Black Gold

My second visit to a Coaltown Coffee cafe had me wondering which town they are referring to. It turns out to be Rhydaman (Ammanford), (i.e. Ford on the aman river), just up the road from Swansea, and at the Welsh extremity of the South Wales Coal field. This follows on nicely from my post on The Big Pit.

Their website says that Coaltown Coffee is trying to do a good thing :-

Ammanford is a small former mining community where anthracite coal (Black Gold) fueled the local economy.  Back in 2003 the last of the collieries closed and with it went our town’s purpose. Coaltown’s ambition was to bring a new industry to our home, a new Black Gold, a new purpose. In 2018 we achieved just that and our town is producing again.

This time it’s a new Black Gold—Coffee.

We focus on sustainable and transparent trade with farms from across the coffee regions of the world. Our Ethos is to pay fairly for the hard work they put in so their families and surrounding communities have the finances for a better way of life.

I'm glad that by frequenting their lush, comfy, hip cafe's, I can help with this in a small way. You can help, too by buying coffee from them, either in one of their Cafes, one of the Cafes they supply, or online here.

Better to light a candle.....

Kim lighting a candle :-)

Their founder Scott James explains how it came about here in the Wales.com website