Black Fuel Trading Company was born on the bayou and came of age on the road. During his fourteen years touring the world with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Shannon Leto developed a passion for coffee. It started as a boy in Louisiana, the smell of his grandfather's chicory coffee brewing in the kitchen cultivating feelings of warmth and familiarity that persist to this day. As his world expanded beyond the muddy banks so did his palate. From Paris cafes to the plantations of Costa Rica, he's been sampling, tasting, and trying all in an effort to better understand the components that go into creating a distinctive coffee. The result of all this exploration is Black Fuel Trading Company. Created as a way to introduce people to great coffee, Black Fuel Trading Company uses only the most delicious, responsibly sourced, fair trade beans with a portion of each bag sold going to charity. Operating under a direct trade model, Black Fuel Trading Company is able to build mutually beneficial relationships with individual producers and collectives alike – relationships that go beyond just coffee. But Black Fuel Trading Company is more than great coffee - it's an idea. It's the beginning of a conversation. One meant not only to educate and inform but also to inspire. It's a conversation about wants and desires, passions and loves...those that get you out of bed in the morning and those that keep you up at night. For centuries, trade has facilitated the exchange of ideas. Black Fuel Trading Company seeks to continue that tradition. Coffee is only the beginning. The growth of trade means the growth of opportunity. Opportunities for new products, new friendships, and new ideas about how together we can all have the ‘essentials for living.'