Travelogue

Our Sourcing in Honduras

Sumatra Video: Aceh in October (Long Edit)

Video visits to coffee farmers and millers around Aceh Sumatra

Sumatra: Stories About Aceh, With Pictures

A Sumatra travelogue in photographs, focused on Aceh area around Lake Tawar and Takengon town

Sumatra: Some Things I Have Learned About Aceh, Perhaps.

Thoughts on Acehnese coffee and the trading system here, written from Banda Aceh, October 2019.

Timor No Leste

Posted from the road, some thoughts on coffee from East Timor (Timor Leste) and working with small holder farmers.

Burundi in Photos, May 2019

A few photos and a cursory introduction to the issues facing Burundi coffee this season

Video: Guatemala 2019 Coffee Clips

A few fairly low tech clips and some thoughts on coffee processing and coffee buying in Guatemala.

Colombia: New Projects, Familiar Faces

Hear more about the new coffee buying operation in San Antonio, Inzá

Ethiopia - Road Dust and Deep Ruts

A post from the road ... about our trip through southern and western Ethiopia coffee lands in late 2018.

Video: Uganda Go To The Rwenzoris

Video and commentary from a trip the Rwenzori range of Western Uganda .

Kenya Help a Small Farmer?

Kenya small farmers face a lack of support, materials and know-how.

Uganda Like This Coffee

Coffee from western Uganda has typically been low grade commercial quality. But potential is there...

Rwanda, A Photo Set (May 2018)

A photo travelogue of a harvest-period trip to Rwanda, the various farmer sites and some new areas we are looking for coffee!

Guatemala, My First Visit (2001)

First trip to see coffee, way back in 2001! This was before roasters regularly visited farms, and represents the wonderment (and naivete) of that time.

Sulawesi and the Sumatra Effect.

Some thoughts on Suluwesi and Indonesia in general while traveling there...

Colombia: Early Harvest in Nariño

Harvest in Nariño comes at a time that is somewhat in between the middle and main harvests of our other primary sources of Colombian coffee, namely Urrao and Caicedo in the north, and La Plata and Inzá down south.

Burundi: A Photo Set from May 2018

I took an extended East Africa trip in May 2018, but with only a limited number of days in Burundi. But I wanted to share photos of current farms and stations we are involved with.

Images of Wet Processing

From Sweet Maria's travelogues to various countries, images of how wet processing is done in various parts of the world.

Vespa Club Indonesia in Java

This has nothing to do with coffee, but everything to do with culture!

Podcast and Video: A conversation with John Karuru - Kenyan Agronomist

Coffee, escaping hippos and smoking coffee leaves