This was a family trip – Lots of Kid Pics. Traveling with Four Barrel folks
I met Maria and Ben in Costa RicaCosta Rican coffee is typically very clean, sweet, with lots of floral accents. hey are prized for their high notes: bright citrus or berry-like flavors in the acidity,... ...more. They were coming from SF and I was coming from 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... ...more. We were with our friends Jeremy, Laura and Rogan from Four Barrel Coffee roasters. It was great to travel with the kids! (Hence all the kid pictures…)
Natives hanging out at the zoo in Alajuela -Sweet Maria’s 2009 
Tree swing at the Peterson’s house -Sweet Maria’s 2009 A melancholoy moment -Sweet Maria’s 2009 The Rabbits at Hacienda Esmeralda -Sweet Maria’s 2009 -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Panama Coffee Competition -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Panama Coffee Competition-Sweet Maria’s 2009 Panama Coffee Competition-Sweet Maria’s 2009 Panama Coffee Competition-Sweet Maria’s 2009 Panama Coffee Competition-Sweet Maria’s 2009 Panama Coffee Competition-Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben on a pile of naturals in Panama -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben climbs the pile of coffee -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Piles of coffee on the patio -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben and his cart -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Phil watches, Ben pulls the big cart -Sweet Maria’s 2009 -Sweet Maria’s 2009 -Sweet Maria’s 2009 -Sweet Maria’s 2009 
Be nice to the dogs, Ben -Sweet Maria’s 2009 -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Friends with a little puppy dog -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben picks a banana at Isla Verde -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Bounce-Sweet Maria’s 2009 More volcafe propaganda! near San Martin town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Coffee farmer and mechanic, San Martin town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Very odd-faced dog, San Martin town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Laura and Rogan -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Jeremy, Ben and Francisco have a talk -Sweet Maria’s 2009 ben at the bar, San Martin town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 
Ben is looking in the trash can -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben and his new Girl, at San Martin Costa Rica -Sweet Maria’s 2009 ben at the bar, San Martin town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 At San Martin town (all 3 stores) -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Typica coffees in the forest, near San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Product placement, San Martin town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Typica coffees in the forest, near San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Typica coffees in the forest, near San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Tim O’Brien, Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Tim’s shoes? Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben and the drying beds, Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 At Cafetin San Martin, the drying beds -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Drying beds in the rain, Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Jeremy shows Ben the tiny lizard -Sweet Maria’s 2009 View at Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 A favorite car … -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Cafetin San Martin -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Typical Tarrazu -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Francisco checks out the scenery -Sweet Maria’s 2009 T.O. cold chillin’ it. -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Tarrazu hillside patterns -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Sportfishing? -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Volcafe in the citrus business? -Sweet Maria’s 2009 The Exclusive Family -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben on the tractor at Helsar -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Dada gets an unexpected dog kiss from Crayola -Sweet Maria’s 2009 View of Zarcero town -Sweet Maria’s 2009 
The town square at Narino -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Good Times / Shut -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Sweet Ride -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Tasty Tico Hamburger -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Iguana gets up and goes – to find a mango in the bushes -Sweet Maria’s 2009 The Tortuga gets out of the fence -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Ben watches the Tortuga. Then thunder went BOOM … really loud, and it rained a lot -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Don’t shoot monkey sign! -Sweet Maria’s 2009 My eggs are not the solution. -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Osprey? I think … -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Monkey up in the tree at the zoo. -Sweet Maria’s 2009 A friendly looking Cayman -Sweet Maria’s 2009 Lyle Lyle Crocodile sleeps at the zoo -Sweet Maria’s 2009 A very pretty peacock. -Sweet Maria’s 2009 We went to the zoo – Ben followed the Peacock but got scared -Sweet Maria’s 2009 This is Ben. Ben and his Mama, Maria, went to Costa Rica and Panama -Sweet Maria’s 2009
