Our story: we couldn’t have been anything, had it not been Africa, our Africa, the story we are esteemed to share. The true denied to-be told story, that of our intellectual property, ownership and the conserved tradition, the coffee heritage.
Our story, Africa as the sacred site of the origin of coffee, could not be else. The story of our nation’s generosity and willingness to share its exclusive preserve and rights to coffee with the rest of the world. The story of where we come from, the tradition conserved with great rich-land and the love of its dear people, the royal custodianship of the birth of coffee, coffee – our marriage customs, is the African story we shall always cherish to tell.
The story of the belief in which extremely small as 150 coffee tree Plot-Farm holdings, predominantly women led; are enfranchised, elevated even higher to the trade negotiation table as relevant actors in as many roles and decision making as possible. Coffee billionaires, global supply chains, batch roasters revolution, coffeehouses eruption, coffee fests, baristas and roasters competition wouldn’t have been nor seeing the sun, had it not been Africa.
We are Africa Coffee Bureau (ACB), Washington DC.
Justification
Justification: for Africa, majority of smallholders range in 150 – 400 coffee tree Plot-Farms. They depend on this coffee volume for their social security, implying they harvest, store and only sell to obtain food, medical care and child education. But lack reliable and incentivizing niche markets for their harvest. Available offers can only reward 70 cents of a dollar per pound of green. Farmers are desperate, demoralized and some are abandoning coffee, and this threatens guarantees of rural livelihoods improvement and supply chain sustainability.
Despite the remarkable cup experience, rich aromas and flavors they offer, African coffees are still unknown in major boom retail market destinations like the United States, S. KOREA, Japan and more. This is the underlying reason for ACB formation in Washington, DC. We work to see more African coffees including the little-known Fine Robusta Grades get to the industrial markets for a price that means most.
We are delighted to share with you our love and commitment to AFRICA, and welcome to do business with us.