Sum>One Coffee Roasters: Where Craftsmanship Meets Community in Every Cup
Sponsored content by Farmer Brothers Coffee Co.
Sum>One Coffee Roasters is about more than just coffee. Our passion for coffee resonates alongside our commitment to the community. Working through our Project DIRECT partners, we conduct each relationship with the same care as a well-rehearsed symphony, supporting fair and organic practices.
Every blend is crafted with intention and quality, reflecting the spirit of our product and the people we connect. Intention guides the art of roasting. Our team meticulously roasts each batch, following specific profiles and analyzing results, ensuring every brew is a miraculous masterpiece.
Behind every cup of Sum>One coffee lies a talented orchestra—from the growers who nurture the plants, to the artisans who carefully craft their journey from harvesting to roasting, to the baristas who bring it all to life.
< Matt Swenson, VP of Coffee Operations, Farmer Brothers highlights the meaning behind Sum>One:
Captured at Fazenda Santa Helena, our Project DIRECT partner from Carmo de Minas Region, Brazil.
Project DIRECT
Our Project DIRECT Program represents a comprehensive approach to sustainable coffee sourcing, which operates at the intersection of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic viability. We partner with origins around the world—including in Colombia, Ethiopia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Burundi—to provide not only financial and educational guidance to our partners, but also transparency to our customers.
A group of women from the 650-member smallholder farming community in Kochere, Ethiopia
Collaborative Effort to Bring Clean Water to Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
In line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6—ensuring access to clean water and sanitation for all—Project DIRECT has partnered with Water to Thrive and Keffa Coffee to provide a clean and safe water supply for 145 households in a village near Yirgacheffe in southern Ethiopia.
Elizabeth (15), a fifth grader living with 10 siblings describes the current water situation:
“My school schedule is for the afternoon shift. Every morning, I am responsible for getting water for my family. We draw water from an unprotected pond beside the river. During the day, we share the source with the pets, horses, and cattle, and at night, we hear the hyenas, who most likely use the same source.”
Product Portfolio: From Soil to Symphony
With carefully sourced, high-elevation Arabica beans and roasting methods tailored to each blend and single origin coffee, Sum>One Coffee Roasters brings you an extraordinary coffee experience.
Flavor profiles range from Bright to Bold with a strategic mix of Direct Trade and third-party certified Fair-Trade Organic. Our six blends includeDirect Trade Open Mic, Direct Trade Group Chat, Direct Trade Postcard, Fair-Trade Organic Velvet Threads, Fair-Trade Organic Deep Thoughts and Fair-Trade, and Organic Decaf Whisper.
Our two single origin coffees, Direct Trade Santa Ana Colombia and Direct Trade Kochere Ethiopia, bring out the best of the origins they represent and tell a tale of collaboration and harmony.
A complete collection of the coffees in the Sum>One Coffee Roasters portfolio.
A Trusted Partner: Join the Community
Sum>One Coffee Roasters is dedicated to creating a comprehensive program for baristas through menu consultation, espresso training sessions, equipment service, and maintenance that delivers a consistent and a well-crafted coffee experience.
Reach out at https://sumonecoffee.com/contact/. Whether it’s a question about our community-focused coffee, a compliment, or even just to share your coffee cravings, we’d love to hear from you!
Espresso shot with Direct Trade Postcard blend.
About Sum>One Coffee
Sum>One Coffee Roasters is a specialty coffee brand launched by Farmer Brothers Coffee Co. in March 2025, representing a new standard in specialty coffee craftsmanship. The brand is built on the foundational belief that every story gets better when there’s a meaningful connection, and that exceptional coffee is the result of collaboration between talented individuals throughout the entire journey from seed to sip.
About Farmer Brothers
Founded in 1912, Farmer Brothers Coffee Co. is a national coffee roaster, wholesaler, equipment servicer and distributor of coffee, tea and culinary products. The company’s product lines include organic, direct trade and sustainably-produced coffee, as well as tea, cappuccino and beverage mixes, spices and culinary goods.
Farmer Brothers Coffee Co. delivers extensive beverage planning services and culinary products to a wide variety of U.S.-based customers, ranging from small independent restaurants and foodservice operators to large institutional buyers, such as restaurant, department and convenience store chains, hotels, casinos, healthcare facilities and gourmet coffee houses, as well as grocery chains with private brand coffee and consumer-branded coffee, tea products and foodservice distributors. The company’s primary brands include Farmer Brothers, Sum>One Coffee Roasters, Boyd’s, Cain’s, China Mist and West Coast Coffee. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.