A trip to Ecuador for the Taza Dorada competition in October and November 2009
In Late October and early November, I went to EcuadorEcuador has everything it takes to grow great coffee. Positioned between Colombia and Peru, the interior mountain ranges have plenty of altitude, weather patterns, and ideal soil for... for the first time. Wow it took a while to get here, but Ecuador has been quiet in terms of 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... up until this point.
It was a great trip, part of the Taza Dorada competition, and visits to small farms near the PeruPeruvian coffees have Central American brightness but in a South American coffee flavor package overall. The good organic lots do have more of a "rustic" coffee character.: Organic... border that we are buying direct with the help of Alejandro from 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..... I did not edit or caption these photos very strictly, but believe me, there were over 750 initially. Thats too much Anyway here’s my notes and photos from Ecuador Coffee competition 2009 -Tom

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