the Buzz

Since 1890, the Carvalho Dias family has been growing amazing coffee in the highlands of Brazil. Enter Augusto: 5th generation Carvalho Dias and his friend Jason. Now the family's pride and joy is being imported directly to Portland and to your coffee cup. Follow the crop in Brazil, our progress as a start-up business, and share with us your passion for responsibly grown coffee.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

At Mississippi Pub Tonight

The Nossa Familia crew will be at the Mississippi Pizza Pub tonight to kick-off our new partnership with Portland Habitat for Humanity. It's new to us and we're not sure where it will take us, but tonight we'll be handing out samples, selling coffee, and donating $3 per lb to Women Build - something a good friend of ours is heavily involved in.

So check us out - we hope to see you there (we'll also be unveiling our new credit card processor at the event - so exciting).

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

How Much Would You Pay


In the near future, we will be selling our coffee at quite a few markets around the Portland area. The question is - what should we sell our coffee for at these stores? As I'm sure you're aware, most coffee is sold in 12oz bags - not our current 1lb (16oz). Prices vary from store to store and from one part of town to the other - what would you expect to see from us? We will eventually be switching over to 12oz as this is what people are most use to so this is what we are primarily concerned with.

What would you pay if you had never heard of us and what would it take to get you to switch? Judging by our new look, who do you see us being compared to? Having tasted the coffee and quality - who do we compete with? Obviously, we've put quite a bit of time into this and any extra thoughts would be greatly appreciated.