Ben began his journey in to help the farmers of Burundi produce better coffee this week. He’s also on the hunt for the best beans Burundi has to offer, so that he can get them into the hands of coffee shops who want to buy directly from farmers. Ben’s trip to Burundi this week did …
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Today.
Today I want to stop time from moving so fast from eating up my precious little left. Today I want to take back what I said last night with a heart full of fear. Today I want to pretend we are a family not moving. Today I want to live like this house is ours …
Why Go.
This little ditty was made because we want you to travel on this adventure with us. We need all the moral support and prayers we can get, we really truly do. And we want you to know why we are making this risk, why we believe it’s worth it. Long Miles Coffee Project from Cooked …
On my way to Burundi with 30kgs
It’s creeping up on 9 p.m. and I haven’t started packing yet. I need to get on that. My flight to Burundi leaves in 12 hours. But what does one pack to take to Burundi? Here’s the hard bit. 30 kgs is all I get on the ever reliable Air Rwanda. Kristy is determined to …
My Coffee Journey
Often I get asked “how did you get started in coffee?” The answer lies beyond the buckets of Folgers that were brewed like a religious call to worship each morning as I grew up. I guess the real start would have to lay next to the Mississippi river in the small university town of …
Why Burundi, Pt. 2
In my last post I told you that as a family, we needed some change. But of all the places in the whole of the world, why Burundi? Well, because we needed to face our fears and do it anyway! Because it would be easy to stay in Durban, grow old in Durban doing the …