Meet Our Stellar Partner #3: De Mello CoffeeIn 2013, De Mello Palheta opened their first café, which was also a micro-roastery, in Toronto. Besides moving their roastery out of their…May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Meet Our Stellar Partner #2: James Coffee Co.In the early 2010s, two brothers, David and Jacob Kennedy, began roasting coffee and expanded their love for coffee into what is now known…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
BV’s Food Security Initiative 2021-22 — what did we learn so far?Bean Voyage has launched a Food Security Initiative in August 2021. Here’s a summary of our Mid-term report published in November 2021.Feb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
BV-Camp 2021: What We Learned From It?During the early days of my activism, I attended a BarCamp in Kathmandu, Nepal. Surprised at the fact that an event with a “Bar” in it was…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
Colonialism and CoffeeAs we celebrate the 200th year of independence from Spain in Costa Rica, we are reflecting on the history and the holdover of colonialism…Sep 24, 2021Sep 24, 2021
Reflection from Bean Voyage’s Expansion Trips to Guatemala and Mexico, July — August 2021Waking up to the unmistakable outline of the Fuego Volcano, we could only be in one place: Antigua, Guatemala. Abhi, Sunghee, and I…Sep 7, 2021Sep 7, 2021
Meet Our Stellar Partners #1: Girls Who Grind CoffeeA few years ago, Casey Lalonde and Fi O’Brien decided to join forces and set up an all-female specialty coffee roaster, based in the UK…Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
Moliendo Fino: The Countdown to Care Training 2021 is on!Last week, for the first time, we hosted a two-part virtual forum, Moliendo Fino. The two sessions were open to all and addressed topics…Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
Creating Costa Rica’s First Gender PolicyFor this blog, we spoke to Adriana Vásquez, who is leading Bean Voyage’s collaborative efforts with ICAFE to establish Costa Rica’s first…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
Care Packages 2.0: Addressing Food Insecurity in Coffee-Producing CommunitiesWhen the COVID-19 pandemic entered our lives at the beginning of 2020, almost everyone saw their work affected in some way. But for…Jul 6, 2021Jul 6, 2021
