Environmental and Social Ethics

CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Roasting coffee definitely produces CO2. To offset this we partnered with Cascade Land Conservancy in 2004 to plant hundreds of small cedar trees, in Seattle’s Interlaken Park. Director Gene Duvernoy estimated that we would be carbon neutral, (absorbing as much carbon as our roasting operation produces) by the year 2014. The trees are doing fine…

COFFEE FARMING
For espresso featuring our sweet roast only mild, low acid, coffee arabica can be used. Coffee of this nature can only be grown on farms practicing the “old” growing method of protecting the delicate coffee trees with larger shade trees. So each farm we purchase from is a complete, functioning eco-system.

SUSTAINABILITY
As of 2019 all products we use to bring this coffee to you are compostable. That’s right, our 12oz. bean bags, to-go cups, lids, straws, and even the stir sticks, go right in the green bin.

DELIVERY
Vivace delivers all products to our shops in Seattle using a small electric van made by Vantage of California.