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Ethiopia travel: Yirga Cheffe December 2010
October 26, 2018
As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia rightly commands it’s place on the pedestal of specialty coffee, but in the last couple of years the...
Global Coffee Quality Research Initiative Borlaug Institute
October 26, 2018
The aim of this Initiative is to achieve coffee quality improvements that can be directed in part toward...
Cup of Excellence, Colombia September 5–11, 2010.
October 26, 2018
Our cupping week was divided as per CoE rules into two rounds in which we first cupped all 51 samples...
Burundi Road Trip June 2010
October 26, 2018
Our tour began crossing over the border from Rwanda at Kanyaru Haut crossing, accompanied by...
A bad time in Guatemala
October 26, 2018
Some people in Huehuetenango also faced some problems like those, specially the people who live in vulnerable...
Abandoned in Guatemala : May 2010
October 26, 2018
In Todos Santos, Huehuetenango, I was privileged to spend a few days with a small co-operative of 50 Mayan...
Bringing Café de Maraba to London
October 25, 2018
Our relationship with the Rwanda farmers at Maraba & Gashonga, is through Direct Trade...
Coffee Botanical Gardens, Costa Rica
October 25, 2018
Generally coffee farms are limited-varietal plantations, where just one or two of the most common botanical...
White Paper: Cupper’s Guide - Rwanda
October 25, 2018
Rwanda’s coffee industry has made a spectacular journey since 2001 possibly more than any other producing country...
Brazil Visit, 2009
October 25, 2018
On this visit I was joined by Mariusz Mistewicz who last year started a company called Fair Coffee in...
It takes a generation: Steven at Finca Santa Ana La Huerta, Guatemala
October 25, 2018
The story of how Rony Asensio started his farm really demonstrates his motivation. He bought the...
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