The One Cup Project was borne out of a desire, no, a call, to help people. To help people less able to help themselves because of geography, climate, governments or disease.
If you are here, on our website, reading this blog, chances are very good that you have the same desire within your hearts too.
So, when [...]
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Dec 8 - Fair Trade and Direct Trade Coffees
Oct 27 - Growth in the Valley
After an unintentional summer hiatus, the One Cup blog is back!
It shocks me that the last post was over 4 months ago, but that is a byproduct of business in the “new economy”. I’m not sure if other people use that term or not, but having operated our coffee enterprise for over 21 years now, [...]
Jun 9 - Changing Campus Coffee…
The Aerie Café is the coffee shop located on the campus of Northwest University (NU) in Kirkland, Washington. I started working at the Aerie during a busy senior year at NU nearly three years ago, now I work as the Café Coordinator, serving coffee to college students looking for their daily (or hourly) caffeine fix. [...]
Apr 28 - Pearl – Guest Blogger Erin Cook
Guest blogger Erin Cook, an avid One Cup fan and supporter, writes about the struggles of Uganda. Most of her insights are true of most nations in Africa. Consider this a window into the state of the poorest continent on earth.
Winston Churchill said Uganda is the “pearl of Africa,” a statement I’ve found to be [...]
Mar 15 - Rally the Troops
It seems a little odd to be posting annual goals in March, but that is how The One Cup Project has evolved in its short life so far – one idea, one realization, one small act at a time. As we look forward though, we are confident that the future holds far more promise and [...]
Jan 17 - Everything is Meaningless!
Everything is Meaningless!
Very few things in life matter.
Most of us spend most of our time doing things that don’t matter.
This realization hit me anew this weekend, when one of my boys was off at a friend’s for a sleepover, and it was just me and my youngest boy alone at home – and I totally [...]
Dec 17 - Genesis of The One Cup Project, Part I
Since 1990 (at the age of 19), I had been focused on diligently building a coffee retailing and roasting enterprise. Success seemed to come easily, and by all appearances, my future was secure. Then September 11th happened. As my wife Erika and I watched the horror unfold on that fateful Monday morning, we looked at [...]
Nov 14 - The Beauty of Opportunity
To my fellow agents of change, I challenge you all to take a look at my new favorite word: opportunity. Opportunity is how we got to where we’re at and how we will get to where we’re going. The beauty of this is that we don’t always recognize the various opportunities that are presented to [...]
Oct 15 - Happy Blog Action Day!
Today, bloggers unite to bring to mind the issue of water. It is our hope that when the issue is brought to mind, that perhaps more people will be compelled to move. To act. To be an agent of change.
Many bloggers will probably give you lots of statistics – like this:
“Right now, almost a billion [...]
Sep 30 - More Than Profit Companies are Changing the World
Check out One Cup Intern Matt Weissenborn’s blog to learn a bit about how that is happening…
Since starting my internship w/ The One Cup Project (Seattle, WA) about a month ago, I’ve been trying to nail down what it means to be a “more than profit” organization. After researching various media outlets, wikis, and business [...]