WHY EXPERIMENTAL?
You deserve great coffee and farmers deserve great pay. It's that simple. Join the experiment.
TRANSPARENCY
Many farmers do not bring in enough revenue to cover production costs, let alone thrive financially. This is unacceptable. We believe price transparency is one way to change this. To that end, we make two guarantees about how we will use your money: First, we will always tell you the price we pay ($/lb) for green. Second, we will only source coffee where more than 70% of the green price goes directly to farmers.
PRODUCER DIVERSITY
We're just as excited as you about access to the most righteous, highest quality, cutting-edge green. The reality, however, is that this limits us to a select group of producers; many of these folks are doing well already. We won't change the game by only supporting these farmers. And let us be clear: We will source coffee from these producers. We also want to diversify your experiences and deliver the same or higher quality coffee while also making the world a better place. By working with farmers who are lesser known, we can do that.
GREEN QUALITY
This one's pretty simple. We only source high-quality green: coffee with few defects, from recent harvests. And because there's no point in sourcing good green if you're going to store it poorly, we vacuum seal all of our green coffee and store it in a climate controlled environment.
COMMUNITY
Experimental isn't a coffee company, it's a community. And, we get it: every company writes something like this. So here's what we've done in addition to saying it. We have a subreddit where we communicate upcoming events, drops, and solicit feedback from folks like you. We've sampled coffee with our community and sourced coffee tailored to their tastes. We're now designing bags and logos with the community as well. As part of making this worth your time, we offer standard discounts and exclusive offerings.
SIP SOCIETY
We also host coffee classes and events through our sister company, Sip Society. If you're in Chicago, join us and let us know you're coming for member discounts. Lastly, we drink coffee together, ask for your feedback on how to improve our roasts and sourcing, and create the vision for Experimental with you. That's our ultimate sign of being in community. So, join our Discord (contact us for the invite), our subreddit, a class or event, and be in community with us.
WHY COMMUNITY?
There are thousands of coffee companies. Why give your money to any of them? Yeah, we want good coffee, but honestly that's the easiest part of this journey. Building a sustaining community that does good in the world—like paying farmers more and pushing for serious transparency—is much more challenging. And we like challenges.
If you do too, join our subreddit, discord, and come to an event. We'd love to see you!