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Updates From The Road: Ethiopia 2024

After a successful and inspiring trip to Ethiopia earlier this year, we’re excited to share what we learned on the road and give some more information and context for what to expect from this year’s season!

B Corp Month 2024: This Way Forward to Better Coffee

We’re delighted to celebrate our second B Corp Month! The 2024 theme, This Way Forward, prompts us to look at our business practices today and to plan our path for tomorrow — to better coffee for all.

Spotlight On: Pergamino

Last November, we had the pleasure of hosting our longtime Colombian supply partners and good friends Pedro and Léo of Pergamino. This week, we’re excited to spotlight the pair’s work and the enormous amount of knowledge and insight into the Colombian coffee industry they shared with us during their visit.

Thanks For The Memories, 2023!

With hundreds of cuppings, dozens of customer catch ups in and outside Melbourne (including our first ever trip to meet our Thai and Singaporean coffee communities), six sourcing trips to origin, five extremely fun Let’s Cup! events, two Private Collection Auctions and one very special visit from our Colombian supply partners, Pergamino, it’s fair to say 2023 kept us pretty busy!

Strong Women Behind A Strong Coffee

This beautiful coffee-table book is the work of Denyse K. Uwera, a multi-faceted content creator, based in Kigali, Rwanda, who uses photography and storytelling to broaden the expected narrative of her subject – the rural African woman.