How can I learn about coffees from Africa & the Middle East?

Burundi, Between the Sky and the Earth
- Like many origin stories, the tale of Burundi coffee is a fascinating yet heartbreaking one...
Long Road. Long Miles. Burundi.
- It’s 2014. Your family grows coffee in the highlands of northern Burundi. Your family has been growing coffee for generations...

Less Rumble and More Coffee from DR Congo
- To talk about coffee in Africa is to talk also about the state of the world in which that coffee grows and what ignition may lie beneath...

Ethiopoian Coffee Al Naturale
- For a long time, even before the emergence of the specialty coffee industry, Ethiopia and naturally processed coffee have been virtually synonymous...
From Chewing to Brewing: The Fabled History of Ethiopian Coffee
- So, what’s the truth behind Ethiopian coffee history? Whether or not we believe there are kernels of truth in the legend of Kaldi and other stories about how coffee brewing was born, with archangels, whirling dervishes, and ghosts, there is a virtual certainty that the coffee plant originated in Ethiopia...

Kenyan Coffee: Gifts from the Owner of Snow
- Just a few hundred miles north of Mt. Kenya, coffee had most certainly been growing wild for as long as anyone could remember, long before anyone figured out how to chew it or brew it.

Stars and Storms and the Coffee of Malawi
- Coffee first came to Malawi in 1878 and was grown by both local farmers and Europeans, but production and exports were nominal until the 1950’s when the government distributed seeds in an effort to encourage an increase in cash crops for export.

In the Spirit of Umuganda, Rwanda Looks Forward
- When you think of Rwanda, the first thing that comes to mind might not be people gathering together all over the country, all on the same day at the same time, to work on community projects, “coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome,” which is how Umuganda is defined today...

Tanzania Rising
- There was always promise, and promise has given way to an enduring hope for the future of “Africa rising"...

Coffee from the White Nile, Uganda
- In Uganda, coffee grows exceptionally well — thanks to an ideal climate that includes ample rainfall, rich volcanic soil, plenty of sunshine, and of course, the Nile...

Yemen Coffee and the Birthplace of an Industry
- Coffee plants came to Yemen from Ethiopia, conceivably as early as 520 A.D., when Ethiopia invaded Yemen and occupied the peninsula for over 50 years...

Zambia's Rise from the Smoke that Thunders: The History of Zambian Coffee
- For all practical purposes, Zambia as a coffee origin is only 30 years old. As a specialty coffee origin, Zambia is just a toddler...
Why Build a School in Zambia?
- When PEAS decided to open a school in the Kasama district of northern Zambia, where Olam grows coffee and buys coffee from smallholders, we wanted to be a part of the effort...