The booth of Amigos International radiated a special party atmosphere during Germany’s organic tradefair Biofach 2010, which ran from 17 to February 20. After all, after two years of hard labour, Ananda Chocolate was now finally born and presented to the international public. To groovy music, three beautiful “Ananda’s” – dressed in fair-trade-organic cotton – served the [...]
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Ananda Chocolate was introduced in the week before Christmas to the Dutch public at Ekoplaza The Hague, the largest Dutch organic supermarkets. Despite the delay of the boat that brought the chocolate, which was 100% produced in Ecuador, to the Netherlands and despite the snow storms during that week in the Netherlands, the launch was [...]
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It is a great pleasure to announce that Escoffee has won the Taza Dorada Competition 2009 in Ecuador, for the second year in a row! Like in 2008, it was voted again to have the best fragrance, aroma, flavor, acidity, body, uniformity and cleanliness (cupping criteria) in the entire country. (In 2007, Escoffee came in [...]
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Escoffee farmers received the first prize in a competition organized by the National Association of Coffee Exporters ANECAFÉ. The competition was held on home-turf, in the southern province of Loja. Escoffee farmers harvest organic, shade-grown and hand-picked Arabica coffee. Proper wet-processing of the coffee is of supreme importance to its quality; a method which requires professional skills and passionate commitment. [...]
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In Kerala, South of India, Amigos International is initiating an organic farming coffee project. This project concerns a gourmet Robusta coffee, which is often, unjustly, seen as inferior to the Arabica coffee plant. The Robusta plant is – as its name suggests – more robust than the Arabica plant and produces a coffee that has a [...]
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Ananda Chocolate: Bliss in a 50 gram bar! Scientists agree: chocolate makes you happy! ‘Ananda’, means ‘ecstasy’ in Sanskrit and Pali, and is a Buddhist term coined millennia ago, when cacao only still made the Amazon Indians, the Mayans and Aztecs happy. By now, cacao’s benefits are well-known worldwide. About fifty grams of dark chocolate every [...]
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Amigos International had a fantastic time at the Biofach 2009 in Germany. The IFOAM café served our Escoffee, people ate record amounts of Organic Meltdown chocolate at our booth, Salsa was playing for a good atmosphere, and many new distributors showed interest in carrying the organic Amigos products. Concrete sales were also done, increasing our [...]
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Amigos participated at the Horecava trade show in Amsterdam, January 12-15. From left to right: General Director Jeroen Kruft; Marketing & Sales, team members Varisha Ramnarain, Daniel Schut and Jordi Strormann; Director Marketing & Sales Bastiaan Bais
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Pulping Machines benefit more Specialty Coffee. Every year, Amigos finances much needed coffee pulping machines for the farmers of Olmedo and Chaguarpamba, province of Loja, Ecuador. This machine rids the coffee bean of its red (or yellow) cherry. This ‘wet-method’ of the ‘washed’ coffee results in a superior quality to ‘sun-dried’ coffee, which is dried [...]
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Amigos International offers delicious and exotic tea, coffee and chocolate. Organic, Fair trade, 100%PICO and ecologically packaged. We work closely with farmers, processors, exporters and researchers in developing countries, so as to generate local employment.
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You will find our quality products in specialty food stores, but you can also order for home delivery from our consumer webshop at low or no shipping costs. Stores can order with wholesalers, or conveniently and economically through our retail webshop!
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We’d love to see your questions or suggestions at info@amigos-international.org!
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25. February 2010
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