The story of coffee is no longer how we got here, it’s how we’ll stay here and what that will look like. Climate change is not a looming question on the horizon for producers, it’s a day to day reality. It’s the rainy season intensifying, washing away roads and topsoil, preventing cherries from ripening. Difficulties arise at every step of the process– seeds washing away, damaged cherry from hail, not being able to deliver to the washing station post-harvest. At Long Miles, the producer of this coffee and owner of the Ninga washing station, are in the process of planting 550.000 indigenous trees in the region to combat deforestation. Reforestation is one of the highest impact actions that can be taken to combat regional climate change, bringing shade and cover for coffee plants and helping prevent land erosion. Great! What does this coffee taste like though? Really nice!

The story of coffee is no longer how we got here, it’s how we’ll stay here and what that will look like. Climate change is not a looming question on the horizon for producers, it’s a day to day reality. It’s the rainy season intensifying, washing away roads and topsoil, preventing cherries from ripening. Difficulties arise at every step of the process– seeds washing away, damaged cherry from hail, not being able to deliver to the washing station post-harvest. At Long Miles, the producer of this coffee and owner of the Ninga washing station, are in the process of planting 550.000 indigenous trees in the region to combat deforestation. Reforestation is one of the highest impact actions that can be taken to combat regional climate change, bringing shade and cover for coffee plants and helping prevent land erosion. Great! What does this coffee taste like though? Really nice!