STORIES
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NEWS FROM BURUNDI
As highlighted in “Where has the coffee gone?”, 2021 was not the season we had all expected and hoped for. Production was devastatingly low, with cherry volumes at roughly half…
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Where Has The Coffee Gone?
During every single harvest we are faced with unwelcome surprises. Whether we are blindsided by a drought, a coup attempt, ill-timed rains, a fuel shortage, or a demanding new government…
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Women in Coffee: Joy Mavugo of the Long Miles Coffee Story Team
Joy Mavugo joined Long Miles in 2018, and has been an invaluable member of the Story Team ever since. With a background in public health, she uses every opportunity to…
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Long Miles x Leaderboard Coffee
Learn more about the history of coffee production in Burundi, and tasting coffee from the Great Lakes region in East Africa, particularly Burundi coffee.
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Women in Coffee: Aline, Assistant Manager of Coffee Quality Control
Growing up, Aline didn’t know that one day she would work in the coffee sector in Burundi. She joined the Long Miles team back in 2014 as a supervisor of…
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Women in Coffee: Asterie, leader of the Long Miles Coffee Scouts
Asterie has been a part of the Long Miles Coffee team since 2016. She first joined as a Coffee Scout, and six years later is leading the Heza Coffee Scout…
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Women in Coffee: Bernadette from Munyinya hill
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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
