Monthly Archives: August 2013

ORIGIN FOCUS: RWANDA
Origin Focus
August 16, 2013 posted by Maja Wallengren

ORIGIN FOCUS: RWANDA

Tiny East African grower Rwanda started growing coffee around 1904 when German missionaries first brought Arabica seeds from the coffee producing region around Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Also known as…

The Rwanda Genocide – A Coffee Conflict!
Origin Focus
August 16, 2013 posted by Maja Wallengren

The Rwanda Genocide – A Coffee Conflict!

Contrary to popular belief the Rwanda genocide was very much a conflict about coffee. Up until the genocide in April 1994 coffee exports accounted for as much as 70 percent…

Share This Article