January 31, 2005
by deCadmus
0 comments
This is going to be really spiffy. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters’ Foundation is now a major contributor to the effort to rehab and refit the train station that I see out my office window. When completed, it will house a … Continue reading
January 29, 2005
by deCadmus
2 Comments
Dos Marias, a family estate founded in 1870, is a two hour journey up a twisty, treacherous track, above the San Marcos village of Coatepeque. On the shoulders of a volcanic mountain range known as the Ring of Fire, the … Continue reading
January 27, 2005
by deCadmus
0 comments
I’m still sorting through photos from the next leg of my Guatemalan adventure… a visit to the cloudforest coffee growing region of San Marcos. Meanwhile, here’s a couple snapshots I really like… Guatemala is a geologically active place, with more … Continue reading
January 26, 2005
by deCadmus
0 comments
La Voz, on the shore of lake Atitlan, feels a world apart from the colonial-style finca of Pastores near Antigua. La Voz is a Fair Trade cooperative. It’s owned by its members, and their pride is very much evident. The … Continue reading
January 26, 2005
by deCadmus
0 comments
Moments after seeing my camera, these little girls ran up with empty baskets and charmed the men working the wash-station to filling them with coffee cherries so they could pose. Too cute!
January 26, 2005
by deCadmus
1 Comment
How’s this for a depulper? Throw a stream of water and coffee cherries at a wall of evil-looking rocks and let them tumble round till the pulp and skins separate. Fiendishly clever, cheap, and nothing to break-down.
January 26, 2005
by deCadmus
0 comments
Picking leaves and stems from the cherries before they’re pulped. While it looks like there’s a lot of underripe coffee cherry in that pila [or, wash station] it’s actually a catui variety that ripens to a bright yellow.
January 26, 2005
by deCadmus
0 comments
In this rugged land there’s places trucks can’t go. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean there isn’t reliable transportation for fresh-picked coffee.