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The Lorax Takes His Coffee Iced

Maybe it’s because all the vegetation down here looks Seussical,  but I’m having a Loraxy moment. The reason I support … More

agroforestry, climate change, coffee, Colombia, Colombian coffee, global warming, kumbaya, origin, plant trees, sustainable coffee, The Lorax, When Coffee Speaks

More on Juan

  Life informs art informs life. And media being a form of art, albeit an emotionally and economically charged one, … More

advertising, archetypes, coffee, Colombia, Colombian coffee, Juan Valdez, When Coffee Speaks

Roya Problems

Right now, thousands of coffee growing families across Latin America are facing a crisis. The coffee leaf rust “la roya” … More

agriculture, coffee, coffee leaf rust, Colombia, Latin America roya outbreak, monoculture, organic, roya, sustainability, sustainable coffee, sustainable farming, When Coffee Speaks

Eyelashes and Thresholds

In Spanish, the word for a tab on your internet browser is pestaña, which translates to “eyelash,” which I think … More

coffee, coffee prices, commodity trade, When Coffee Speaks

When Coffee’s Bitter

Or, “That Time NPR Stole All My Ideas and Ran “Coffee Week” on an Established National Platform Before I Could … More

coffee, coffee stories, NPR coffee week, When Coffee Speaks

Juan’s World: Roya, Broca, y Sr. Castillo

Juan’s World: A 5 Part Mini-Series on the Inner Workings of Colombian Coffee Part 5: Roya, Broca, y Sr. Castillo … More

broca, Castillo, Cenicafe, coffee, coffee leaf rust, coffee plants, Colombia, Colombian coffee, growing coffee, hybrid coffee, hybrid plants, roya, When Coffee Speaks

Juan’s World: Factor 90

Juan’s World: A 5 Part series on the inner workings of Colombian coffee Part 4: Factor 90 When coffee speaks … More

buying coffee, coffee, coffee pricing, Colombia, Colombian coffee, coops, Factor 90, futures market, Juan Valdez, travel, When Coffee Speaks

Juan’s World: Risky Business

Juan’s World: A 5 Part Mini Series on the Inner Workings of Colombian Coffee Part 3: Risky Business Having a … More

coffee, Colombia, Colombian coffee, family business, growing coffee, Juan Valdez, When Coffee Speaks

Juan’s World: Organization of a Coffee Country

Juan’s World: A 5 part mini series on the inner workings of Colombian coffee 2:Organization of a Coffee Country Of … More

coffee, coffee politics, Colombia, Colombian coffee, FNC, NPR coffee week, When Coffee Speaks

Juan’s World: A Sombrero, A Poncho, and a Mule

Juan’s World: A 5 part mini series on the inner workings of Colombian coffee Part 1: A Sombrero, a Poncho, … More

coffee, coffee communities, coffee culture, Colombia, Colombian coffee, Juan Valdez, NPR coffee week, When Coffee Speaks

Untranslateable

I spend a lot of time trying to unearth adequate translations for Spanish coffee words. Obviously I am by no … More

beneficio, cafetal, coffee, coffee farm, Latin America, NPR coffee week, When Coffee Speaks

The Efficiency of Common Space

I’m spending a year talking to coffee farmers in Latin America on a fixed budget generated by teaching summer school … More

coffee communities, energy efficiency, NPR coffee week, When Coffee Speaks

Trash in Your Face

When coffee speaks, it says, “hold on a second; I have to go take out the trash.” Ingenuity is sustainable, … More

coffee communities, NPR coffee week, recycling, reuses, sustainability, When Coffee Speaks

Why It Would Be Really Hard to Kill Coffee

The climate might be changing, but coffee won’t go down without a fight. National Geographic put addicts on edge last … More

ASIC, Cenicafe, City Atlas, climate change, coffee, Colombia, New York coffee, NPR coffee week, sustainability, sustainable coffee, When Coffee Speaks

5 Things To Do While Drinking Your Morning Coffee

1. Taste it before you put milk or sugar in it- just to see. Think of it like an experiment. … More

Burundi, coffee, coffee sourcing, drinking coffee, morning coffee, When Coffee Speaks

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