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The First Coffee Hustler: Kaldi the Goat Herder’s Accidental Empire

The First Coffee Hustler: Kaldi the Goat Herder’s Accidental Empire

Long before coffee became a commodity, a culture, or a multi-billion-dollar industry, it was simply a mystery - hiding in the highlands of Ethiopia. The legend begins not in a boardroom or a barista’s hand, but on a hillside, with a herd of restless goats and a...

The Coffee Economies of Africa

The Coffee Economies of Africa

Africa grows the coffee. The world drinks the profits. Every year, Africa produces nearly twelve percent of the world’s coffee supply, with countries like Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya leading the harvest. Farmers wake at dawn. Beans are picked,...