Here is an interesting fact: "92% of the coffee produced in Ethiopia is organically produced, and most of this coffee does not have organic certification."

You might ask how that could be?

Guess how much it costs to have a crop certified as organiс? We are often talking between $2000 and $5000 per year. 

Mostly, coffee farmers worldwide cannot pay such amounts for organic certifications. They barely make enough money to feed their families and aren’t eager to spend on the organic label.

At the same time, the coffee made by smallholder coffee farmers grows organic anyway, mainly because those farmers cannot afford synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

Coffee is one of the most rustically grown crops in the world. This is especially true in countries like Ethiopia, where farmers often just let the coffee grow as it wants in fields and forests.

So, while the green sticker may not be on the bag, it often is fertilizer and pesticide-free.