Journal
A Fairtrade Coffee and Chocolate Pairing Guide
A guide for chocolate and coffee lovers who want to put their hearts into it. Choosing to buy Certified Organic Chocolate and Coffee is a treat that connects the dots between the confectionary aisle and extreme poverty. Support Fairtrade and empower millions of farmers and workers.
Meet the Makers...
Showcasing 80 of the Sunshine Coast's incredible food and beverage producers. We are passionate about collaborating with others to make our beautiful Sunshine Coast Region a thriving and sustainable place to work and live.
What A Day To Be Happy
In the lead up to International Day of Happiness we take inspiration from the United Nations. We love to mark International events to educate, to mobilise, and to celebrate and reinforce the achievements of humanity.
Supporting Women Through Fairtrade
Fairtrade supports women to participate equally in agriculture, earn better wages and diversify their income and opportunities. Fairtrade Standards are designed to prevent gender inequality, increase female participation and empower more women and girls to access the benefits of Fairtrade.
Child Labour: This is how we are taking action
Here is something we want you to know: children below the age of 15 are not employed by Fairtrade organisations. Make a pledge: We are asking you to support Fairtrade by pledging to buy Fairtrade coffee. And Scale Up. We are also asking you to pledge to buy Fairtrade chocolate and coffee.
Big and Bold Coffee Pairing
Our coffee of the month Sumatra, is big and bold. It is full of body, with dark chocolate, dried cranberry and star anise notes. To complement this delightful coffee, you will need something equally strong in flavour. We love this simple Greek-inspired omelette for its smokey black olives, fetta cheese, caramelised onion and sweet fried tomatoes.
Brave Conversations
We would like to share with you a tool that has brought connection, respect and a lot of pleasant workplace conversations to Montville Coffee. We enjoy framing team meetings throughout the week, particularly a decision-making situation, with a ‘virtues pick’. This process asks willing contributors to pick from a deck of cards.
Changes to our packaging again. But why?
We have updated some of our packaging again! Now both our labels and bags are fully home compostable and we feel great about this. The new bags are a beautiful matte black and feel wonderful. This latest change is in line with our ongoing efforts to review our packaging against our own sustainability goals.
The International Year of Peace and Trust
Montville Coffee recognises the important role of the United Nations in international efforts to promote peace and trust among nations. We have learnt that taking action in solidarity with fundamental principles of peace and humanity, creates ripples that grow in effect as a force for good.
Barista Training with Competition Winners
We were excited to offer three places in our personalised Barista Training Course to competition winners from the Hinterland Times. The course will be a great foundation, as the young locals enter the workforce.
Finding unexpected joy in making "how to" videos
For years we have been sharing tips and hints for making better coffee at home; giving insights into the lives of our Fairtrade coffee growers; and into who we are and what we learning as we try to build a sustainable business in an evolving world.
Women's School of Leadership: challenging the gender gap
Fairtrade set up the Women’s School of Leadership, in Cote D’Ivoire, to support female farmers to generate more income and give them the confidence and skills to set up businesses and be leaders.
