Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Announces RaRa Coffee Partnership

You’re not really an indie rock star if you don’t have your own coffee. In 2014 alone, St. Vincent, James Murphy, and the New Pornographers have offered their own signature brews. Now, Arcade Fire‘s Win Butler has announced RaRa, a coffee produced in Haiti in conjunction with La Colombe Coffee. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Partners in Health and Haiti Coffee Academy. The news was tweeted out by Butler earlier this morning.

I’m really excited to introduce Rara Coffee by La Colombe, a specialty coffee grown in Haiti. pic.twitter.com/PQfqtDKxSU

— Arcade Fire (@arcadefire) December 12, 2014

Proceeds from sales go to PIH and the Haiti Coffee Academy. Luv, Win http://t.co/0ryuzYsyr0

— Arcade Fire (@arcadefire) December 12, 2014

He also wrote this note about the coffee on La Colombe’s website:

Being in the mountains of Haiti, it is hard not to think about coffee. The elevation, the sunshine, the soil, and incredible people, who have been growing the plant on tiny family plots for centuries. Haiti is buzzing with potential and possibility, and coffee can be an important part of its rebirth!

I’d heard about what La Colombe was doing with their coffee academy so I approached them to see if they’d make this coffee for me, because coffee is so important to Haiti, and Haiti is so important to me and everyone in the band.

Really happy to share this with you, especially with all the funds going to Partners in Health, The Coffee Academy and Haiti.

Enjoy,

Win Butler.

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