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Indonesian Coffee, Sumatra and Java Trip

September 18, 2022

Thompson just returned from another trip to visit two important coffee growing regionsCoffee is grown in a belt around the world - roughly from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn, and specialty coffee is grown generally from 1000 to 3000 meters above sea level.: in IndonesiaUSDA is (obviously) the United States Department of Agriculture. USDA also had coffee plant breeding programs in the past and one variety they distributed to Indonesia and was widely planted is called USDA (sounds like . High prices, low crop, and too much rain … things

Rwanda – Getting Back to Coffeelands

June 13, 2022

Everything seems different with “coffee travel” these days. Maybe that’s good though … Work has changed and approaches to work have changed. I realize people

SCA Expo Recap-puccino 2022 !

April 12, 2022

Many go to the Specialty CoffeeSpecialty coffee was a term devised to mean higher levels of green coffee quality than average "industrial coffee" or "commercial coffee". At this point, the term is of limited use, since every multi-national coffee broker Convention, many who can afford it. Here are some notes from one such person! My 2022 Coffee Expo Experience

Finca Santa Ines, Antigua Guatemala

March 28, 2022

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

Slouching Toward Guatemala

March 24, 2022

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

Popper fan knob repair, opening up the Popper coffee roaster

Popper Fan Knob Issues

February 11, 2022

If the fan knob starts to feel like it is not “clicking” into position at Off, Low, or High, it might break soon… If the

Growing Coffea Arabica at Home

March 19, 2021

You can grow coffee as an indoor plant, but not from the green beans we sell for roasting. Read on to learn more about growing

The Kenya Coffee Auction

December 17, 2020

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 coffee auctions are a minor miracle, that excellent small lots are put up for sale based on cup quality. This vintage video is

Bet Giyorgis is said to the be the last church carved in the reign of King Lalibela. Carved in the shape of a cross, it stands as an isolated monolith, away from all the other churches

Lalibela, Ethiopia

November 13, 2020

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. It was the center of

Sweet Maria’s Macro Coffee Images

September 1, 2020

Close-up and intimate with green coffeeGreen coffee refers to the processed seed of the coffee tree fruit. Coffee is a flowering shrub that produces fruit. The seeds of the fruit are processed, roasted, ground and prepared as an infusion.: Coffee beans of different varieties and processingThe removal of the cherry and parchment from the coffee seed.: Coffee is either wet-processed (also called washed or wet-milled) or dry-processed (also called wild, natural or natural dry, and we abbreviate it DP sometimes). methods. Back when it was actually kinda hard to take macro images …

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Photo sets range from pictorial how-to articles to our extensive origin trip travelogues. It involves a range of content, from macro images of coffee, galleries of travel, to simple DIY instructional photos

Indonesian Coffee, Sumatra and Java Trip

Rwanda – Getting Back to Coffeelands

SCA Expo Recap-puccino 2022 !

Finca Santa Ines, Antigua Guatemala

Slouching Toward Guatemala

Popper Fan Knob Issues

Growing Coffea Arabica at Home

The Kenya Coffee Auction

Lalibela, Ethiopia

Sweet Maria’s Macro Coffee Images

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