Coffee related sites:

• Specialty Coffee Association of America.  The organization at the epicenter of the Specialty Coffee universe.
• National Coffee Association of the U. S.
• Sintercafe.   Founded in 1987, Sintercafe is a private, not-for-profit, Costa Rican organization, with the goal of promoting the excellent quality of Costa Rican coffee.
• Anacafe.  Guatemala Coffee Association representing over 45,000 small coffee farmers.
• National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia.   Yes, it really is Juan Valdez.
• Transfair USA. They audit transactions between US companies offering Fair Trade Certified™ products and the international suppliers from whom they source.
• Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO). The leading Fairtrade standard setting and certification body. It regularly inspects and certifies about 508 producer organizations in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

General Interest sites:

• Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.   Also, check out their section about coffee and birds.
• Coffee Kids - Helping children and their families in coffee producing nations.
• Swiss Water Decaf - Learn about how coffee is decaffeinated.

Recommended Merchants:

• Willoughby's Coffee & Tea - Our roasted coffee company since 1985.