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4 Cups, 2 Winners, 1 HIGHLY caffeinated crazy man!

4 Cups, 2 Winners, 1 HIGHLY caffeinated crazy man!

A couple of weeks ago I met up with Glen and Alex from The Bearded Apple to select the coffee(s) Mission Arabica would be selling.  They had selected 4 coffees for me to try out.  We used a method referred to as “cupping” in the coffee world to taste the...
3 Guys, 2 Beards, 1 Mission

3 Guys, 2 Beards, 1 Mission

In our pursuit to accomplish the vision of Mission Arabica to help 3rd world coffee farmers, we knew at some point we would actually have to sell coffee.  Chris, Gabe and I have believed all along the right partnerships would happen naturally without us trying to...
New Baby: 1 Funny Lesson I Learned During Labor

New Baby: 1 Funny Lesson I Learned During Labor

I’m happy to announce the latest addition to the Mission Arabica family: Jude Allen Cheney! My First Experience With Labor… Yikes On March 9th, Jude was born at 7 pounds 2 ounces and 20 inches long. He is my second child and one thing I can say for sure...
Why Laos? Part 2

Why Laos? Part 2

From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions—equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years – making Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in history. The...
Not an Expert?  You’re Hired!

Not an Expert? You’re Hired!

  Honesty is a virtue…Right? So let’s be honest…we know very little, if anything, about the coffee business from the bean to the cup.  I know I like coffee.  I know it grows on trees, is picked by people and shipped around the world to be roasted and...
Arabica Means What to Me?

Arabica Means What to Me?

It is on signs EVERYWHERE!  ARABICA coffee used here!  Arabica coffee sold here, brewed here, roasted here, etc…  From small coffee houses to Starbucks to grocery stores to McDonald’s, we see Arabica coffee advertised all over the place.  I started noticing...
Why Laos?

Why Laos?

Mission Arabica is the shared vision of three friends on a mission to take our business skills and combine them with our passion to make a difference in the world. All For One, One For All It all started in the summer of 2012.  Gabe and I had been school friends...
More Than Just a Cup…

More Than Just a Cup…

It’s more than just a cup of coffee. There are a lot of things in life that we take for granted, and when we stop to think about those things we realize their significance.  There are those things in nature like a sunrise, rain, a starry night ect….When we stop...