What’s Been Happening
The Cost of Coffee
If you’ve noticed your favourite cafe has increased their pricing or your cup at home is costing you more these days, you’re not alone. The rising price of coffee has been a topic of conversation for many recently, and as roasters we feel it at every…
Coffee for Wildlife
Coffee that supports farmers, protects forests and saves wildlife Genovese is Zoos Victoria's exclusive coffee supplier. We supply coffee from priority conservation projects for the cafes and shops at Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo, Healesville…
CafeSmart – Action Against Homelessness
JOIN UP TO HELP YOUR HOOD This year we’re a proud roaster partner for StreetSmart’s initiative CafeSmart, running from the 2nd – 8th of August. CaféSmart enables the coffee community to raise vital funds and awareness for those experiencing…
Sumatra Orang Utan – Single Origin
Farm/Co-operative: Orang Utan Coffee Owing to intensive agricultural development and rapid deforestation, orangutans loose their natural habitat. The greatest threat is the rapid expansion of the palm oil plantation industry at the expense of…
Shots By Genovese
Capsules vs Pods: What’s the difference and why It matters for your morning coffee. If you’re after quick and easy coffee at home, capsule and pod machines are probably on your radar. But while they seem similar, capsules and pods are quite different,…
Janson Coffee Farm
Farms: Hacienda Cafetalera and Los Alpes Hacienda Janson Coffee farm is a family owned Hacienda established in 1941, originally a cattle farm, by Carl Axel Janson an immigrant from Sweden. Their coffee plantations are located on the Talamanca Mountain…
Community Initiatives
In addition to paying a fair price for green bean, we also contribute to the farms & their surrounding communities in other ways. These are two initiatives that we support directly: CriaCarmo Coffee Project®: In 2013, our friends at CarmoCoffees…
Transparency
We strongly believe in paying producers a premium price for quality coffee and assisting them in investing back into their communities & businesses. We achieve this firstly, through building long-term relationships with the farmers we source our…
Founding Member – Coffee 4 Planet Ark Program
Have you ever considered what happens to the Used Coffee Grounds (UCG) after your coffee is made? Most are thrown in the bin & end up in landfill. This is a major problem because of the amount of Methane used coffee emits when left to decompose.…
