In the space of one week, JNP Coffee successfully delivered more than 800 classroom hours to women and young people in East Africa eager to gain coffee industry skills. We all know boot camps can be intense for the participants, but this one posed a logistical challenge for the JNP Coffee team as well. The training was made possible thanks to four donated CEADO grinders that had to travel nearly 8,000 miles through four airports in our suitcases. And a discounted espresso mac

While 7,000 miles is a long journey between New York City and Burundi’s Butanyerera Province, the coffee (and its story) that crossed the oceans made the trip worthwhile. This coffee was so popular that young New York artists and Burundian women businessowners both benefited from a special coffee fundraiser held throughout the summer of 2025. How did that work? JNP Coffee bought green coffee from the women founders of our Turihamwe Turashobora coffees, sold it to New York roa