THE SUSTAINABLE COFFEE CHOICE FOR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

sun coffee roasters Collegiate

COFFEE: A MEGA BUSINESS

Profitable at every step of the supply chain except for the farmer at origin.

A SOCIAL MISSION IS BORN

  • Ensure that farmers receive living wages, and education for their children
  • Alignment of our mission with
    your school’s fair labor and sustainability mission

UNIQUELY SUN

  • Engages entire campus: students, dining, faculty, admin
  • Education: 14-week curriculum on sustainability and fair trade practices
  • On-campus lectures & event
    sponsorship
  • Ambassador program
  • Internships
  • Trips to origin
  • Student scholarships
  • Family farmer behind every cup
  • Dual-certified RFA Organic and FT
  • License school brand
  • Tailored or branded POS
  • Extensive training & preventive maintenance work
  • Design of retail locations
  • Residential dining, retail & catering
    programs
  • Private label blends

SUSTAINABLE

  • Sustainability means leaving the earth in better condition than we found it
  • Low-carbon, eco-friendly roasting plant
  • State-of-the-art hybrid roaster and water cooled coffee grinder

FAIR LABOR

  • Social, environmental and economic standards
  • Safe, healthy working conditions
  • Protect the environment, enable transparency, and empower communities to build strong, thriving businesses 
  • Teach our Farming partners the value of a P&L and understanding how to track sales

EDUCATION

  • Education for farm children to offer them future options outside the coffee industry
  • Sun’s sustainability and fair labor practices engages and educates your employees
  • Scholarships—
    A portion of Sun’s proceeds goes back to a philanthropic cause our client’s support
  • Elevate sales through client engagement as well as sustainable delivery options

PREMIUM COFFEE

Rich premium Arabica coffee sourced from 14 cooperatives worldwide. All coffee is dual certified Fair Trade and Rain Forest Alliance and several are Cup of Excellence winners.

Designed to meet the needs of Retail, Cafes, Restaurants, and Executive Dining Rooms. We offer Bean to cup, Drip and espresso programs.

EVERY CUP TELLS A STORY

Through customized marketing, Sun Coffee Roasters educates and engages consumers, allowing them to visualize the true impact of their purchase. Your Client and Community can feel good about drinking a coffee that does good for the farmer as well as the earth.

FAIR TRADE AT A FAIR PRICE

Finally, a sustainable coffee portfolio that’s a fit for the collegiate sector: that’s the Sun advantage

FOUNDATIONAL OFFERINGS

  • State-of-the-art coffee and espresso equipment program
  • Sustainable Fair trade and Organic hot and iced tea, Fair Trade hot chocolate Sillycow Farmers
  • Environmentally friendly paper products
  • Full training & service program
  • Marketing support, tailored POS
  • Seasonal programs
  • Licensed branded coffee solutions, branded cafes and kiosks for your Retail locations with iPad presentation running loops about our farming partners. Your community gets to visit the farms we work with through visual video setup in your café or retail locations
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We exist to provide

  • Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, Organic certifications
  • Guest lectures
  • Sustainability curriculum
  • Classroom for discussion
  • Student ambassador program
  • Student scholarships
  • Student internships
  • Internships
  • Putting a face to coffee
  • Origin trips to farms
  • All coffee is dual certified
  • Sharing real stories about farmers
  • Tailored POS
  • Campus sustainability
  • Collegiate licensing to brand your coffee
  • Provide living wages
  • Educate children of coffee farmers
  • Preserve the rainforest
  • Design / implementation / training for cafes and dining