Fat Neighbors

Some people have more money, resources, good looks, connections, and formative educational training than others. That’s life. In the case … 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

Otro Año Despues

Al finales de octubre 2013 yo auto publiqué 400 copias de “When Coffee Speaks,” (“Cuando el Café Habla”) como la … 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

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

Young Colombian Coffee Growers

I have the privilege of spending this week among 1000 young Colombian coffee growers in San Geronimo, Antioquia, as they … 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

Antioquia La Más Educada

Hace un mes asistí la conferencia, (o si prefiere “el evento”) del SCAA, la Asociación de Cafes Especiales de Estados … 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

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

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