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(Urban) Jungle to (Jungle) Jungle

If New York City were in the tropics, all Starbucks would open onto hillsides filled with coffee, and patrons would … More

coffee, Costa Rica, expat, lists, New York, travel, tropical life, When Coffee Speaks

Pura Montaña

But back to the farm. After we’d toured the rows of coffee and the sugarcane planted above, Geraldo still felt … More

adventure, coffee, Costa Rica, land, machete, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Amigos and Orange Juice

Sunday, I went to visit Maira’s family’s coffee/sugar farm the next “town” over. After walking down the mountain, halfway up … More

Costa Rica, cultural exchange, pride, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Relevance is Relative

Last Sunday I hitched a ride and took two buses to a see the locals play a futbol game in … More

Costa Rica, futbol, perception, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Everyone has a story

To ask someone to share stories of their life is a lot to ask, and it takes some semblance of … More

Costa Rica, storytelling, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Well, this is (still) awkward…

8 years ago, when I was 16, I left everything I knew in New Hampshire and went to live in … More

adventure, coffee, Costa Rica, exchange student, Spain, travel, When Coffee Speaks

You can’t fake it in the Jungle.

I’ve heard that the only places on earth unexplored by man lie deep under the ocean. I would argue that … More

adventure, coffee, Costa Rica, jungle, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Finca Quijote, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Week one of my Latin American coffee odyssey: this is what it looks like on the ground. Sunday, I was … More

coffee, Costa Rica, farms, 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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