Juan’s World: A Sombrero, A Poncho, and a Mule

Juan’s World: A 5 part mini series on the inner workings of Colombian coffee Part 1: A Sombrero, a Poncho, … More

Untranslateable

I spend a lot of time trying to unearth adequate translations for Spanish coffee words. Obviously I am by no … More

The climate might be changing, but coffee won’t go down without a fight. National Geographic put addicts on edge last … More

1. Taste it before you put milk or sugar in it- just to see. Think of it like an experiment. … More

Agriculture is termed as such because growing things is a way of life. When you earn a living for your … More

When coffee sings it speaks Lugwere, Lugiso, Swahili, Luganda, Lugyole, . When coffee sings it tells stories of tradition and … More

Maybe there is something in this bajareque that rolls over the mountains of Boquete from the steamy Caribbean. Maybe there … More

Disparate themes seem to converge in coffee more and more the further I continue on this odyssey. I’ve been following … More

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

Don Tito is a known personality in Boquete, a small species of local celebrity. A visit to his farm and … More

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

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

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

Coffee is in many ways comparable to wine (see Wine is to Coffee), but it separates itself as the more … More

About a month into my trip I was skyping with one of my best friends and he asked me, … More