Smithsonian Bird Friendly® Certified  ·  Roasted in Vancouver, BC

Coffee That Protects What You Love

Every bag of Big Year Coffee is grown under a living forest canopy, the shade-grown habitat that migratory birds depend on. Single origin. Small batch. Roasted fresh in Vancouver, BC.

Resplendent Quetzal

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Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno · Costa Rica

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Let them choose their own origin, roast, and bag size. Every gift card funds shade-grown farms that keep migratory bird habitat standing. It tastes good and does good.

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The cacao at Zorzal grows inside a private nature reserve, the farm exists because of the birds, not the other way around. It's the most bird-friendly chocolate on earth.

As an avian ecologist I began Big Year Coffee to bring Bird Friendly certified coffee to a wider audience of birdwatchers worldwide. Whether you are love delicious coffee in your home or you are a cafe wanting to protect bird habitat - join our bird friendly movement.

— Avery Meeker (Founder big Year Coffee)
Rufous Hummingbird

The Canadian Gold Standard for Bird Habitat

Smithsonian Bird Friendly® is the most rigorous certification in sustainable coffee. These farms maintain true forest canopy, diverse, layered, alive, not token shade trees. Migratory birds that summer in the Canadian Pacific Northwest winter on these very farms. When you buy Big Year, those farms get a premium for keeping the forests standing and full of birds.

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