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Restaurant Coffee

Restaurant Coffee

Both Mike and I have backgrounds in the coffee industry. I worked in restaurants for 10 years, and Mike worked in them for 15. It is very much a part...

Restaurant Coffee

Both Mike and I have backgrounds in the coffee industry. I worked in restaurants for 10 years, and Mike worked in them for 15. It is very much a part...

What is Direct Trade Coffee

What is Direct Trade Coffee

I recently received an email from a man asking why we price our coffee the way we do. He told me that his wife wasn't buying the idea that purchasing...

What is Direct Trade Coffee

I recently received an email from a man asking why we price our coffee the way we do. He told me that his wife wasn't buying the idea that purchasing...

What's in a name?

What's in a name?

By Alicia Love, Denali & Juneau -The original Coffee Labs.   The name for Coffee Labs came to us in winter of 2001,when the idea of a coffee house was...

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What's in a name?

By Alicia Love, Denali & Juneau -The original Coffee Labs.   The name for Coffee Labs came to us in winter of 2001,when the idea of a coffee house was...

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Tanzania

Tanzania

  The last leg of my African journey was to Tanzania. I arrived in Dar Saleem airport and I could feel how much bigger this country was than Rwanda or...

Tanzania

  The last leg of my African journey was to Tanzania. I arrived in Dar Saleem airport and I could feel how much bigger this country was than Rwanda or...

Rwanda is Nothing Like You Think it is!

Rwanda is Nothing Like You Think it is!

Rwanda is nothing like most of think. Maybe we think of Diane Fossie and Gorillas in the Mist. Of course many of us probably think of the genocide. While these are important...

Rwanda is Nothing Like You Think it is!

Rwanda is nothing like most of think. Maybe we think of Diane Fossie and Gorillas in the Mist. Of course many of us probably think of the genocide. While these are important...

Leaving Burundi

Leaving Burundi

By Alicia Love, As I sit here in the airport after leave Burundi after only being here three days, it definitely was not enough time! It was enough to see...

Leaving Burundi

By Alicia Love, As I sit here in the airport after leave Burundi after only being here three days, it definitely was not enough time! It was enough to see...