“It’s too bad that the economic compensation isn’t that fair, but that doesn’t negate, doesn’t impact the pride that I…
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Shapes of Coffeespace
The goal of the final book When Coffee Speaks is to share the stories that coffee growers (and other…
Cedral Photodiary
Cedral is a small mountain community in southern Costa Rica with a school, two tiny stores, a church, a Boy…
Nica/Tica
Coffee cherries being loaded from the receiver into the beneficio truck. Costa Rica and Nicaragua: two countries with histories and…
El Roblar Fotodiario
La segunda finca que visité en Nicaragua está ubicada en El Roblar, una comunidad casi puramente cafetalera, ubicada por las…
Ramacafe Fotodiario
Mucha gente me ha preguntado- con razón- porque mi blog no sale en español si estoy andando por paises que…
Wine is to Coffee
..as vintner is to… coffeemaker? No, that won’t work; a winemaker is a person, but a coffeemaker is an appliance.…
Cornucopia de Café
“Amor de Café” by Juan Tuk Durán in Sintercafe’s Grano de Oro exhibition I’m tempted to say that this year…
Secret Coffee Garden
The term agroforest is decidedly vague; to the delight of marketers and spinmen and to the dismay of people trying…
If the Suit Fits…
Some people talk about getting stuck in jobs they hate, about ending up in a field in which they have…
Coffee and Climate: The Myth of Mitigation
The climate changes we’re currently experiencing did not happen overnight; they’re the product of years and years of human habits.…
Sintercafe 2012
Last week Costa Rica’s Sintercafe held true to its tagline and connected the coffee world. Over 400 producers, processors, exporters,…
Double the Process
Coffee and cacao are the only two commodities that need intensive long term care just to be produced, but then…
More about what it means to be a gringa
To Steph, thanks for reading and responding with such a thorough and discerning probe. You’re right that I used a…
What It Means to be a Gringa
I I can pick coffee every day for the rest of my life, but I will never know what…
