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Coffee with a Side of Scorpions and Christmas

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

Boquete, coffee, mist, Panama, postmodern, When Coffee Speaks

Blending Art and Science

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

Bajareque, Boquete coffee, coffee, coffee science, Panama, Panama coffee, roasting coffee, When Coffee Speaks

The Miraculous Story of Don Tito

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

artisan coffee roasting, Boquete, coffee, direct trade, farm interviews, Panama, responsible tourism, When Coffee Speaks

What If Everyone’s Special?

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

Central American coffee, coffee, coffee sourcing, Costa Rica, Panama, specialty coffee, When Coffee Speaks

Barista’s Burden

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

barismo, barista, coffee, Costa Rica, espresso, Latin American coffee, Panama, When Coffee Speaks

Why Coffee?

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

coffee, coffee farming, Costa Rica, growing coffee, Latin American coffee, Nicaragua, Panama, travel, tropical agriculture

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

Dos Caras de la Moneda

To be a jefe, to be a don, you have to run something. Sometimes it’s a store, sometimes it’s a … More

cafe de Panama, coffee, coffee picking, geisha coffee, Panama, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Grapevine Yields

Growing anything is difficult. To be a farmer you have to do a lot of work. To be a good … More

agronomy, coffee, farming, growing coffee, Ngobe, Panama, Peace Corps, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Game Changers

I spent 9 days living in a Ngöbe indigenous reserve in the Bocas del Toro province on Panama’s Northern Caribbean … More

Arabica, coffee, comarca, Costa Rica, Ngobe, Panama, Robusta, 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

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