Introduction to the background of the Long Miles Coffee Project story of the long-term plan for the coffee industry in Burundi

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Because of the long civil war, Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the political situation was not more stable until 2006.

In the early days, Burundian coffee beans often had the defective flavor of potatoes because of poor post-processing technology.

In 2007, Burundi opened up its coffee industry, and countries around the world began to enter the virgin land for the development of this coffee, little Burundi.

In 10 years, there have been more than 100 washing treatment plants.

The long-range Project (Long Miles Coffee Project), initiated by the Carsons Ben and Kristy Carlson, began in 2013 with the aim of promoting

At the level of boutique coffee in Burundi, the long-range Project works with more than 4500 individual coffee farmers, most of whom live around two central water washing plants, which they build.

The first washing plant was Bukeye, and the second was Heza. With their children, they moved to Burundi and embraced bean bakers and coffee farmers.

The dream of establishing a direct relationship, hoping to produce the best coffee and tell the story of the farmers who grow the coffee, hoping to connect

Production side and consumer side, directly improve the lives of farmers in the producing area, and then improve the quality of coffee production.

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