Some people have more money, resources, good looks, connections, and formative educational training than others. That’s life. In the case … More
Tag: coffee farmers
Celebrity Farmers
Way back in the post Division of Decision I suggested that we don’t always know what me mean by the … More
2015: Digital Coffee Summer
The sun is out and the summer is sweaty; it’s the season of cold brew and there’s lots that has … 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!
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
Another Year Later
At the end of October 2013 I self published 400 copies of “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin … More
Ink Spotlight
This internet thing is cool, but there is something about ink on paper that—for me at least—will never go out … More
Nobletree Coffee Launches in Brooklyn
Get ready coffeepeople; there’s a new tree in town, and it is dressed for success. The coffee industry has gone … 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
Taste Perception
When the coffee is good enough, you don’t need caramel and pumpkin spice syrup (although those are pretty darn good … More
Cuando el Cafe Habla (When Coffee Speaks): Stories from Caficultores
Humanity of Commodity: Working Project Rationale Everything has a story. No one of us, no moment of anyone’s life, fits … More