origin stories

Burundi - Rotheca Project
ABOUT THE STATION Angèle Ciza, was born and raised on a coffee farm in the northern Kirundo region and committed her life to uplifting women in coffee and highlighting the potential of specialty coffee in Burundi. In 1996 she became...
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Ethiopia - Benti Nenka
ABOUT THE REGION Ethiopia is rightly celebrated for producing high quality and expressive coffees, with a history dating back to the very discovery of Arabica. Sidama and Yirgacheffe are perhaps the two most famous regions, long regarded as producing some...
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Lica Torres - Cerro Buena Vista
about the producer. Don Lica and his family began building their wet mill Cerro Buena Vista in 2015. Selling cherries to local mills had become financially unsustainable and neighbours in the small region of Pérez Zeledón in Brunca in the...
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Ethiopia - Yabitu Koba
about the region. Ethiopia is rightly celebrated for producing high quality and expressive coffees, with a history dating back to the very discovery of Arabica. Sidama and Yirgacheffe are perhaps the two most famous regions, long regarded as producing some...
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