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Trip Report: La Palma y El Tucan

By Autumn Eaken on May 28, 2014

La Palma y El Tucan is experimenting with everything from Scott Laboratory varietals to Gesha, and they are definitely ahead of the curve. If there is an example of coffee’s future, it’s right here.

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Trip Report: Jon Visits Aida Batlle at Finca Kilimanjaro

By Autumn Eaken on Mar 28, 2014

If we as consumers continue to demand a superior product, we do need to accept our responsibility and bear in mind that we aren’t just buying a better cup of coffee, but a better world.

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Barista Magazine: The KC Community Comes Together to Raise Money for Colombian Producing Family

By Autumn Eaken on Jun 27, 2013

The KC Coffee Community Comes Together to Raise Money for Colombian Producing Family Posted by Sarah on June 27, 2013    Back at the end of May, Jeff Taylor of PT’s Coffee posted a blog about Finca...

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Latin America Coffee Tragedy

By Autumn Eaken on May 28, 2013

Bandits raided Armando's farm Friday night near Buesaco, Nariño, taking everything in sight, even if it was bolted down.

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Trip Report: Elida Estate, Boquete, Panama

By Autumn Eaken on Jan 07, 2013

I’ve been traveling to Panama for nearly a decade now. It’s one of my favorite trips each year. The producers here are very educated, up to date on the latest farming and processing techniques, agronomy and the science of coffee. So I took it as one of my many goals of the trip to learn as much as possible from these producers during the short 

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