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Three Forests: The Guji Uraga Story

April 15, 2019

At some of Ethiopia’s most extreme altitudes lies Guji’s Uraga region, a dense, mountainous forest that spans almost a thousand miles. Within this huge forest lie three smaller forests, and…

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Paying for Coffee

Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 1

April 8, 2019

Part 1: Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated “How much did the producer get paid for this coffee?” This is a question we’re excited to be hearing more of. Thanks to an…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Ethiopia Agaro 2019

March 4, 2019

Agaro’s Back and it’s Better than Ever It’s time to get excited about Ethiopia, and right now it’s all about the coffees we have coming in from Agaro—not just because…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Ethiopia Guji Uraga

August 31, 2017

We all know the highest grown coffees at altitude are the last to ripen, meaning they’re most often last in the queue at the dry mill, and they’re the last…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Secure Source: Rwanda

August 8, 2017

Rwanda makes up a smaller portion of the total volume of coffee that we buy at Red Fox, but in many ways it represents best the potential for the work…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Secure Source: Peru

August 8, 2017

Peru is our fastest-growing origin in terms of project development and coffee procurement, and it’s what we think about when we think of the future of Red Fox. As of…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Secure Source: Colombia

August 8, 2017

  Colombia is the origin on which we’ve hung our hat since day one at Red Fox Coffee Merchants. There is currently no other country in Latin America with an…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Huehuetenango, Guatemala Arrivals Update

June 20, 2017

In an effort to expand our offerings in Guatemala, I went down there this past March to do a little discovery. I remember the moment precisely – we’ve all had…

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Sourcing

Newsletter: Kenya Gakuyu-ini Offer

May 2, 2017

I remember speaking with my old pal Ryan Brown a few years back about what makes Kenyan coffees so special. Is it producer acumen? Is it terroir? Or varietal? Or…

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