Coffee harvest has officially begun here in Burundi. By the end of our first day on Thursday, we had collected 4,200 kilograms of coffee cherry! The coffee was delivers by 160 coffee farming families. One third of the drying tables at our Bukeye washing station are already full. This time of year is a very special one for us— all the time and effort that goes into preparing for harvest finally pays off when the cherry begins to arrive at the station doors. It is great to see our coffee farming neighbors again as they bring in their crop.
We want to share a little bit of our harvest joy with you, and say thank you for your support. So…it’s giveaway time! To enter, just comment here and you might just get a bag of Three Hills Coffee from Huckleberry Roasters and a Huckleberry KeepCup delivered to your door. I will choose a winner at random and then let you all know who it is. Giveaway closes at midnight Pacific time today. The same giveaway is also running on my Instagram and Huckleberrry’s Instagram and you are welcome to enter all three giveaways.
If you are searching for words to say as you comment, just tell us about your most memorable cup of coffee. I’d love to read about that!
p.s. Giveaway is for our friends with US addresses only, sorry about that international friends ;).
MARLEN EVE, YOU WON SOME COFFEE AND A KEEP CUP!
Love this! Really have been enjoying following you guys on Instagram and hope I get to taste these beans soon!
Hey, love you guys so much and the work you are doing! Inspirational! Keep it up!
I really want to try your coffee! My most memorable cup was shortly after my husband and I were married. We decided to skip church for no good reason. We were sitting in a swing under a beautiful tree by our home, sipping coffee. When a bird in the tree pooped right into my mug. :-/
Wow, most memorable? I would have to say that my first Cafe con Leche at Victor’s 1959 Cuban Cafe (South Mpls) is the best I’ve ever had. It is the perfect blend of espresso, sweet and creamy… And the first cup simply took me by surprise at how *great* it was!
Love your coffee!
Enjoy reading your blog!
My most memorable cup was the first time I’d had Harrar. I just started to home roast with my little popcorn popper and bought some different green coffee from my local roaster. After letting it rest for a day I had my first cup prepared with a chemex and I fell in love with coffee and specially natural coffees from Ethiopia. I had no idea coffee could taste like blueberries, fruity pebbles, and stone fruits……That cup started my obsession. Keep doing what you do guys. Great for us, great for coffee, great for Burundi.
Mr Ben Carlson is responsible for my memorable cup. Several years back in remote Malawi. He brings a personal grinder and espresso machine to breakfast. I still have a vision of what was discussed. It was back when he dreamed of opening a little coffee shop in a garage. Just lift the garage door and start serving great conversations with aside of locally grown coffee. As a designer I immediately envisioned the environment and still dream of it today.
Thank you for sharing your dream with us through your blog and amazing photographs! My most memorable cup of coffee was at a Kona coffee plantation on the Big Island of Hawaii. I wish I had known a little more about coffee so that I could have tasted with more knowledge, but it certainly was the most memorable cup I’ve ever had. I’m really looking forward to sipping on my first cup from the LMCP. What a unique opportunity you’re blessing us with, to be able to follow the beans from the beginning of their growth to the cup in front of us. This is so exciting!
So pumped to hear what Long Miles is doing in Burundi with the relationships with farmers! Also, super pumped my boy Jake Smith is there getting to be apart of all of this and serving The Lord!
Um, I, well, I’ve never had a cup of coffee. BUT! I have lots of family and friends who drink coffee, and I look forward to sharing your coffee and your story with them!! Fun giveaway!
I just had an Ethiopian Kilenso espresso at Coava Coffee in Portland. It was unlike anything I’ve ever tried. Incredible.
Hey guys! It was really great visiting you in Burundi and learning about all the great things that you are doing for the sector and its farmers! GIVE ME SOME COFFEE! :D
I bought my husband a pound of your coffee for Christmas. We love what you are doing. I’m afraid I don’t have a good coffee story to tell as I don’t drink it, but my husband is dedicated enough for both of us! (He had a small roasting business for a while and is now moving into selling small air roasters.) Blessings to you!
I tried your Tarehe #1 with its wonderful savory notes and it was delightful!
Sounds awesome! Keep up the great work!
Love your blog! And hope I get to try some of your coffee!
God is in this, for sure! 3 coffee washing stations with so many farmers trusting in the enthusiastic B & K team plus more, all in just a few very quick years. Passion, artistry, compassion, business progess from seedlings through marketing and sales, across nations-Wow!
Novice to the coffee shop, Eldon and I had just arrived and met friends in Salito, CA. Past due for breakfast in our WI time zone but the shop only offered lovely pastries. I was in line and thought a double, not much more in price, would be a good value drink, not knowing this meant a double shot. Oh my! Much caffeine plus sugar without protein! Usually high energy, especially in the a.m., I was ZOOM!
Love the coffee and win or lose I will get me some more Long Miles Coffee!
My most memorable coffee experience was the day I returned to work about 12 weeks after giving birth to our first child. I was so tired, I was anxious about his day at daycare, and I was not interested in returning to work. I grabbed a cup of (terrible, bitter) worksite coffee as a pick-me-up. And my addition to caffeine, and better tasting coffee began!
Really excited to have found you guys through Huckleberry. Hoping that sometime soon I’ll get a chance to sip on the fruits of your labor.
Cheers!
My most memorable cup of coffee was at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza. It was my first trip from the Midwest where I went, and just explored on my own. The experience was the culmination of a new found sense of independence, so never will I forget that cup of siphon coffee. Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
congratulations on the harvest! how exciting.
Sign me up! Had a bag of the Burundi Karehe Lot 5 from EOTE Coffee and J. Todd Vinson. It was fantastic! Would love to win some more.
In a lifetime, there are so many memorable coffee days. However, one that often comes to mind was in Seville, Spain. My husband and I were staying in a room above a very small family restaurant. On our first morning, we hadn’t adjusted to the time change and woke up around 4 a.m. Craving a cup of coffee, I walked downstairs in my pajamas to see if anyone was awake. In the kitchen, I met an older gentleman, who was cleaning dishes and explained there was no coffee. So, I thanked him and went back upstairs. The next morning, at 4 a.m., our room filled with the glorious aroma of coffee. When I opened the door, there was a small pot and two cups on a tray. It was the best surprise ever. The gentleman I had met the day before not only remembered me, but the time I came down to the kitchen. His kindness made that cup of coffee, one of the most memorable I’ve ever had.
Can’t wait to try some of these beans, I’ve been waiting for the opportunity since my friend passed your blog along a couple months back! Just signed up for Tonx when I heard they’d have them, since I’m in LA… But would totally love to try Huckleberry’s hand at roasting!
Awesome stuff Ben! You guys should be massively proud of all you have done and continue to do. Looking forward to seeing where LMCP goes in future! Love always, The Surts (x3)
Every history about you and your family project is amazing! I very hope to test your coffe some day here in Mexico… And the most beautiful part of this history is your faith put in God and give him the glory!
I just stumbled upon your blog by chance and I’m so fascinated! I grind my fair trade beans every morning and enjoy my fresh aero pressed coffee. My guilty pleasure. Would like to try your beans !!