Long Miles Coffee Project

Early Payday For Burundi Coffee Farmers

longmilescoffee — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:46:20 +0000

We ventured out into rural Burundi as a family last weekend to make early payments to the coffee farmers who are delivering coffee cherries to the new washing station. For weeks, the farmers have been delivering their coffee cherries to collection points we’ve set up near their communities. It’s one of the reasons you’ve heard [...]

A walk around town and a washing station update.

longmilescoffee — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:15:13 +0000

We took a walk around the town of Bukaye, the closest town to our coffee washing station site, (which is now less of a site and more of an ACTUAL station) a few days ago and let the kids roam the streets and find interesting treasures. You can view the full post with a slideshow [...]

A Sneak Peek At Our Incredible Rebrand | Jason Grube

longmilescoffee — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:41:23 +0000

It’s been a long time coming. We’ve barely ever even had a working logo, let alone consciously directed branding. When Jason Grube decided to come on board to help us out, we had no idea that he would create a face for us that is this thoughtful and inspired. It fits us like a glove [...]

Happiness Is My (New) Old Beat Up Land Rover

longmilescoffee — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:57:48 +0000

I’m not entirely sure why buying a car with only one working door, a ridiculously torn interior, a Flinstone-esk floor, a broken backseat and the roar of a tractor has made me so happy. This week, because of all our trips upcountry to work on the coffee washing station, we finalized the purchase of an [...]

Day 1: Building A Burundi Coffee Washing Station

longmilescoffee — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:57:08 +0000

We are too tired to move or write much after today, but WOW what progress in our first day building this coffee washing station here in rural Burundi. Thanks for all the well wishes friends, we FEEL them. Thank you! If you would like to support this project by drinking coffee, please buy Dogwood Burundi coffee online [...]

We Own The Land + Dukomezi Bikogwa

longmilescoffee — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:26:32 +0000

Dukomezi Bikogwa Means “Keep Working Hard” in Kirundi. Writing has been such hard work for me in the last few weeks, as anyone following this blog may have noticed. We have been consumed with the details of making the coffee washing station here in rural Burundi a reality. Mix that with motherhood,writing for the always lovely [...]

Land for Burundi Coffee

longmilescoffee — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:33:06 +0000

Following @kristyjcarlson on Twitter and Instagram gets me excited about being part of this family of four that has their hearts set on helping a community in rural Burundi produce amazing coffee. I’m so happy to be a part of it. Building a coffee washing station in Burundi has meant taking on an obscenely huge [...]

Focus: Building a Coffee Washing Station in Burundi

longmilescoffee — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:27:17 +0000

There is a reason why this coffee washing station matters. There is a community here in Burundi whose lives are on the brink of truth and hope and all things good in this world. Not that this coffee washing station is their way to the ultimate Hope, but it has been dreamed up and steeped [...]

Burundi Coffee Farmer Story | Rosato Rugoke

longmilescoffee — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:00:24 +0000

This is Rosato and he’s a Burundi coffee farmer…When he looked into my camera lens, I felt like I saw his entire soul just hanging out in the open. Like many Burundians, Rosato is not sure how old he is. He thinks that he might be 85. Rosato is one of the founding members of [...]