Osito Coffee – A Green Coffee Company
Vertically Integrated
Founded on a partnership between Jose Jadir Losada and Kyle Bellinger, Osito is first and foremost a company based on relationship and mutual benefit. We started working with just a handful of Colombian coffee farmers, offering consistency in price; something all too rare in the coffee market. We have since grown to work in many other origins but our vision remains the same: to build relationships between producers and roasters, to add value at every level of the supply chain, and to be on the ground, building personal connections with coffee producers.
Osito is as much about people as it is about great coffee. Our bond with growers is rooted in our shared understanding of what goes into growing coffee. Our experience growing coffee in Colombia allows us to facilitate real relationships between roasters and growers across the globe.
Curated Coffee & Cacao Services
Notes From Our Journal
The Colombia We Thought We Knew is Changing
If you’ve traveled with Osito in the Colombian countryside, you’ve likely heard your hosts say something about the “security situation” being either compromised or delicate, precarious even. This is a direct translation of words used by Colombian media and government officials when referring to the armed violence, drug-trafficking, and resulting public insecurity that is an … Read more
From visibility to relationality : Kaad Kaapi’s forest coffee
Modern problems community solutions Specialty coffee was a movement founded to solve two problems for two different groups of people. Coffee producers experienced the C price in a free fall––dropping by 50% almost overnight after the collapse of the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) in 1989––which left them grappling with how value would remain in their … Read more
Take your own Osito adventure
Our business is focused on real relationships built on respect and trust. Both growers and coffee roasters have a choice with whom they work. There are many exporters and importers from which to choose and it is our goal to earn your trust. We encourage customers to visit growers around the world with us to learn about who we really are and to meet new growing partners.
