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 
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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 
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Be nice to the dogs, Ben -Sweet Maria’s 2009 
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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
