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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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