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Update on the Bwenda Water Project
Muraho (hello), friends! We are thrilled to announce that January’s push to secure funds for the Bwenda Water Project has yielded $1,490, bringing the total amount donated to $6,050! With the...
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Security
Without risk there is no reward. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that the reward is more important than fear. And all of life is the reward. All Good is found on the other...
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Serving Ruli Mountain Coffee at Ruli
Ruli Mountain. It’s the name of our signature roast: apricot sweetness, cinnamon notes, tea-like body. Like an African breeze in a cup. It’s the location of our primary coffee washing station, where...
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Water Matters: Sam at Bwenda
Two car tires. Five bowling balls. A bulldog. Two toddlers. A 5 gallon jerry can of water. What do all of these have in common? They all weigh approximately 50 lbs. Last month I had the amazing...
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A Word from our Roaster
The Coffee Quality Institute Q Grader Certification is a 6-day course (3 days of pre-test and 3 days of testing) where a candidate must pass 22 tests to become a certified Q Grader. The tests relate to...
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Happy Mother’s Day, Claudine
Just over a year ago, we celebrated the arrival of baby Sylvia, daughter of Claudine. Claudine and her brother Eric have long been a part of the Thousand Hills family, and more of the stories about...
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Japanese Style vs. Cold Brew
Iced coffee has experienced a resurgence of popularity over the last two decades5, a trend marked by the increase in demand for cold brew – a coffee concentrate brewed with cold water over several...
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Make Your Own Frosted Coffee (and other diy recipes with cold brew)
Coffee concentrate, or cold brew, is both a delicious standalone and a versatile ingredient. Brewed over a period of several hours in cool water, cold brew develops a smooth, balanced expression of...
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Are you Sensitive to Caffeine? How to tell & what to do about it
Caffeine is powerful stuff. It can be an incredible, performance enhancing boost – or turn quickly into an unhappy list of side-effects. Awareness of how caffeine affects your body is key to making the...
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Peaberries – What They Are & Whether the Hype is Real
The coffee plant produces a round, red fruit about the size of a grape, known as a “coffee cherry.” While there is some variation in size and density – depending on the location and type of tree,...
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