacheffe Ethiopian Single Origin heirloom cultivar roast. By combining the delicate fruity and floral notes of both beans, it has a creamy smoothness, an intoxicating jasmine aroma, maple syrup, cocoa and strawberry notes, with a satisfying caramel finish.

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Ethiopia is believed to be the cradle of mankind and the birthplace of coffee, so they have had over a millennium to build a coffee empire. Yirgacheffe Ethiopian beans are borne of the mineral rich clay of the Adema community in the Gedeo Zone, where over 800 producers organize around the Idido washing station. Raised in Southern Ethiopia’s perfect coffee growing environment, Yirgacheffe’s small, jade bean is harvested cleanly without any agronomic chemicals. The plants thrive naturally in warm, higher elevations abundant in fertile soil blanketed with jasmine, poinsettia, and a variety of trees. This helps to produce deliciously opulent, complex flavor notes.

One of the first countries in the Americas to receive coffee plants, Peru, began growing coffee in the mid-1700’s. Through most of its history its beans were consumed locally, but in the first decade of the 1900’s Peru began exporting beans on a large scale. Coffee quickly made up 60% of Peru’s exports. Cusco is one of the oldest and largest coffee producing areas of Peru. Home of the ancient Incan Empire, the area has been farmed by generations of growers. Cusco coffee is among the most consistently balanced Peruvian brews—and the most award-winning.

At first, it seemed impossible to improve on either of these exquisite single origin coffees. Then we married them, and magic happened. 

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Your donation helps

Provide more than 35 million meals each year to people in San Diego County facing hunger.

Rescue more than 31 million pounds of surplus food each year from grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms and get it to people in need.

Prevent more than 27,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent from being emitted into the atmosphere by diverting good food from going into the landfill.

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