Mardi Gras is early this year, and with that news it means we can celebrate it with our seasonal Big Chief offering! This year the Big Chief blend consists of a natural process Ethiopian, a natural process Brazil, and a washed Colombian. Three of our favorite origins! blend. We are really excited to offer this unique, spirited blend to pair with the Mardi Gras season. As in years past, we will be donating $1 of every bag sold to a local non-profit organization. Not only do we get to enjoy this delicious coffee with everyone, but it also goes to a really good cause.
“JUICY BERRY, ALMOND, DRIED HIBISCUS”
This year we are working with local contemporary artist Demond Melancon, who is the Big Chief of the Young Seminole Hunters tribe. His beadwork is amazingly intricate and his work has been exhibited in museums across London, Miami, Brooklyn, and New Orleans. Many of Melancon’s works honor Black subjects historically excluded from the artistic canon, often reflecting untold stories to remind viewers of their interwoven shared ancestries and diasporic histories.
He is a very talented artist and has chosen Feed the Second Line as the non-profit that we will be donating to.
Feed the Second Line is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the culture bearers of New Orleans. They seek to build a more equitable city by creating opportunities for the people that make it a vibrant place. They provide general support for those who make our city a culturally rich place. Their definition of culture bearer is broad and inclusive of a wide range of creative practices, both formal and informal all of which make New Orleans a magical place to live and visit.
“We believe it helps fight food-insecurity and poverty. So far we have supported 137 of our city’s culture bearers with “Food Love” - $200,000 worth of groceries!
On our job-creation work - we have helped create over $500,000 worth of gig-work opportunities for 107 musicians, 18 Second Line club members, 19 baby dolls, 31 Mardi Gras Indians... the folks who make our city’s culture.”