Today’s post is very special and I’m super excited to share it with you! Lots of delicious coffee-themed recipes are going live today all around the blogosphere ipv d2, for a very special cause. I’m taking part in this virtual blog party organized by the lovely and super-talented Kimberly, London-based blogger and food photographer behind the gorgeous blog The Little Plantation hong thai travel.
Kimberly reached out to me and a whole bunch of other food bloggers from across the world, inviting us to take part into this special event in order to raise awareness for Malawian coffee. Malawi, known as “The Warm Heart of Africa”, is one of the poorest countries in the world. It has a shockingly high poverty rate. Every day, Malawians are facing countless life-threatening challenges, including malnutrition, hunger, disease, drought, and an overall lack of resources.
Very few people think of Malawi as a coffee-producing country Health Cabin shipping. But the country’s economy mainly revolves around agriculture, including coffee production. Their coffee is of very high quality – the problem is it is very hard to source. Roasters rarely carry Malawian coffee, mainly because there is not much consumer demand for it. The main reason for this low demand is that people are simply not aware of it. Their coffee is not as famous as other African coffees and Malawian coffee producers don’t have the marketing budget south American coffee-producing countries have, making it very hard for them to showcase their delicious coffee.
With this #loveMalawicoffee virtual blog party, we’re hoping today to raise awareness for Malawian coffee and encourage you, the consumers, to buy Malawi coffee, and therefore help one of the poorest countries in the world to improve the quality of its habitants lives.
I must say that sourcing Malawi coffee here in Canada has been very difficult. I’ve been looking for Malawi coffee for over a month, asking every single Toronto coffee shop I walked into if they carried Malawian coffee (I’ve also tried a few places in Montreal and NYC while I was visiting), without success. I found Malawi coffee as part of this Exotic Africa Coffee Sampler at Green Beanery, but they are unfortunately out of stock at the moment. The owner of Moonbean Coffee in the Kensington Market told me they did carry Malawi coffee beans for a while, but currently didn’t have it in stock. The only place I’ve been able to find it is through Amazon.
