There truly is nothing the assistants love more than coffee. Okay - well - GOOD coffee. One thing we've been particularly excited about is the locally grown Rwandan coffee we'll have access to for three glorious months. Coffee is quickly becoming one of Rwandas most accalimed exports - even garnering the support of the Clinton Foundation in their Hunter Development Program.
Today we stumbled upon another fanastic program centered on sustainable growth of Rwanda's rich coffee bean resources through USAID. The SPREAD Project (Sustaining Partnerships to Enhance Rural Enterprise and Agribusiness Development) is the USAID Agribusiness Project partnered directly with Rwanda. http://www.spreadproject.org/rwanda_exports.php
First, for all our friends, here is a list of locations (Murky's Coffee in Arlington, VA & DC; Intelligentsia in Chicago & LA; and select Starbucks to name a few!) carry beans from this project.
We can't wait to share with you the first cup of Rwandan coffee... the assistants are already scheming things that don't need to be packed just to make room for the coffee we plan on bringing back!
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