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New Logistical Shocks Plus More Great Coffee on the Horizon: Q1 2024

January 17, 2024

Welcome to Q1 of 2024. As we bring in the last of our Peru & launch into Ethiopia, Mexico, & Kenya seasons, we also see logistical shocks due to both…

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Quality

Agaro’s Long Bloom: Labtime with Joel

November 1, 2023

Coffee is a living plant, and like other living things, it has an innate life cycle. We’ve talked about age in coffee before—what causes coffee to age, what age tastes…

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Shipping Update

The New Normal: Q4 2023

October 3, 2023

Here we are in the final quarter of 2023, & things are looking relatively stable for a change—or at least as close as we’ve gotten in a few years. On…

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Sourcing

On Naturals & a Sense of Place

February 1, 2022

From Aleco Chigounis, Co-Founder & CEO Naturally processed coffees, or sundried process as they’re known in Ethiopia, are enigmatic fodder for conversation in the coffee industry. Every coffee professional has…

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Interviews

Ethiopia Supply Chain Partner Eden Kassahun On Managing Logistics Through Covid 19

April 12, 2021

Eden Kassahun is one of Red Fox’s most integral supply chain partners and has been since we opened in the business in 2014. Eden and Red Fox co-founder Aleco Chigounis’s…

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Sourcing

Kedir Jebril Imamu & His Fabled Gogogu Forest Coffees

January 28, 2021

Central Guji is one of the coffee world’s veritable treasure chests. As the Ethiopian coffee trade has made itself over several times in the past 12 years, so has Red…

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Interviews

Asnake Nigat of Kata Muduga, Ethiopia on Covid-19, Agaro History, & More

December 1, 2020

We were lucky to get a chance to bring Asnake Nigat of Kata Muduga Cooperative Union in Agaro, Ethiopia into the Foxhole for a conversation about current events in Ethiopia,…

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Sourcing

If You Haven’t Tasted Kolla Bolcha Yet, It’s Time

May 2, 2019

Kolla Bolcha is the newest jewel to be unearthed in Agaro, and if you haven’t tasted it yet, it’s time. We’ve been after this cooperative since we learned of its…

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Sourcing

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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