Whirlwind would be an understatement to describe the SCA Expo experience in Boston in April. Close to 10,000 coffee people came together...

When you’re part of a global industry, you have to travel the globe to get closer to your sources and your customers. But travel in the COVI

As a member of the coffee industry, you are more than familiar with the global logistics and supply chain complications resulting from the p

There’s a pillow in the office at the Turihamwe Turashobora wet mill. It belongs to Pauline Ntaconkurikira, one of Burundi’s few female...

Many people would rather not look back at 2020, just flip the calendar and move ahead. But I want to pause for just a moment to reflect...

JNP Coffee produces and trades Burundian specialty coffee to improve the lives of coffee farmers by sharing premium prices with them and...

A deadly pandemic triggers massive job losses. Global protests erupt after George Floyd’s death at police hands. This year has brought uphea

This is not the year we expected. Global economies came to a standstill. And yet … the harvest season still arrived. Burundi saw more than

Coffee farmers in Burundi deal with uncertainty every day. Weather conditions, cyclical harvest yields, government regulations, even their f

As we all adjust our calendars to the new decade, I want to take a few moments to reflect on the past year. There are so many people to be

While this year’s harvest was only 35 percent of last year’s, it had little impact on the high-end specialty coffee market. The small yield

First flowering of future 2020 harvest! It takes a lot of on-the-ground savvy to bring award-winning coffees to market, and I’m pleased to a

Back from a three-week trip to Burundi, I am glad to be back in the U.S. with news to share from the first harvest. Yield is significantly s

If I hadn’t realized it before, the impact was crystal clear at the Specialty Coffee Association Expo in Boston. We are all members of a cof

JNP Coffee creates economic opportunities for women (and some men) in Burundi through the specialty coffees they grow. You can experience so

It’s no secret that JNP Coffee strives to achieve the highest quality in everything we do. Quality makes more things possible and can even t

As this year winds to a close, we take the time to be grateful for our blessings. But JNP Coffee is truly thankful year-round for our relati

When you buy coffee grown by women in Burundi, there’s a double impact. Yes, they receive a premium for delivering the highest quality cherr

The 2018 harvest in Burundi is complete. The raised beds are bare and the cherries have left the farms. The green coffee is packed in contai

In response to the question, “What kind of help do you need?” women in the Burundi chapter of IWCA asked for goats. The U.S-based non-profit