When an organization or institution crosses an uncrossable line, it is important to let out a howl. The SCA (Specialty … More
Category: Existential Traveler
Posing vs. Dancing
There is much to love about the trend toward differentiated coffee bought and sold according to uniqueness of flavor profile … More
Dispassionate Coffee
People have a lot to say about their passions for coffee, myself included. Because coffee is indeed an addictive caffeinated … More
Coffees for Dads
I am a coffee drinker because of my dad. I started drinking coffee when I started high school; classes began … More
No Homo–It’s An Incorporated Rainbow
Because so much of the world’s culture (food, clothes, stuff) is manufactured and distributed by multinational corporations that imperialize with … More
The Coffeepeople Event: SCAA 2015
Seattle, Take 2 From April 8th-12th the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) held its 27th annual Event, and for the … More
Soundbytes from When Coffee Speaks
“When I was twelve my family had come here [to Cedral] to pick coffee on a man’s farm. I dreamed—we came up here to pick coffee, and I could hear the cows and the calves and everything, because there used to be more dairies. And I dreamed of one day coming back, to be able to hear the cows, to come back here to live. I wanted to live here. I prayed to God that I could live here!
Tired Words
It’s already like 10 days into lent; I can’t remember how many years it’s been since made a decision and … More
Destroyed but Not Defeated
A few weeks ago I started a graduate program in English Literature, which admittedly has nothing to do with coffee … More
To Better Understand
Often, questions like, “what’s it like to be an agricultural producer?” are met with descriptive answers, but whose descriptions are … More
Para Entender Mejor
Preguntas como, “como es ser agricultor?” suelen se encuentran con respuestas descriptivas, pero cuyos descripciones son muy someras. Cuando … More
The Aliveness of a Fleeting Century
I grew up in New Hampshire, and about the age (3rd grade) that I realized what New Hampshire was, and … More
Let There Be Electricity
This is the third of three posts about the intersections between education and agriculture. The process of making a living … More
Mutually Supportive
In the previous post in Spanish, I tell the story of arriving on my friend’s family farm in the mountains … More
Antioquia La Más Educada
Hace un mes asistí la conferencia, (o si prefiere “el evento”) del SCAA, la Asociación de Cafes Especiales de Estados … More
When Coffee Speaks 