Juan’s World: A 5 Part Mini Series on the Inner Workings of Colombian Coffee Part 3: Risky Business Having a … More
Author: Rachel Northrop
Juan’s World: Organization of a Coffee Country
Juan’s World: A 5 part mini series on the inner workings of Colombian coffee 2:Organization of a Coffee Country Of … More
Juan’s World: A Sombrero, A Poncho, and a Mule
Juan’s World: A 5 part mini series on the inner workings of Colombian coffee Part 1: A Sombrero, a Poncho, … More
Untranslateable
I spend a lot of time trying to unearth adequate translations for Spanish coffee words. Obviously I am by no … More
The Efficiency of Common Space
I’m spending a year talking to coffee farmers in Latin America on a fixed budget generated by teaching summer school … More
Trash in Your Face
When coffee speaks, it says, “hold on a second; I have to go take out the trash.” Ingenuity is sustainable, … More
Why It Would Be Really Hard to Kill Coffee
The climate might be changing, but coffee won’t go down without a fight. National Geographic put addicts on edge last … More
5 Things To Do While Drinking Your Morning Coffee
1. Taste it before you put milk or sugar in it- just to see. Think of it like an experiment. … More
AgriCULTURE
Agriculture is termed as such because growing things is a way of life. When you earn a living for your … More
Amañada
Cuando el café habla en Colombia, habla Paisa si es cafe en uno de los municipios cual cultiva café en … More
When Coffee Sings
When coffee sings it speaks Lugwere, Lugiso, Swahili, Luganda, Lugyole, . When coffee sings it tells stories of tradition and … More
48 in Colombia
I arrived in Colombia last Thursday, and instantly fell in love with the people and the place just as much … More
Coffee with a Side of Scorpions and Christmas
Maybe there is something in this bajareque that rolls over the mountains of Boquete from the steamy Caribbean. Maybe there … More
Putting Things in Boxes
Metaphorically, coffee defies boxes, being more than a commodity or a beverage, being a plant, a lifestyle of production and … More
Folded Land
Disparate themes seem to converge in coffee more and more the further I continue on this odyssey. I’ve been following … More