We arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, early on Wednesday morning after a 6am flight from Guatemala City. Paul, the Head Roaster at Rosso, also flew in Wednesday morning to meet up with us and to assist in the process...

We truly didn't spend enough time in Guatemala this year. We arrived late Saturday night and had a 6am flight to San Jose, Costa Rica Wednesday morning. These buying trips are generally quick, but this was the quickest in and...

Late Saturday evening we arrived in Guatemala, straight from Ottawa where we competed in the Eastern Barista Qualifiers - we're happy to say we won first prize. You can read about our experience here.The plan for this trip to Guatemala...

I'm on a 4am flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong as I write this summary to our first trip to Myanmar. I'd like to sleep, but I have a theory that staying up on this flight will help me acclimate...

Ywangan is the largest coffee producing region in Myanmar. We’ve spent the last two days here doing the same sort of things we do everywhere else - try to take over the world. Just kidding, that’s just a 90’s joke...

It's 4:00pm and we're on the road to Ywangan, the second of three coffee producing areas we'll visit during our trip.This morning we went back to Behind the Leaf Coffee for a second day with Melanie and U-Khine. We have...