February 2018 Improving Coffee, Improving Lives Our Kilimanjaro coffees are exceptional high grown Arabicas and cup consistently high year after year. This year’s trip was a reflective one after 10 years in Tanzania, and we were able to map the increased quantity and quality of the crop, especially from the
BBC radio interview today about the latest trip to Tanzania and Ian becoming a tribal chief. To promote this interview, they took pictures and videos that Ian had recorded on location in Tanzania and turned it into this short video that was shared online. Video Transcript This is the first
Maji (water, in Swahili) is something we all take for granted here in the UK, yet it is essential to life, and our absolute privilege to live in a time and place where it is clean, drinkable and available all of the time at the turn of a tap. And
Coffee trees and landscape can look beautiful in many countries but visiting for us isn’t just about photos – it’s the people, stories and relationships that matter. We get to check farms for quality and environment; we get to see the workers and the direct trade green coffee beans but
Matti Foncha came and visited us today in Gloucester. A coffee farmer himself, he also has a role representing his region and fellow farmers to develop trading relationships in Europe and North America. He has a small company to export coffee and service the farmers but he’s a man on
Kichao Water Project Do you remember we told you about Kichao village, Mweka, Tanzania? With no access to clean water, they had to walk 1-2km, 5 or 6 times every day to collect water for washing, drinking, cooking, cleaning and their animals, and it wasn’t even clean water! Well, with
We received a video last week from the Orera Village expressing thanks (in words and song!!) Transcript “Thank You so much. I am so grateful that I received more money than I previously did. Thank you so much Ian … and please continue in the same spirit 😊” “Firstly,
It took me a while from hours of video and hundreds of photos but here is a short video to help better understand the processing of coffee on the farm in Tanzania. (The background music is sung by the Orera villagers where we also buy coffee!) https://youtu.be/d4hy6BPhmMU Transcript from Video
Many of you sent me out to Tanzania with comments and questions – the villagers loved that they could hear direct from those who enjoy their coffee and we had some fun in translation of the questions! Here are a few of their responses (I’ve paraphrased): What are your biggest
