As I sit here reminiscing, I stumble upon the first time I ever heard of geisha coffee. I used to do small scale roasting in Victoria, B.C. Canada. My supplier told me they had some Panama Geisha that could be bought...

We The Origin was founded on the principles of sustainability, transparency, and equity. We are deeply concerned about the coffee price crisis and want to raise awareness by connecting the producers from the supply chain and the consumers of coffee. To...

I wrote a blog post last week talking about the coffee culture in Ethiopia and, in doing so, it reminded me of a lot of memories I have attached to coffee. In unpacking what coffee means to me, it made me...

This is our second post of the series $1 - $1000. The series has the daunting task of explaining in a simple way the imbalances in the coffee industry, especially related to the economic rewards for the coffee farmer. The first post,...

"It’s amazing how the world begins to change through the eyes of a cup of coffee."Donna A. Favors As the American Civil War came to its conclusion and coffee began to take a more permanent place in the lives of regular Americans,...

As a passionate coffee enthusiast, I have been searching for reasons to keep my minor addiction to it. And it seems like the health benefits of coffee might do just that. Fortunately, over the last several decades, coffee has reached the list...

“I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.”Napoleon Bonaparte In the past few weeks, we have traveled through the lush forests of Ethiopia, marched through the deserts of Arabia, rode in carriages through the cities of Europe, traveled across the ocean...

Mocha Coffee is one of the most delicious and popular forms of coffee in the world but rarely do people know of its origins, what makes it unique from other coffees, and how to make a cup of it at home....