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May 2025: Houston Warehouse Visits

Jan 2025: Artisan’s new Leaf and Bean logo!

Dec 2024: Voices of our Producers: Interviews with Women

Aug 2024: Sabbath Roaster’s Generous Gesture

Apr. 3, 2024: Artisan's Warm Referral Program for Roasters

Mar. 13, 2024: Getting Ready for Expo in Chicago!

Feb. 5, 2024: Tour of Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters New Facility in Ferndale, MI

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Jun. 18 - Jul 1, 2025

Ruth Ann will be in Rwanda - cupping at our partner cooperatives

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Taxes can either be progressive or regressive. Regressive taxes are a heavier burden on the poor than they are on the rich and thus increase the income gap in a country. ⁠ ⁠ Read Ruth Ann's newest blog article "Tariffs are the New Regressive Tax
Today, we're in downtown Grand Rapids, MI at the adorable Lantern Coffee Bar & Lounge @laterncoffeebar - which is our newest partner to roast our coffee from the Rambagirakawa Women's Group of the DukundeKawa Musasa @dukundekawa_rw Cooperative in
We’re in back in St. Louis to shine a light on Artisan partner Blueprint Coffee @blueprintcoffee who is now freshly roasting a washed process Bourbon from the Kungahara Women Group of the Bwishaza cooperative in the Rutsiro district, western Rw
#tb Ruth Ann was excited and honored at the same time to visit two of Houston's coffee warehouses following the 2025 coffee expo. Only after the two visits did she realize she had the pleasure of seeing what are probably the oldest and the newest cof
#tb One of our favorite memories from SCA Expo in Chicago was our client dinner with special guest DukundeKawa Musasa @dukundekawa_rw Managing Director Ernest Nshimyimana!⁠ ⁠ Ernest shared updates on two transformational projects that the cooperative
We're very proud of our producer partner Mehbuba Seid Abdella and co-owner of Himma Manufacturing LLC for recently winning the Addis Ababa Female Entrepreneur Award! 🏆⁠ ⁠ Mehbuba was recognized for her leadership in the Addis Ababa business communit
🛎️ Attention roasters! Last call! 🛎️⁠ ⁠ We have four quality women-forward Ethiopia Grade 4 coffees (2024 lots) remaining with fruit flavors and full transparency to the farmer. ⁠ ⁠ Two are women-grown and two are partially women-grown and exported
We love sampling our Rwanda microlots roasted by our partners, and especially love Denver's Huckleberry Coffee Roasters @huckleberryroasters choice to roast TWO coffees from the Rambagirakawa Women’s Group - a delicious + complex washed coffee

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