The question that started everything.

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"Do you know the hands that picked your coffee?"

We didn't.

So we went searching....

Weโ€™re Alice & Nick.

Two Londoners.
One question.

An infectious curiosity that wonโ€™t let go.

A blue tuk-tuk travels along a red dirt road through the Kaffa forest in Ethiopia, birthplace of coffee

Come with us.

Meet the farmers.
Witness the ceremonies.
Taste the coffees.

Back to where it begins

Here at Band of Beans

We follow coffee
back to the hands that picked it.

Where we are now

Vietnam was first. Ethiopia is October.
The adventure is live and there are two ways in.

Path One

Taste the coffee

Taste the coffee

You can drink exceptional coffee now
roasted by people we trust,
with care for provenance, quality,
and the farmers behind it.

Shop Coffee
or
Path Two

Follow the adventure

If Linhโ€™s question stayed with you and
created the same curiosity it sparked in us,
follow on, weโ€™ll send each story as it unfolds,
from Vietnam, Ethiopia,
and wherever curiosity takes us next.

This is just the beginning.

You're reading Part 1 of our story.

More is coming.

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Want to explore deeper? The academic research reveals fascinating historical connections...

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๐ŸŒฑ Modern Impact

Research developed with historians, cultural experts, and coffee-producing communities.