RHR Articles

Palestine, Black Liberation, and the Indivisibility of Justice

Again, and I won’t shut up about it, solidarity is the answer. Unity of purpose and an intersectional worldview will set us free. Why is a coffee company giving space to a Black man to write about ...

Return to Origin: An Experiment in Mutual Aid in the Coffee Industry

When we began the Return to Origin article series, we envisioned a space of dialogue. One that would inform, listen, and discuss ways to decolonize our coffee mentalities. The logical progression w...

Return to Origin: Yemen, Part Two

By the turn of the 18th Century, virtually the entire global supply of coffee came out of Yemen’s port of Mocha (yes, same as the drink). Even today, it is not uncommon to see multi-generational op...

Return to Origin: Yemen, Part One

This article is part of our return to origin series. The history of coffee is long, full of intrigue, and a cause of global power struggles. Yet, all that began with the simple relationship between...

A series introduction

2020 has been quite the clusterf**k. As the pandemic has forced many of us to spend more and more time at home, us coffee aficionados were still able to stay properly caffeinated via—a now booming...