Ninga Washing Station sits at 1,900 meters above sea level alongside the Nkokoma River in Burundi's Butanyerera province. Long Miles Coffee established the station after realizing that farmers in the area were traveling far and wide to find a washing station with fair scales and fair prices.
Hundreds of smallholder farmers deliver their Red Bourbon cherries to Ninga each harvest season, tending small plots alongside beans, bananas, maize, and cassava between 1,900 and 2,100 meters. Long Miles works closely with the community through farmer training, sustainable land management, and women's empowerment initiatives.
This coffee is part of Long Miles' Hills Quality program, a carefully constructed lot built from the best the hill produces each season, monitored throughout harvest and sorted by size, density, and color before export.
Green Price
$5.80
Green cost, milling, transport, taxes and exporting fees.
Transport
$1.07
Importing fees and transport from the farm to Chicago, Illinois.
Our Cost of Production
$6.08
Labor, Rent, Health Insurance, Paid Time Off
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Long Miles Coffee
Butanyerera Province, Burundi
- Producer Long Miles Coffee
- Elevation 2000 MASL
- Process Washed
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Quality
Quality means buying high quality coffees from established producers around the world.
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Traceability
Traceability gives recognition to the producers and validates where the coffee is grown, picked, and processed.
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Transparency
We endeavor to contextualize the importance of a fair and balanced trade through the prices we pay.
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Paying More
As an Independent Specialty Coffee Roaster, we always pay well above the C-Market based on two factors; the quality of coffee and the cost of production.
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Fair Wage
A fair wage begins with paying higher premiums to the coffee producer in tandem with providing competitive wages and benefits for our staff here at Metric.
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