Coffee subscriptions are becoming increasingly popular in the UK, and since we launched our subscriptions last month, we've been overwhelmed by how popular they are! So in this blog post, we want to share with you some of the reasons why we think you should sign up to one of our exciting new coffee subscriptions. You save money Whether you subscribe to a single bag of Bora blend, or subscribe to one of our special package subscriptions, you save up to 15% per bag of coffee! You can cancel ANY time Signing up for a coffee subscription is not like signing a contract - you can cancel or change your subscription at any time for no additional cost. Once you've...
You may have seen our blog post over the weekend, telling you all about our 'One 4 One' project. Since we opened our doors in 2017, we have planted 1500 coffee trees at our project sites in Uganda! This is something that we're very proud of, and we hope that by the end of this year, we will see our first harvest, which means sustainable income generated at our project sites in the village of Kihembe, Uganda. We're growing our coffee in Uganda organically and we've experienced some challenges as a result. The recent changes in climate has meant that much of the coffee has been burnt during unusually long dry seasons, and we've seen an increase in pests that...
That's a line straight out of journalism school, but it's also incredibly important in the coffee industry too. With so many players and stakeholders in this global market, it's incredibly important that you know your source. What does this mean exactly? Well, it means different things to different people . We came across an incredibly disturbing article earlier this week, that reported that five people were arrested in Vietnam on suspicion of "Violating food safety regulations after they were caught mixing coffee waste with a black, tar-like liquid made from manganese dioxide found in batteries." Vietnam is one of the largest coffee exporters in the world, and coffee from the central highlands region ends up mixed into many instant coffee...
It's with great delight that we have launched our 'One 4 One' coffee project. The premise is very simple: for every 250g bag of Bora Coffee that you buy, we donate the necessary funds to plant one coffee tree at one of our project sites in Kihembe, Uganda. The project is primarily a drive for sustainability. In order for our charitable projects to have a lasting impact in Uganda, we need to incorporate income generating strategies into their design and implementation. In Kihembe, conditions for growing coffee are good, and we have a highly skilled team in place in Uganda who are able to manae the growth of coffee at our three project sites in the village: Kishunju Nursery and...
