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Posts tagged: Congo

May 22, 2017 • #coffee farming #Congo #Congolese coffee #cooperatives #DRC #On the Ground #origin trip #relationships #sustainability

Saveur du Kivu: Where Crisis Meets Opportunity in the Congo

Collaboration is power. Through Saveur du Kivu and all it represents, the specialty coffee industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo is shifting towards a brighter future.

Feb 11, 2014 • #Congo #Congolese coffee #direct trade #DRC #gender equality #origin trip #relationships

Eastern Congo: the Last Bastion of Specialty Coffee

I’ve been captured by the allure of one of the last standing bastions of potential for specialty coffee production left in the world. I write this as I travel across the world for a second visit to the eastern shore of Lake Kivu in the DRC in less than a year.

Jun 24, 2013 • #Congo #Congolese coffee #DRC

Congo Bound

As I cross the Atlantic Ocean on the beginnings of a 36-hour journey to eastern DR Congo, I struggle to find an easily digestible way to explain why I am looking forward to going to one of the most dangerous places in the world. There is just so much to say.