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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

coffee, coffee books, coffee events, coffee farmers, coffee farming, coffee futures, coffeepeople, Latin America, Latin American coffee, learn about coffee

Another Year Later

At the end of October 2013 I self published 400 copies of “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin … More

agriculture, coffee, coffee farmers, coffee farming, coffee interviews, coffeepeople, Colombia, Cooperandes, Costa Rica, ethnography, growing coffee, Latin America, Latin American coffee, Mutute, Naturalba coffee, Nicaragua, Panama, Pergamino Cafe, Potenciana, Ramacafe, When Coffee Speaks

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

anthropology, books, coffee, coffee books, coffee farmers, Fresh Cup, growing coffee, Latin America, Michele Aquino, Nicaragua, Panama, Rachel Northrop, The Coffee Book Project, When Coffee Speaks

The Best Way to Go Broke

Yesterday I checked a big ticket item off my “being a freelancer in 2014” to do list: I got Obamacare. … More

agriculture, coffee, growing coffee, Latin America, When Coffee Speaks

Nomad Notes: Offerings

Part 3 of 3 in a series less about coffee and more about travel, culture, and living abroad. In order … More

backpacking, Costa Rica, Latin America, Panama, travel

Untranslateable

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

beneficio, cafetal, coffee, coffee farm, Latin America, NPR coffee week, When Coffee Speaks

In Coffee We Trust

If your coffee comes with a tag of organic or fair trade or single origin, do you believe it? If … More

certified coffee, coffee, Costa Rica, fair trade, fair trade coffee, Latin America, organic, organic coffee, Panama, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Nica/Tica

  Coffee cherries being loaded from the receiver into the beneficio truck. Costa Rica and Nicaragua: two countries with histories and … More

beneficio, coffee, commodity export, Costa Rica, Latin America, Nicaragua, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Ships in the Night

I’ve been having a lot of Reading Rainbow moments lately; there’s lots going on in Latin America and in coffee, … More

coffee, Costa Rica, globalization, Innovative minds hard at work, Kickstarter, Latin America, Panama, Peace Corps, social projects, travel, Year of the Sun

Trampa

Trampa– (n. f.) trap, snare. Hacer trampas. To cheat. Farmers can’t cheat. If stuff doesn’t grow, stuff doesn’t grow. At … More

coffee, consumer, Costa Rica, expat, fair trade, farmers, international aid, Latin America, organic, travel, When Coffee Speaks

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

coffee, coffee books, coffee farmers, coffee sourcing, growing coffee, Latin America, New York coffee shops, oral histories, personal narratives, storytelling, travel, When Coffee Speaks

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