Fatuma and Francois Tuyishime, the family behind Yego Coffee — Fatuma and Francois Tuyishime, Somerville, Massachusetts

Yego means yes.

A word of affirmation.

A family's answer to rebuilding after loss.

Now, a promise in every bag.

The Coffee business has been a part of Tuyishime's family for over four decades. He grew up seeing his father in coffee farming and making it a business. So, it has been Francois passion to not only do coffee as business, but also a tool to build communities from the beautiful mountains of the southwestern Rwanda to the people of Massachusetts.

Beans turning in the drum of the Loring roaster — The Loring roaster

Freshly roasted beans pouring from the roaster into the cooling tray

Close-up of a black and natural woven basket on the café wall

The facts

Owners: Fatuma and Francois Tuyishime
Roastery: Somerville, Massachusetts
What Yego means: Kinyarwanda for yes
Where to find us: 1212 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144

Taste what four decades of it turned into.

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