RHR Articles

Small and unique: the Peaberry

A couple of weeks ago, we launched a Yemeni peaberry coffee and we sold out in under 2 hours.Why? Because peaberries are special, smaller seeds, with a taste profile that differs from its regular s...

Spacy Launch

Switching from the Loring to the Stronghold was certainly a practical decision. But I have to be honest: Rabbit Hole has always been about pushing boundaries–leaping down the rabbithole if you will...

Building Agency at Origin

Our main goal as a business is to enact change. And when it comes to the coffee business, that change goes hand-in-hand with dismantling colonial systems of exploitation. That change must start at ...

[It is Still] Palestine, Black Liberation, and the Indivisibility of Justice

[This article was written on July 20, 2021. The reason we are reposting it today is to highlight how little things have changed. But also to bring attention to an initiative to fundraise for Gaza ...

Our Coffee Purchasing Ethos

We take our success and privilege quite seriously. While we are not of a exploitative colonial system, we do certainly benefit from it. It is our responsibility to use our success and privilege to ...

PART THREE - Haitian Coffee: From Favourite to Forgotten

The reason why people are surprised that we have an Haitian coffee on our menu is mainly because they are unaware of Haiti’s producing and exporting prosperous past.

PART TWO - The Inevitable U.S. Intervention

As explained in Part I - The Cost of Liberation, Haiti’s enduring poverty is a direct consequence of France’s excessive payment demanded from the self-liberated nation.

Haiti transparency report

We believe in sharing as much as possible about the coffees we buy, including as many details as possible about where the money is going along the chain.

PART ONE - The Cost of Liberation

The independence debt discouraged other colonies from attempting to revolt by enforcing an excessive punishment for Haiti’s liberation.

Haiti & Coffee: A Tale of Colonialism, Liberation and U.S. Interventions

Haiti had to use revenues generated by coffee exports to finance its Independence debt which unwillingly tied the nation’s freedom to its coffee.