
Finca Santa Ines, Antigua Guatemala
This will be the second year we offer lots from the Santa Inés coffee farm, so it’s time for a short video and photo introduction
This is our catch-all category for our travel to coffee-producing regions, farm & grower information. We include our encyclopedic set of Coffee Producing Countries here. Coffee sourcing is what we call it.
This will be the second year we offer lots from the Santa Inés coffee farm, so it’s time for a short video and photo introduction
The whole story of a half-hearted return to travel After two years this was baby steps back toward coffee travel, a relatively short hop (or
Tasting incoming ColombiaColombian coffee is highly marketed and widely available in the US. They have been largely successful at equating the name Colombian Coffee with "Good" Coffee. This is half-true. Colombian can be very balanced, with good More lots from Narino, Buesaco and Inza regions. And Talking… and talking … and …. Long: That’s the first word to describe this
The Indonesian island of JavaThere are several types of Abyssinia, but they are not from Ethiopia but rather Indonesia. Abyssinia 3 = AB3. PJS Cramer, a Dutch plant researcher, introduced this variety in 1928, supposedly from Ethiopia seed stock. It was More is an important coffee source for us. Here’s a video of coffee millA coffee mill might mean a coffee grinder, but we usually use the term to refer to a coffee processing facility, either a Wet-Mill or a Dry Mill. A wet mill will be part of More visits and other wackiness. Here’s some video
The Indonesian island of FloresFlores is an Indonesian island, and as a coffee bears more resemblance to the coffees of Timor-Leste, New Guinea and Java than to the wet-hulled coffees of Sumatra and Sulawesi. It is sweet, with good More is an important coffee source for us. Here’s a video of coffee farm visits and other wackiness. Here’s some video
The KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both More coffee auctions are a minor miracle, that excellent small lots are put up for sale based on cup quality. This vintage video is
Solar panels and wind power are helping this El SalvadorEl Salvador coffee had an undeservingly poor reputation for years, marred mostly by the inability to deliver coffee of high quality in an unstable political climate. Unfortunately, agriculture is the first to suffer in revolution, More coffee millA coffee mill might mean a coffee grinder, but we usually use the term to refer to a coffee processing facility, either a Wet-Mill or a Dry Mill. A wet mill will be part of More move to 100% renewable energy Alejandro Valiente has worn many hats in the
Gitwe is a station we started buying from in 2018, and we are really happy with it … another simple iPhone video here discussing their
Roha was the original name for this small town placed at 2500 meters in the Amharic region of Northern EthiopiaEthiopia is the birthplace of coffee: it is in the forests of the Kaffa region that coffee arabica grew wild. Coffee is "Bun" or "Buna" in Ethiopia, so Coffee Bean is quite possibly a poor More. It was the center of
Some ambient scenes from the Kafa zone of Western EthiopiaEthiopia is the birthplace of coffee: it is in the forests of the Kaffa region that coffee arabica grew wild. Coffee is "Bun" or "Buna" in Ethiopia, so Coffee Bean is quite possibly a poor More, and a look at a couple nice farms. Sorry for silly introduction on my Kafa
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