Bernadette is a partnering coffee farmer from Munyinya hill in Burundi. Her earliest memory of coffee was planting it together with husband just after they got married, to help raise their family.
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
How Long Miles ensures coffee quality, from farm to cup
Ensuring coffee quality at every touch point of coffee production has been a steep learning curve for Long Miles Coffee.
Coffee Processing
David Stallings, head of Roaster and Importer Relations, unpacks what ‘coffee processing’ is and the different methods that can be used to process coffee.
The realities of coffee harvest in Burundi
Why was coffee harvest in Burundi small this year? A conversation with Long Miles co-founder, Ben Carlson, about the realities of coffee harvest in Burundi.
The challenge of water at Ninga Washing Station
In Burundi, a washing station (or wet mill) is a communal space. It doesn’t just belong to those who build, own or manage it, and it’s not just a place for coffee farmers to deliver their coffee cherries to. A washing station is a sign of development within a community; a landmark where neighbors can gather, …
Before + Now: Damien
Damien is a seventy-seven-year-old coffee farmer from Nkonge hill in Burundi who seems to carry his walking cane, worn leather hat and good sense of humour everywhere he goes. The last time that Damien held a copy of his photograph was when he applied for his national identity card in the early 1960s.