
Coffee delivered to your door. Grown by farmers you can tip.
MoneroTopia is sweet and mellow with flowery citrus notes. This is our top Guatemalan coffee. 100% Arabica whole-bean coffee. Single-origin, direct from the San Rafael Farm in the Antigua coffee region of Guatemala, famous for its nutrient-rich volcanic soil. We recommend you enjoy this coffee as a pour-over, but it tastes great as drip brewed too.
The 14oz bag of coffee cost only $24.99 per bag, SHIPPING INCLUDED! We are currently only shipping to the U.S.
The bags come labeled with a QR code that will allow you to send a tip, in Monero, directly to the farmers that grew, harvested, prepared, and roasted your beans.
The tip you send will go directly to a Monero address that we currently control. In the coming weeks we will be visiting the farm ourselves in Guatemala to teach the farmers about Monero and to provide them their own wallets. We will disburse any tips received to them and will devise a method for making sure all future tips go directly to them. Even farmers that do not have smartphones or computers will be able to receive and hold their Monero by simply keeping their private key. More details on how Gratuitas tipping works can be found below.
Gratuitas is a social impact startup that allows you (the consumer) to tip coffee producers in developing nations using Monero.
Why Monero? Because we believe Monero is the closest thing we have to true peer-to-peer digital cash. It's cheap and safe to send. The receiver just needs a Monero private key, and does not even require technology like a smartphone or computer to receive and hold the tips. Also, like cash, with Monero there is no fear that the recipients' funds will be publicly known for all to see - thus avoiding exposing the recipient to crime or confiscation of their tips.
How does it work? Everyday, we are using products that are produced by under appreciated, hard-working people living in developing countries. Imagine being able to thank those workers directly with a tip. Now you can.
As a proof-of-concept, Gratuitas has provided coffee farmers in Brazil with Monero private keys. These keys correspond with public key QR codes printed on the bags your coffee is delivered in. You can scan that code to tip the coffee producer directly. If the coffee pilot is a success, we will add other products to our offerings, and seek partnerships. Our hope is one day, tipping the Manilla factory worker that crafted the sole of your shoe, will be as commonplace as tipping your local barista.
What will the farmers do with their Monero Tips? Initially, probably nothing. But it will give them the chance to save up a nest egg of Monero that will likely grow in value over time. Eventually, with the help of Gratuitas, we think people will learn how to sell their Monero for cash, use it to make purchases on the internet, or use it locally — allowing a local Monero economy to blossom.
Quintas Da Serra
Farmers
The Monero tips you send will go directly to the farmers that make your cup of joe possible. The coffee you purchase will come with a Monero address printed on it. Any Monero you send to that address will go directly to the farmers of the Quintas da Serra Fazenda in Brazil. The tips received will be divided evenly among all the farmers. (The slideshow shows all the farmers that will be receiving the tips.)