Roasters Calling — The Bird of Colombia 2025/26

Coffee berries are ripening in Colombia, cared for through months of labor and resilience. Now they are ready to become yours. The Bird of Colombia series offers roasteries limited lots — to buy, to book, to roast with dignity and solidarity.

Coffees That Grow While We Wait

Right now, in Colombia, coffee berries hang on branches. Still green, still maturing. For months, people have risen at dawn to care for them — pruning, weeding, shielding them from leaf rust, nursing them through drought and sudden rains.

Behind every future cup lies this hidden time. It is not a miracle. It is labor. And it is fragile.

What happens when these berries ripen is not decided by nature alone. It is decided by us — buyers, roasters, traders, drinkers. Will we rush them into markets at prices too low to cover even minimum wages? Or will we allow them to carry dignity, value, and care into the next stage of their life?

The Violence of Rushing

Too often, the answer is violence. Not bullets, but economics. Coffee harvested too quickly. Sold too cheaply. Moved too brutally.

Plantation owners squeezed. Workers trapped in poverty. Families surviving on wages that barely cover food and shelter.

The global system calls this efficiency.We call it economic violence — against farmers who cannot pay their workers, against families carrying sacks heavier than their income, against futures stolen before they are written.

The Better Coffee Response

This is why The Better Coffee movement exists. To say: enough.

We do not stand outside the system pretending to be clean. We stand inside it, resisting. Sharing knowledge. Developing techniques to improve crops. Fighting for higher prices. Turning trade into a structure of mutual aid.

It is not charity. It is solidarity. It is economic self-defense.And when you buy these coffees, you are not helping from afar — you are co-authoring a different trade, one lot at a time.

Birds, Not Scores

The Bird of Colombia series was born from this resistance.

We began in Colombia, where The Places first took root. And we decided: these coffees will not be reduced to numbers.

Every lot carries the name of a Colombian bird — a symbol of resilience and biodiversity. And every lot is evaluated not by abstract points, but through The Ranking Method.

That means full transparency: processes, volumes, financial flows, even the wages of pickers and sorters.Not numbers. Not scores. Names, stories, dignity.

Fermentations as Resistance

The Bird of Colombia is not only symbolic — it is sensory.

We harvest coffee berries with care, then ferment them in small batches. Rare, radical methods: Champagne-like mosto, double carbonic maceration, thermal shocks, controlled anaerobics.

Coffee in transition: pulped, washed, and prepared for fermentation. Every profile begins here.

Not gimmicks. Not nostalgia.But invention — proof that experimentation can thrive without exploitation.

This is not novelty. It is resilience. When farmers master these methods, they create value that cannot be crushed by commodity pricing.

For Roasters, For People

When these coffees reach you, roasters, they bring more than flavor. They bring solidarity. Each bag is a connection to The Places — our network of mutual help, where farmers, roasters, educators, and drinkers defend each other against collapse.

You receive limited, dignified lots — some steady Essentials, some radical experiments. You receive transparency — not only about the sensory profile, but also about the ethical profile. And you receive support: after-sales consultation, free conversations, and roasting guidance.

Act Now — Birds Are Waiting

There are around 100 lots, nano lots. Many as small as 35–70 kg. This is not industrial supply. It is fragile availability. Once reserved, they are gone.

You can book now. You can buy 100% prepaid at two transparent tiers: Sustainable and Supporter. In doing so, you don’t just secure coffee. You secure dignity for the people who made it possible.

👉 Download the full offer list and discover more about Better Trade here: redinkcoffee.com/trade-better

And if you want more technical detail about The Ranking Method, let us know — or book a free Conversation with us at Red Ink Coffee.

Roasters calling. Birds waiting. The Better Coffee is here.