The world shipping industry is millennia old. The accumulated experience along with modern technology has provided consumers with assured confidence that the desired products will be available efficiently and expediently.  This is very true regarding coffee logistics. When was the last time...

A cowboy is riding his horse late in the night. Only the sound of the horse’s hooves hitting the ground can be heard for miles around. Tired after a long day of riding, he decides to make camp in a small...

The “new normal” has changed old coffee habits and fewer people are frequenting coffee shops after COVID-19. Many coffee enthusiasts are seeing this as an opportunity to hone their barista skills. If this is you, you may be encouraged to take...

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...

Since the outbreak of the powerful and merciless COVID-19 virus, the entire human race has been held hostage to its tightening grip. The Specialty Coffee Industry has also been adversely affected from farm to coffee shop. Something has to be done!...

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...

“An integrated cup of coffee isn’t sufficient pay for four hundred years of slave labour” Malcolm X In the last two weeks, we went on a journey as the history of coffee made its way from the plains of Ethiopia to the...

"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,...