Planet Bean

Planet Bean began roasting coffee in downtown Guelph in 1997. Ours was the first roastery in the City for at least half a century. From the beginning our focus was on certified Fairtrade and organic gourmet arabica coffee. The scent of our coffee roastery became a part of the downtown experience and was an aromatic beacon for anyone with a fine sense of flavour.

Planet Bean Coffee is a division of the Sumac Community Worker Co-operative. People start working at Planet Bean and after a period of time are able to join the worker co-operative and become a member of Sumac. Their employment is then seconded to Planet Bean. At Planet Bean we believe a democratic workplace based on the international principals of co-operation is the way to create a model for a people centred economy.

Planet Bean Coffee is certified organic. This means that the organic integrity can be authenticated from the plant to the cup. The Canadian organization that ensures this authentication for Planet Bean is Ecocert Canada. Growing organic coffee is very labour intensive. Farmers work to develop soil biodiversity and combat erosion.

Planet Bean Coffee offers over a dozen fresh roasted, gourmet coffees as well as many products to compliment your offerings. Planet Bean Coffee has two coffee shop locations in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. We offer a wide variety of blends and single origin coffees at each location with many other certified organic and certified fair trade products.

Learn about how coffee is grown and harvested and about the farmers we work with. Each section below leads to videos and other interactive functions to help you learn more about our coffee. Our Producers - Meet some of our fairtrade, organic certified coffee producers. We source our raw green coffee beans from many countries including Peru, Ethiopia, Mexico, Guatemala and many more.