Indonesia Coffee Video Travelogues

September 21, 2022

From the latest 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 coffee trip, I put together these long-form videos, one for SumatraIndonesians are available as a unique wet-hulled or dry-hulled (washed) coffees. Giling Basah is the name for the wet-hulling process in Bahasa language, and will have more body and often more of the "character" that, and one for Java… I can’t do short. I can’t

Rwanda Coffee – Ngororero Washing Station

June 20, 2022

A video tour of the Ngororero coffee washing stationIn Kenya, a "Factory" is actually a coffee wet mill (called a washing station in other parts of Africa) where the fresh cherry is brought for wet-processing. It is called a wet mill usually, and in the Western District of RwandaRwandan coffee was, at one time, rarely seen in the United States as either a Specialty grade or low-end commercial coffee. There simply was not that much coffee produced in Rwanda that went anywhere besides RwandaRwandan coffee was, at one time, rarely seen in the

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

Colombia Coffee Cupping and Conversation!

October 4, 2021

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 lots from Narino, Buesaco and Inza regions. And Talking… and talking … and …. Long: That’s the first word to describe this

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

Rwanda – Gitwe Station Tour

November 17, 2020

Gitwe is a station we started buying from in 2018, and we are really happy with it … another simple iPhone video here discussing their

Gesha 11 coffee variety at Kenya coffee research

Coffee Variety Gardens, Kenya, Central America, Colombia, Sulawesi

November 15, 2020

Coffee varieties are my thing! Here are some visits I have made to coffee researchThe study of the agronomy of coffee, its chemistry, or other improvements: The study of the agronomy of coffee, its chemistry, or other improvements. There are coffee research organizations throughout the world. In Central America, collections. I am a big fan of unusual coffee varieties

Ethiopia Kafa Coffee Caravan (Video)

November 13, 2020

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, and a look at a couple nice farms. Sorry for silly introduction on my Kafa