In The News — women owned

Coffee shops and upstarts are creating a whole new slew of innovative styles that are sure to change the way you look at your morning cup of joe. From cafes dispensing on-tap nitro to online companies shipping canisters of cold brew, these caffeine purveyors are on the cutting edge. Cold-Brew Concentrate at Kohana Coffee It's awesome enough that you can skip the cafe crush and get a cold-brew fix at home, thanks to this line of cans (in flavors such as Island Latte, Tahitian Vanilla and Volcanic Black) and organic concentrates (choose from Original, Toasted Coconut or French Roast). But...

Austin, Texas-based cold brew and whole bean purveyor Kohana Coffee has the ambitious and unprecedented goal of sourcing every last one of its beans from women by 2020. This would involve not just women farmers, but women at every step of the supply chain, including in milling, processing, exporting and importing.The plan starts with the two women at the helm of Kohana, founder Victoria Lynden and vice president of operations Piper Jones, who have built the company around a mission to support other women in the production and trade of fairtrade and organic certified coffees.The company says it pays a...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Victoria Lynden. Victoria is the CEO of Kohana Coffee and Alliance Abroad Group. In 2014, Inc Magazine named Kohana the sixth fastest-growing food and beverage company in the US. In 2020, Kohana will be the first company to source 100% of its coffee from women growers — a mission that will boost gender equality and raise living standards for women and their families in the world’s impoverished coffee-growing regions.Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory”?Ten years ago, I took a trip to Hawaii as a burned-out executive eager...