At Maison Soleil, our responsibility begins long before roasting. It begins in the African highlands, with the cooperatives that grow our lots. We chose direct trade out of conviction, not marketing opportunism.<\/p>\n
We buy directly from five cooperatives in French-speaking Africa, with no trading intermediary:<\/p>\n
Every partnership rests on three shared contractual rules:<\/p>\n
Every contract sets a floor price at least 30% above the world coffee price at the time of signing, whatever the price at delivery. This guarantee protects producers against market volatility.<\/p>\n
We advance 40% of the contracted volume before harvest. This practice, rare for a roastery of our size, allows cooperatives to fund their inputs, wages and logistics at the start of the season.<\/p>\n
Every agreement runs for at least three years, with tacit renewal. This visibility lets producers invest in quality, training and equipment rather than living under the pressure of annual orders.<\/p>\n
The European Union Deforestation Regulation now requires every batch of agricultural produce to be traced back to its production plot. At Maison Soleil, we have been ready from day one: each of our five partner cooperatives has provided plot GPS coordinates since the partnership began.<\/p>\n
This geolocated traceability is an integral part of our direct trade practice. It allows us to meet regulatory requirements today without disrupting supply, and to guarantee you a coffee whose origin is documented and verifiable.<\/p>\n
Aware that the traditional capsule market is declining and resource-hungry, we entered this format in April 2024 through its only growing segment: compostable capsules.<\/p>\n
Our Nespresso-compatible capsules and Senseo-compatible soft pods are made from paper and cellulose. They are home-compostable and contain no aluminium whatsoever<\/strong>. It is a deliberate convenience trade-off, more respectful of the environment than conventional formats.<\/p>\n Maison Soleil remains entirely dedicated to coffee. We offer no chicory, barley, lupin or other substitutes. Our core craft is roasting, and our future is built on the quality of our origins and the loyalty of our producer relationships.<\/p>\n From highland sun to your cup.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Un caf\u00e9 plus juste, de la coop\u00e9rative \u00e0 la tasse Chez Maison Soleil, notre responsabilit\u00e9 commence bien avant la torr\u00e9faction. Elle commence dans les hautes terres africaines, aupr\u00e8s des coop\u00e9ratives qui cultivent nos lots. Nous avons fait le choix du direct trade par conviction, pas par opportunit\u00e9 marketing. Notre programme direct trade Nous achetons directement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaison-soleil.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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