For decades, farming coffee has been considered as a “man’s job”. This is not just the case in Burundi, but the world over.
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A Farmer Story: Dorothée Sibomana
This blog post was written by Joy Maguvo, Long Miles Coffee Story Assistant. Dorothée Sibomana is a coffee farmer from Gaharo Hill. In most countries, it’s more common to see men involved in coffee farming maintenance than women. However, Dorothée defies that norm! While her husband works as a mechanic in Bujumbura, Dorothée manages and …
A Look Into Hand Sorting
In our most recent blog post we presented a brief overview of the Dry Milling process; the final processing step before coffee is placed into bags, ready for export. In that post, we mentioned Hand Sorting as a critical and final stage in the Milling process. Whereas that last post was focused on the bullet …
A Dry Mill Primer
As the coffee cherry coming into our Burundi washing stations slows to a veritable trickle, we enter into the less talked about, less photographed, and less glamorous portion of the season: Dry Milling. Dry Milling is the final stage the coffee passes through before it is packed into bags, ready for loading into a container. …
DEEPENING CONNECTIONS
One of our core values is ‘Ubuntu’. The philosophy of ‘Ubuntu’ is applied in many cultures across East and Southern Africa. Its meaning can be translated as “I am, because we are”, and it emphasizes a humanity towards others. It matters so much to our team and to the farmers that we partner with that …
FLAVORS OF EAST AFRICA
There are a myriad of factors that can impact the flavors that end up in your cup of coffee. Influences on taste start with the growing environment, then processing, and end with roasting and brewing. We can do very little to control the environment, so our focus is on how we process coffees from different …