In the past months, wildfires have ravaged both Northern and Southern California. In Northern California alone, one insurer has already received an estimated $1.2 billion in claims. Weโ€™ve covered California fire relief efforts over on Sprudge Wine, and now coffee is getting in the action. Ukiahโ€™s Black Oak Coffee Roasters and Healdsburgโ€™s Olam Specialty Coffee importers have created Seedling: A Blend For Recovery, with 100% of the profits going to the victims of the North Bay fires.

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Seedling features a mix of a natural processed Ethiopia Guji from Kayon Mountain and a Guatemela from Palo Blanco in Huehuetenango, both of which were donated to Black Oak by Olam. From Black Oakโ€™s press release:

โ€œWith so many lives in our community turned upside-down because of these fires, we wanted to help in any way we could,โ€ said Keith Feigin, owner of Black Oak. โ€œThe recovery process is going to take a long time and cost a lot. Weโ€™re grateful to play some small role in helping it along by donating all proceeds to the rebuilding efforts. Weโ€™re also grateful for our partners at Olam for helping us make it happen.โ€

The blend is available for purchase for $14 through Black Oakโ€™s web store. More information about Seedling: A Blend For Recovery can be found on Black Oakโ€™s blog. If youโ€™re still trying to decide on a gift for this holiday season, consider giving Seedling. Blends are always crowd pleasers, $14 is a more than reasonable price, and itโ€™s for a good cause. Itโ€™s a win-win-win.

Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.

*top image via Black Oak Coffee Roasters

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