Shade Grown Coffee | Documentary about sustainable coffee grown in the shade

SHADE GROWN COFFEE is the inspiring story about how growing coffee in the shade of native trees in the tropics can have a truly positive impact on local communities, halt deforestation and protect critical habitat for wildlife - all while giving your daily dose of caffeine a better aftertaste. Get insight into the coffee-making process, all the way from harvesting the ripe cherries to preparing the perfect cup of coffee and hear from passionate coffee farmers, roasters and baristas from around the world how we can all enjoy a more sustainable cup and a brighter tomorrow.
A doc for coffee enthusiasts and nature lovers alike, SHADE GROWN COFFEE aims to deepen the viewers’ understanding of their roles as consumers and appreciation of their next cup of coffee.
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Director: Alexander Kinnunen
Cinematography: Alexander Kinnunen
Production: Kinnunen Film
Filmmusic: Frederik Ebert
Sounddesign: Frederik Ebert
Editing: Alexander Kinnunen
Festivals & Awards
CPH: DOX (world premiere) (2020)
Sustainable Living Film Festival (SLFF), Turkey (2020)
Sonoma International Film Festival, USA (2021)
BEAT Fetsival, Russia (2021)
Noordelijk Film Festival, Ecocinema programme, The Netherlands (2021)
PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia (2021)
© 2016, Licensed by MAGNETFILM
#documentary #coffee #sustainability #southamerica

[@buzzybee186]

Love this! I've made the financial decision to buy shade grown coffee the last year bc I heard about it's positive effects on wildlife during a veterinary conference. A bit pricier but so worth it. And after you've started to grind your own beans you'll think that pre ground big brands are doggy doo 😊

[@om.sangraikopi]

Nice Documentary

[@danthemanx999]

This is so good especially for a person like me who grew up on a coffee farm.

[@sw8963]

in Tanzania saw areas where 90 percent of trees cut to leave enough canopy for coffee plantations. have no idea whether this is good approach or has any downside.

[@tomover9905]

I genuinely like how the interviewer voice was edited out, so that the farmer's own voice carried the narrative.

[@Ang_R17]

What a great documentary. Loved it!!!

[@WildPrimal23]

Incredible work- shade grown coffee is amazing!

[@macadamiaAfrica]

great documentary! welldone to all people and farmers involved

[@johnnycomelately6341]

One of the best nature documentaries.

[@cesarserrano2676]

This is a very usefull video. So uplifting and loving. The coffee industri must understand that producing coffee is so difficult, above all if it is under shadow. Thank's for this job!

[@jamesmuthukui9355]

Nice job keep it up

[@KKK-ks5fk]

Thank you for featureing me in this video when i was still in The Coffee Academics! I hope to see this video inspired the rest of the world to see thi supply chain. Thank you, you quan from common man for showing me this!!!

[@damithajayasinghe]

absolutely great.Very inspiring content

[@turtleanton6539]

Coffe is so good and amazing 😊

[@kekwkekwkekw6484]

amazing documentary, deserves more views!!

[@lislotus]

☕🌱

[@franciscofaleiro8253]

Lovely documentary. I am so sorry for not seeing it before. I am a small coffee grower in Brasil in Caparaó place and has been doing so far organic shade coffee at 1300 m high and although has been facing a lot of criticism I am an enthusiastic if what I am doing Congratulations for this documentary and I’d love to get in contact with you all. Lovely!

[@yihenewdamtew7397]

Amazing brother

[@freddyjflores6278]

Saludos desde Nicaragua.

[@UrbanCamo28]

❤

[@iliastsakas1791]

How we can find these people at social media ?

[@franciscofaleiro8253]

Who could provide us any contact to find out more information about special varieties growing in these different countries?

[@srinivasreddy3485]

You could also have looked at coffees in India. Lot of coffee is grown in shade conditions in the western ghats!

[@oemypackaging]

How about compostable packaging bags to pack your coffee bean?

[@diunguyen2368]

🥰

[@turtleanton6539]

😊😊😊😊

[@jakobw135]

Maybe, instead of looking to penalize the end user coffee drinker for the poor wages of the farmer, you should instead be looking at trimming the obscene profits made at the upper echelon of the coffee chain.

[@Leo-eb1wl]

It’s an incredibly complex issue, most cafes struggle to make money, lots of roasters struggle to make money, many green bean importers are making on average 5% per kilo sold and farmers mainly struggle. One of the biggest issues with coffee is the incredibly high wages and outgoings for roasters and cafes. I am a coffee farmer, importer and roaster and I also own a couple of cafes. So I see it from all perspectives. It is a very difficult issue with no simple answer. Consumers don’t want to pay more for their coffee, cafes don’t want to pay more to roasters, roasters therefore demand a certain price from the importer and the importer will negotiate a price that meets the roaster.

[@cheder6]

​@@Leo-eb1wlis being roasters a viable income to raise a family?

[@byrolyn8182]

COFFEE WAS DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA.. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉