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Category: Existential Traveler

Eyelashes and Thresholds

In Spanish, the word for a tab on your internet browser is pestaña, which translates to “eyelash,” which I think … More

coffee, coffee prices, commodity trade, When Coffee Speaks

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

Burundi, coffee, coffee sourcing, drinking coffee, morning coffee, When Coffee Speaks

Amañada

Cuando el café habla en Colombia, habla Paisa si es cafe en uno de los municipios cual cultiva café en … More

Antioquia, cafe de Colombia, Colombia, Colombian coffee, Cuando el Cafe Habla, When Coffee Speaks

48 in Colombia

I arrived in Colombia last Thursday, and instantly fell in love with the people and the place just as much … More

Antioquia, arepas, Colombia, Colombian coffee, South America, travel, When Coffee Speaks

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

coffee trading, container ships, import export, logistics, Panama Canal, shipping, When Coffee Speaks

Blending Art and Science

Working with coffee- in any form at any stage- is always part art and part science. Science because you can … More

Bajareque, Boquete coffee, coffee, coffee science, Panama, Panama coffee, roasting coffee, When Coffee Speaks

Personalidades de la Taza

En el mundo de la venta y compra de comodidades, como el café, todo se maneja con tramites y papeleria. … More

cafe de Panama, Cuando el Cafe Habla, productores de cafe, When Coffee Speaks

Tourism as Direct Trade

Smart locals. These are the ones who spent their childhoods sweating on the family farm, but realized that their land … More

coffee, direct trade, fair trade, Panama tourism, When Coffee Speaks

What If Everyone’s Special?

Growing coffee always requires a strategy, often one informed by understanding what’s happening the coffee world over. In Costa Rica … More

Central American coffee, coffee, coffee sourcing, Costa Rica, Panama, specialty coffee, When Coffee Speaks

Taste Perception

When the coffee is good enough, you don’t need caramel and pumpkin spice syrup (although those are pretty darn good … More

coffee, coffee farmers, taste perception, When Coffee Speaks

Dos Caras de la Moneda

To be a jefe, to be a don, you have to run something. Sometimes it’s a store, sometimes it’s a … More

cafe de Panama, coffee, coffee picking, geisha coffee, Panama, travel, When Coffee Speaks

New Under the Sun

Living a city that never sleeps in a highly developed nation in a fully globalized world, sometimes it’s hard to … More

coffee, coffee tasting, Costa Rica, micromill, New York, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Coffee Tags

“It’s too bad that the economic compensation isn’t that fair, but that doesn’t negate, doesn’t impact the pride that I … More

coffee, Costa Rica, fair trade, graffiti, labeling, logos, When Coffee Speaks

Cornucopia de Café

“Amor de Café” by Juan Tuk Durán in Sintercafe’s Grano de Oro exhibition I’m tempted to say that this year … More

coffee, Costa Rica, Thanksgiving, travel, When Coffee Speaks

If the Suit Fits…

Some people talk about getting stuck in jobs they hate, about ending up in a field in which they have … More

coffee, Costa Rica, culture, expat, muscle memory, travel, When Coffee Speaks

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