Tag Archives: coffee
ACE course in Honduras part 2: roasting & Esteban’s
……From Erwin’s farm we drove to Esteban Madrid Chavez’ farm El Sauce, located in the community of the same name in Santa Barbara. The farm borders the Santa Barbara National Park which is home to many different animals. We heard monkeys & were told to be on the lookout for a Quetzal, a bird with [...]
cupping extravaganza
I was thrilled to be invited to Hacienda El Robles’ 3rd anual Cupping Extravaganza.
Hacienda El Roble is a 300 hectare organic coffee farm in Bucaramunga, Colombia, they have over one million coffee shrubs under a canopy of shade trees & the reason I went there, they have a varietal garden with a collection of 72 [...]
fazenda irarema yellow bourbon
We have been using coffee from Ipanema Coffees for a few years now, so when we were in Brasil last year judging in the 2009 Cup of Excellence, they invited us to spend some time with Marcio {head cupper} and Edgard, who set up a table of some special lots, this was one [...]
