Why it belongs in ORBIS
Monogram sources direct, long-term relationships with producers across Colombia, Bolivia, Java and Central America, roasting daily in Calgary. Its team has claimed nine Canadian Barista Championship titles and shipped more than 150,000 online orders.
Monogram roasts daily out of Calgary and ships worldwide, built on what it describes as direct, long-term relationships with producers across Central America, South America, Colombia, Bolivia and Java rather than buying strictly through brokers. The company's competitive record is a genuine differentiator: its team has claimed nine Canadian Barista Championship titles (a graphic on its own site also cites ten), and its work has been covered by Barista Magazine, the Canadian Barista Association, Avenue Magazine and LA Magazine. On the retail side, Monogram states it has shipped more than 150,000 online orders, backed by a subscription program with delivery scheduled every two, three, four or five weeks and discounts scaling from 5% to 18% depending on order size, plus free shipping across Canada on orders over $50 (and over $70 to the US). The combination of a repeatedly title-winning competition team and a sourcing story built around named producing countries rather than a single origin story suggests a roastery whose public identity runs through its baristas' results as much as through any one signature bean.