Join Atlas in Rwanda and Burundi
Do you enjoy rustic travel? Do you have a soft spot for exceptionally delicious coffee? Yeah, us too. If you answered ‘yes’ to both questions, then we should be travel companions! Grab your passport and your cupping spoon to journey along with Atlas to Rwanda and Burundi, known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, […]
2017 Global Coffee Expo – Atlas Events
Thursday April 20, 9am – 4pm: Atlas Open House Atlas’ offices will be open for visitors from 9am – 4pm Thursday April 20! We’re just north of downtown, around 15 minutes by car or 30 minutes by bus. The #5 runs from downtown (3rd & Union) right up to the Greenwood neighborhood, and King County […]
What a difference a year makes
Coffee can sure break your heart sometimes. In January of 2015, we received a slew of samples via our partners at Twin from a new cooperative they were starting to work with in the the Democratic Republic of Congo, though their Joint Marketing Initiative (JMI) and gender equity program. The cooperative is located in the Ituri region […]
Gender Justice and Women-Produced Coffee
From January 30th through February 12th, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Africa Fine Coffee Association (AFCA) Conference in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, as well as visit several cooperatives in Rwanda and Uganda. I also spent much of my time with the fine folks at Twin, a partner organization of Atlas’, and a […]