NOTE FROM THE CREATORS OF BREWING PASSION COFFEE
“During our first year of service in the mountains of Intibuca, Honduras, we met a man who was about to lose his farm and home due to a large debt. In order to help meet his needs, Brooke’s father and I told him to keep his home and farm and that they would pay the debt in exchange for two acres of land. As we continued to minister to the people in surrounding communities, they realized that they were all coffee farmers. Coffee was one of the major crops in this area.
Our way to become all things to all people was by using that small piece of land and to start farming. In the coffee business, there are many middle-men that buy and sell coffee for profit. This leaves the farmers with a very minimal profit margin. One of the pastors came in the middle of the year and asked me for money to purchase fertilizer for his crops and he promised to pay me back with coffee at the harvest time. When the harvest time came and the pastor fulfilled his debt with coffee, I realized that the middle-man he had originally been selling to was only paying a fraction of the cost of the value of the coffee. I wanted to be ethical and pay the true value, which was a huge blessing to this man’s family. Then, this pastor began to share with others about my father in law and I who would pay a higher price for coffee. As more and more coffee was offered, it became inevitable to start processing it, roasting it, and selling it. Year after year, the farmers continued to bring their harvest to us to receive the full price value and we started selling it to North Americans that came a week at a time to minister to these people.” ~Rene
Now, the coffee is here in the United States. We are faith-based missionaries and we are using this coffee as one avenue to support our family. By selling the coffee here, we are able to continue supporting the families in Honduras, our family can continue to serve, and other ministries can be blessed."
-Rene and Brooke Pizzati, Missionaries