colombian coffee
40 Hours in The Life of a Colombian Green Bean Buyer
Sourcing green coffee is not a Condé Nast experience. “At the crack of dawn, I put on my boots and head out to the …
Exploring Origins: Colombia’s Changing Coffee Industry
Is there any coffee name so well-known as Juan Valdez? And yet Juan Valdez isn’t even real. He’s just a fictional character conjured up …
A Specialty Coffee Tour of Cartagena, Colombia
Choosing Cartagena, Colombia for your next holiday destination? You can expect 500-year-old colonial buildings, streets popping with colour, nearby beaches… and excellent coffee. That’s …
Why One Cooperative Is Exporting Roasted Coffee
The routine process goes something like this. The producer or cooperative grows and processes green beans; the buyer exports and/or imports them; the roaster …
How Does an Award-Winning Cooperative Support Producers?
How do you ensure an award-winning cooperative supports farmers in producing excellent coffee? La Prosperidad de Chirinos in Peru won two Harvee awards at Let’s …
Producer Interview: Direct Trade Is a Two-Way Street
Chalo Fernandez would like to know how you’re enjoying your cold brew on this warm summer day. A fifth-generation coffee farmer who’s turned his …
Commercial to Specialty: A Farming Success Story
We all know the beauty of specialty coffee: the perfect balance of flavours, the sweet aroma, the rich body. Yet while may be your …
Controlled Fermentation: A Critical Step in Flavour Development?
If there’s one thing that we’ve got wrong about coffee, it’s fermentation. Traditional ways of thinking about coffee processing state that this stage has …
“Coffee Isn’t Food” – Tabanoc Farm, an Alternative Approach to Coffee
Located about an hour outside of Armenia, Colombia, it’s fair to say Tabanoc Farms is in the heart of coffee country. Arriving, however, feels …
A Day in the Life of a Colombian Cherry Picker
It was 1920 in the small town of Jerico, Colombia, when my grandfather, Gilberto Velasquez, made the decision to leave behind his family and …
