The Kilimanjaro coffee journey: the final chapter

Posted by Paul, April 13th, 2012, Comments (0)
KNCU cafe
Jambo sana and karibu Kilimanjaro! My trip to the mountain. As I mentioned in my previous blog I’m writing these lines from the slopes of Kilimanjaro after concluding a visit to KNCU, our producer partner and supplier of Kilimanjaro Gourmet Coffee. The week was amazing, visiting some of our partners … Read more

The Kilimanjaro Journey: preparing for auction

Posted by Paul, January 23rd, 2012, Comments (0)
Coffee sacks waiting to be filled
In our last post we talked about the process coffee goes through after the cherries have been picked (commonly called wet mill process), which results in something called ‘parchment coffee’, characterized by a yellow external layer. Once complete, the farmer usually takes the beans to a nearby Primary Cooperative Society. … Read more

The Kilimanjaro Journey: harvest arrives in Tanzania

Posted by Paul, December 5th, 2011, Comments (0)
Coffee cherries
In this latest post in our Kilimanjaro Journey series, Paul takes a look at how the harvest is shaping up in Tanzania and the challenges farmers at Kilimanjaro are currently facing. The harvest in Tanzania has now begun and it’s time for coffee collection!  Between now and January individual farmers … Read more

Coffee farming on the slopes of Kilimanjaro

Posted by Paul, June 15th, 2010, Comments (1)
I’ve recently visited our partner Kilimanjaro Native Co-operative Union (KNCU) in Moshi, Tanzania with some of the Cafédirect UK team. KNCU is  made up of 60,000 small scale farmers around the slopes of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. Due to the perfect climate and volcanic soils, the area produces one … Read more

A Taste of Christmas from around the world!

Posted by Alex, December 24th, 2009, Comments (0)
While you are sitting down to the traditional roast dinner tomorrow, we thought we’d share with you some of the festive traditions from around the world – Cafédirect now works with 40 producer organisations in 14 different countries – so how different are their experiences at Christmas? Marjorye is involved … Read more

Question time with Raymond Kimaro

Posted by Siobhan, December 8th, 2009, Comments (2)
Raymond Kimaro has been on the Cafédirect Board of Directors for three years and in London today to attend a Cafédirect board meeting for the last time. As well as retiring from the Cafédirect Board, he has also recently retired from his post of General Manager at KNCU (whose coffee … Read more

From the tea fields of Uganda to the coffee farms of Tanzania…

Posted by Cafédirect, August 7th, 2009, Comments (0)
The latest news just in from the Cafédirect UK team….. We had a bum numbing six hour car journey from Igara Tea Growers’ Factory in Uganda to KCU (Kagera Co-operative Union) in Tanzania. We left Igara inspired by the people and communities we visited – people like Genevieve, a midwife … Read more

A word from the growers….

Posted by Siobhan, July 23rd, 2009, Comments (0)
When Novatus Tiiigelerwa, General Manager of KDCU in Tanzania, was in London recently he had a look at our new range of packaging. One that immediately caught his eye was a pack of  Rich Roast Coffee which features Emiliana Aligaesha – a farmer and Board member of KDCU.  Emiliana is … Read more

The word is out…

Posted by Cafédirect, July 7th, 2009, Comments (0)
We’ve had lots of emails from growers in the 13 countries that we work with about winning the Ethical Business Award. If you’re curious to know what all the exitement is about, take a look at the film that the Triodos Bank made about our CEO Anne MacCaig, and … Read more

Bananas are good for coffee…

Posted by Cafédirect, July 2nd, 2009, Comments (1)
You might remember in March this year, 38 grower representatives were here in the UK to attend the Cafédirect AGM and Producer’s Conference. While here they shared stories about the ways that the craftsmen and women behind our award winning coffees, teas and hot chocolate grow, nurture and hand … Read more
 
 
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