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São Lourenço
On Friday, we left Poços de Caldas to go to an even smaller town called São Lourenço because the Brazilian National B...
Poços de Caldas
On Sunday, August 20th we landed in Brazil for the first time in our coffee careers. For those that don't know, Brazi...
Milk Temperature
Milk temperature has been an age old debate amongst baristas and coffee drinkers. We've decided, we're going to stan...
Sorwathe Tea + Bumbogo Station
Today we took a bit of a different road and rather than touring a coffee station, we visited Sorwathe Tea Factory. At...
Kilimbi
What a beautiful coffee station. This was the first station that MTCo built here in Rwanda.As I write this, we're an ...
Rugali
We spent yesterday driving from Kigali to Nyamasheke, which sits on the Western side of Rwanda. According to the map,...
Shyira Washing Station and Vunga Cooperative
Today, we hit the road nice and early, bound for the North Western part of Rwanda, specifically near a town called Ru...
Kigali, Rwanda
We've been in Rwanda for about 24 hours now. As a group, this is our first time to Africa. I'm not sure culture shoc...
Antigua, Guatemala
This is the second time I'm typing up this blog post, which is a little disappointing. I suppose the first time I for...
Chirripo + Imperio Rojo
Dave and I have a younger sister, Stella, who turns 7 today. Last year on her birthday we phoned her from Tarrazu. We...
San Francisco 1900
We woke up this morning in the beautiful Dota Valley, a subregion of Tarrazu. We spent the night in a little Cabina r...
Cupping + Tarrazu
Today was our last day in San Jose. At least until the end of the week, when we'll head back to the lab to cup more c...