At last month’s Rainforest Alliance gala reception I spoke briefly with Rainforest President Tensie Whelan for a few articles for … More
Tag: coffee
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!
Another Year Later
At the end of October 2013 I self published 400 copies of “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin … More
Trenches
I have been working as a “coffee writer” (covering craft, commodity, conversation and culture!) for about two years, but before … 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
Summer 2014 Coffee Crawl
As soon I knew that I’d be living in Park Slope for two months this summer, I told myself that … More
Madcap’s Knapp Speaks
Two weeks ago, I visited Grand Rapids Michigan for my cousin’s wedding. En route to the family festivities, I of … 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
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
Seeds on Fire
I had the pleasure of spending last week in Antioquia, Colombia with 1,000 of the country’s next generation of coffee … More
The Furrowed Brow
Since I started exploring coffee over two years ago many people have asked me, “Oh, so are you going to … 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
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