Kaltenkirchen weekend market

Every saturday we will be available at the Kaltenkirchen Wochenmarkt.
Our coffee will be available for sale as well as taking our customers through 'the magical coffee growing areas of Nyeri Kenya.

We will have various Kenyan coffee roasted in different profiles for the clients to 'taste'  ( the right word is cupping) and explore Kenya!!

Partnerships

This is our key word at Chania Coffee.

Its a word that both my worlds can understand. We simply dont just sell coffee; we  form Partnerships with our Producers, the Roasters, the Municipalities, the Consumers...name it. We want all to have a 'sence of belonging' in Chania Coffee, because we are family!

Through Engagement Global...we was honoured today to attend the  '2nd Conference for Municipal Partnerships with Africa' Conference in Hamburg.
We met amazing people there. New contacts and networks were established...we keep on learning.

It  was a great experience...and guess which Municipality is the Partner for Hamburg? My neighbours from Daresaalam Tanzania!! it was great to speak 'pure' swahili for a long time. It reminded me of my youthful days in Arusha when i worked for a milk company...it took me back in time climbing Mt.Kilimanjaro and stopping at Tretoria for a warm bowl of banana soup...the meeting took me back home to my people; back to jirani, ndugu, because those are the words my good neighbours from Tanzania, were using. But most of all seeing the Tanzanian delegation there, so happy in their own way, made me realise that my dream of sustainable livelihoods for my community would come...i might not be able to change their lives but my little contribution is the change we all wish for.

The Tanzanias through their partnership with the municipal of Hamburg got their own 'place/ space' named after their city.....'Dar-es-Salaam Platz.

It was amazing, my Tanzanian neighbours have come a long way in development work......go go TZ!!

i got to meet the  Lord Mayor of Daresaalam, Tanzania Dr.Didas Massaburi and his entrouge.We exchanged notes regarding The Millennium Developmental Goals/ Sustainable Development Goals (MDG/SDG) and their implementation at the local level. You see for these partnerships to work its important that the local people be involved from the onset of the program, their interpretation and decision making is very important...its crucial that the local people find a solution / a way for tackling their predicament...without being told what to do...Dr Massaburi is one kind of a guy that can talk forever..i might go to Tanzania one of these days if my Credit card allows ;)

Amazing people

Today marked a new beginning in our coffee Adventure...along the way we have met amazing people; Quijote Kaffee is one of those great partners in this journey, and he will be roasting all our coffees to guarantee the lush tropical fruits aromas that is distinctive of Kenyan Coffees!!

 Pingo of Quijote Kaffee making sure that Chania Coffee achieves the best results in a cup.

We are blessed to have met amazing people along our work. People who are dedicated to support us to bring the change that is needed in the coffee supply chain. People with the same values of Transparency...

 And off to cupping! Remember Chania Coffee and Quijote Kaffee have one thing in common: Bringing real value to the coffee producers whilst preserving the Integrity and Cultivation of coffee and the relationship with the roasters- we build relationships.

 

New Packaging

                                               Our new packaging is ready!

When we started we planned to roast each and every single order, the same day! Times have changed, our concept is working...and since we really on volunteer hours to build this thing up we have decided to change the packaging. We will still roast our coffees fresh, but once a week. This leaves us some extra time to cover other events, do our research and still learn. There is so much to learn and to research on...i believe i can do it, and if i cant let me fail in the attempt...
I am the coffee farmer, trader, roaster, quality control, researcher name it, we dont want to leave any stones unturned..i want to make sure that my community doesnt perish for lack of information. I want to make sure we are in par with the current certifications, the new farming technologies, we promised to deliver quality coffee as thats the only way we can guarantee good prices...

Forming Partnerships

Sustainability for my people will be achieved through formation of partnerships. This is our objective.
We embark today on various events in Germany that will see the formation of 'Municipal Partnerships between the German communities and our coffee producing communities. What this simply translates is that some specific communities in our project, will produce coffee for specific communities in Germany, who will consume this coffee. The partneship will be a Producer-Consumer relationship with great emphasize on producing the coffee under Fair Trade standards...Juhu! no more children as 'workforce' in my community; My many children are headed to school......some percentage of our revenue from this project we will donate to our partner www.kedovo.org - which is our Non-Profit Organisation ( foundation) that supports the sustainability programs in Kenya....

Please read all about the partnership under this link:

http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article120014904/Eine-Gemeinde-kocht-ihren-eigenen-Kaffee.html

Chania Coffee at Kirchenburgfest Lienzing

From the beginning of this journey, i vowed to do things differently. I am aware there will be hurdles, toes to step on but i believe in the beauty of simplicity. We will not go head on collision with the big players, we will curve our own little nich and build ourselves up from there....i have my 'gang'

This weekend we will hit the streets of Muhlacker in Baden Wuttenberg, Germany. We will present our coffees and ideas at the festival in Lienzing. Our approach is based on building Partnerships with Roasters and the communities in Germany; from this trust an partnerships, my people at home will be assured of a ready market for their produce through Fair prices....is that not Sustainability?

You see the children of these communities will be able to attend school, and who knows? one of them might even continue the work i have started when i get those grey hair :D and am walking with a walking stick...yes thats how long i will live!

The home of Chania coffee

Chania Coffee sun drying in the village of my birth; it reminds me of my childhood and the memory of my people. A lot of us at Chania remember our first cup of coffee...experience Chania Coffee yourself and join us in this Adventure...

 One can already see the dark clouds already circling the village of Ndurutu. Yes thats where i was born. I miss the coffee fields, i miss the chirpping of the weaver birds, as they jumped from one berry to another, i miss the singing of crickets at night...i miss my people.
We have the coffee harvesting season in June..my people will be sleeping tonight so tired from the fields, do not despair; there is hope after all..