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Get Aspirational

At last month’s Rainforest Alliance gala reception I spoke briefly with Rainforest President Tensie Whelan for a few articles for … More

coffee, origin stories, Rainforest Alliance, sustainability, sustainable coffee, travel

The Aliveness of a Fleeting Century

I grew up in New Hampshire, and about the age (3rd grade) that I realized what New Hampshire was, and … More

Costa Rica, expat, New Hampshire, New York, Spain, travel

It’s Onward O’Clock Right Here

I’ve been speaking Spanish for 10 years. The last time I took an academic class was 2006. I’ve been speaking … More

coffee, Howard Schultz, Onward, Starbucks, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Madame Geisha

Coffee can seem pretty straightforward as we sip it from our mugs; it’s a hot beverage that tastes good and … More

Boquete, coffee, coffee tourism, geisha coffee, Panama, single origin, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Coffee in Hand

I traveled to Chennai in south India a few years ago, and I was not prepared for the fact that … More

coffee, Colombia, Costa Rica, growing coffee, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Costa Rican Coffee: Spirit of a Nation

Costa Rican coffee doesn’t yield the volume of beans for export that other Latin American countries have to offer, but … More

coffee, coffee books, coffee production, Costa Rica, growing coffee, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Updates from Coffeepeople

What started as an unconventional horizontal anthropological investigation into the lives of coffee producers from Nicaragua to Colombia has accidentally … More

Central America, coffee, coffee farmers, coffee production, Costa Rica, growing coffee, Panama, travel, 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

Nomad Notes: The Spanish Rules

Part 2 of 3 in a series less about coffee and more about travel, culture, and living abroad. In “Pen … More

exchange student, expat, foreign exchange, living abroad, Spain, travel

Nomad Notes: Pen on Page

Part 1 of 3 in a series less about coffee and more about travel, culture, and living abroad. Written Monday, … More

exchange student, expat, nomad, travel, writing

The Coming Back

Interviews are snapshots that freeze things as they are in a moment, and words on the page are stagnant; their … More

books, coffee, Costa Rica, travel, When Coffee Speaks

The Book: “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin American Coffeepeople”

ORDER THE BOOK HERE Back cover reads: Whatever your sentiments towards or knowledge of coffee, the stories coffee has to … More

anthropology, books, coffee, coffee books, expat, self publishing, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Coffee Year in Review

It’s coming up on a year since I left  to begin this odyssey. On August 28, 2012, I departed Newark … More

coffee, Kickstarter, reflections, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Another Kind of Organic

30 some years ago the UDSA standardized the definition of organic for the purpose of regulating the production and sale … More

coffee, Kickstarter, organic, travel, When Coffee Speaks

The Story behind the Stories

The following is my story, as per early December 2012. (And I didn’t even have to translate it!) I’m sitting … More

coffee, curiosity, Eating Animals, travel, When Coffee Speaks

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