Transparent From Bean to Cup

Sustainably Grown

Our coffee beans are grown, truly wild, on biodiverse land in the mountains of the Oaxaca Occidental that we own and manage ourselves. This beautiful area is the last remaining intact cloud forest in Mexico and boasts sounds of rushing water, birds and understory life. We are proud to offer only wild-grown coffee beans and have passed a third-party audit to prove this. Our beans are self-seeded and we do not use any chemical sprays or pesticides. We are truly passionate about maintaining the finca (estate) ecosystem and its wildlife and take every measure to do this, no matter how challenging it may be.

Wild Harvested

We hike in to harvest and mill all our coffee beans in the mountains from November to February. Our impact free milling system uses a wet process with a natural river runoff as our water source. Our team members from the local indigenous community prepare the beans to be brought down from the mountains by donkeys and then transported to the city of Oaxaca.

Self Importing

From the processing plant, the green coffee beans travel to Manzanillo, Mexico, where they are then shipped by boat to the port of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in burlap sacks. We are proud to be one of very few in Canada that own from source to cup and manage our business transparently.

Locally Craft Roasted

From Vancouver, the coffee beans are then transported to our facility on the beautiful shores of Shuswap lake in Canoe, British Columbia. This is where the beans will be stored and final roasting is completed. To us, roasting is an art and for this reason we roast in small batches only making us a true craft roastery. By roasting in small quantities, it ensures care at source and focus on “whole quality” is translated into the cup.

Distribution

We are always looking for ways to lessen our production and packaging footprint. Our coffee blends are packaged in 100% recyclable bags. These bags are then distributed to our growing list of suppliers or purchased by coffee lovers online. It is our greatest accomplishment to have gained entire control of our supply chain, as whole quality at Frog Friendly is about the entire process. How we live, how we contribute to others, and ultimately ensuring you enjoy a great cup of coffee is our passion.