You can never fully understand the realities and challenges of specialty coffee farming until you’re on the ground—walking the land, meeting the producers, and hearing their stories firsthand. For anyone working in coffee, this kind of experience is invaluable. It’s something we’ve long dreamed of sharing with our team at Wonderstate. In 2024, we launched an employee program that brings this vision to life. Each quarter, one team member is nominated by their peers for embodying our core values: Honoring Relationships, Excellence. Always., Gratitude, In Service to Our Collective Future, and Celebrating Joy, Purpose and Wonder. The selected team member is awarded a trip to visit our producer partners at origin. Our most recent group just returned from an incredible journey to Guatemala—carrying back a deeper connection to the people and stories behind the coffees you’ll soon see on our menu. Their experience is a powerful reminder of why we source with such intention and care. We’re incredibly grateful for our hosts and their amazing hospitality; Codech Cooperative and producers Wendy Hernandez and Porfirio Valesquez. Cheers to our inspiring team!