This year marks a decade since I began exploring Rwanda and sharing those journeys through short stories and books. It has been ten years of movement, discovery, and reflection—measured not only in distance covered, but in moments paused and observed.
Along the way, coffee shops have become constant companions. Scattered across the country, they have offered more than caffeine: they’ve been quiet workspaces, brief shelters from the road, and places where stories took shape. Many of the pages in this issue were written at small tables, with a cup nearby and the journey waiting outside.
Coffee Break Magazine grows out of those moments. In a country known as the Land of 1,000 Hills, this first issue invites you to experience Rwanda as the Land of 1,000 Cups—one pause, one place, one story at a time.
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