Costa Rican coffee doesn’t yield the volume of beans for export that other Latin American countries have to offer, but … More
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Updates from Coffeepeople
What started as an unconventional horizontal anthropological investigation into the lives of coffee producers from Nicaragua to Colombia has accidentally … More
Division of Decision
One of the greatest positions of power a person can be in is a position in which the decisions he … More
The Coming Back
Interviews are snapshots that freeze things as they are in a moment, and words on the page are stagnant; their … More
Ships in the Processing Night
There is no single method by which to process coffee. In fact, the only limit to the number of ways … More
The Illusion of Diversification
For all the rows of products lining grocery store shelves and the mile long menus we gaze up at when … More
“When Coffee Speaks” Book Release Party!
Come celebrate the stories of Latin American coffeepeople Wednesday, November 6th from 6-10pm at Nimba Cafe in Brooklyn! Get your … More
Spill The Beans Telesummit
The book When Coffee Speaks is a collection of translated transcriptions from coffeepeople, but if you actually want to hear what coffeepeople … More
Growing Colombian Coffee
Colombian coffee growing is an agricultural institution if ever there was one. Coffee is native to Ethiopia, but Colombians have … More
Finca Life in Colombia
The book is coming out soon, but it’s pure text, so as a supplement to all those thousands of words, … More
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
That Business Model is Looking Good
I’ve finished the book so the blog is back! I just finished writing and putting together “When Coffee Speaks,” a … More
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
When Milvia Speaks
Conversation with Milvia and her Goddaughter Melissa in Boquete, Panama. Recorded March 26, 2013. When did we start? My husband … More
The Sound of the Machete
There is a certain sound that metal-on-plant makes. As the force of a swinging machete hits tree branches, plant stalks, … More
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