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Origin Stories

Origins: Kenya Coffee

Does it really taste like Pop Rocks?

Aida Batlle: One of the Coffee World’s Greats

The woman behind some of the finest coffees you’ll ever have

Our Holiday Gift Set: Coffee Collectives

Three farming communities show how coffee changes lives

Farm Feature: Santa Elena, Honduras

A visit to one of our most beloved farms.

Origins: Yemen

Our Origins series delves into the history of one country (and coffee) at a time

Women in Coffee: Building Gender Equity in Myanmar

Part II of our series on Myanmar Kyauk Kuu Pyin Village Natural

Travels with Charlie: Sumatra

Read on for a few words from Charlie on his most recent trip

Why Do We Source Single Origins?

Coffee should taste like what it is: a tropical fruit seed, separated and cleaned of the flesh, dried, roasted until caramelized, and then crushed and extracted into water.