Madame Geisha

Coffee can seem pretty straightforward as we sip it from our mugs; it’s a hot beverage that tastes good and … More

Coffee in Hand

I traveled to Chennai in south India a few years ago, and I was not prepared for the fact that … More

Intention of Integration

Vertical integration is like a go-go dancer: seductive to some, off-putting to others. In Panama, land of coffee celebrity and … More

Prophecies

Again and again people in Costa Rica told me some version of the line, “We wouldn’t have coffee here without … More

Rachel in Coffee Wonderland

Gonzalo Hernandez, proprietor and manager of Coffea Diversa Coffee Varietal Garden (aka Coffee Wonderland), doesn’t let a guest commence a … More

Costa Rican Coffee: Spirit of a Nation

Costa Rican coffee doesn’t yield the volume of beans for export that other Latin American countries have to offer, but … More

Updates from Coffeepeople

What started as an unconventional horizontal anthropological investigation into the lives of coffee producers from Nicaragua to Colombia has accidentally … More

Division of Decision

One of the greatest positions of power a person can be in is a position in which the decisions he … More

The Coming Back

Interviews are snapshots that freeze things as they are in a moment, and words on the page are stagnant; their … More

Ships in the Processing Night

There is no single method by which to process coffee. In fact, the only limit to the number of ways … More

What’s up with the cover of “When Coffee Speaks?”

The book  is now arriving in the hands of fearless Kickstarter backers and is available to order online via McNally … More

Growing Colombian Coffee

Colombian coffee growing is an agricultural institution if ever there was one. Coffee is native to Ethiopia, but Colombians have … More

Finca Life in Colombia

The book is coming out soon, but it’s pure text, so as a supplement to all those thousands of words, … More

When Milvia Speaks

Conversation with Milvia and her Goddaughter Melissa in Boquete, Panama. Recorded March 26, 2013. When did we start? My husband … More

The Sound of the Machete

There is a certain sound that metal-on-plant makes. As the force of a swinging machete hits tree branches, plant stalks, … More