Dylan (the son of the owners of Beaver Creek coffee estate) invited me up for a visit. So off I went to experience this local coffee farm, that has started becoming wellRead More…
For a product to reach the end-consumer, who is driven to enjoy a quality product, each step along the way needs to be one where quality is a priority. Coffee, being anRead More…
Interested to learn more about coffee plant sugar development? Then take a look at this re-post from the Colombian Coffee Hub. All coffee plants produce sugars, but there are some factors associatedRead More…
Watch the video: Worthy Notes for us: We have the ability to respond to the issues being identified around climate change. Shade grown areas provide a buffer area for production areas, sustainRead More…
For us Reco (recosymposium.org) is probably one of the most important movements in coffee. Their presentation of facts around coffee is always en lighting and informative and far from your typical kneeRead More…
Date visited: 28 Apr 2016 Farmer (Caficultor): Nilson Ucue – contributor to La Piramide. Nilson has been working with Caravela for 2 years. His quality has been improving and so has hisRead More…
While traveling with Caravela we were fortunate to get an insider’s view into the Quality Control assessment they do, for coffees to be selected by them. What follows is what we witnessedRead More…
Our first day we flew from Bogota to Neiva then drove to La Plata where we met the QC team responsible for La Piramide, before meeting the first La Piramide farmer.
The Montanari family own four farms. They were originally not on my list of coffee farms to visit, but having heard about what they are doing I was privileged enough to visit.Read More…
While sharing all the info on the Brazilian coffee farms I started realizing it may be a good idea to post a general post on how specialty coffee works in the Brazil.Read More…
No news is not necessarily always good news. The first newsletter for 2016 has taken few weeks to finalise. The year has had a few time challenges so consolidating the news hasRead More…
New microlot Jaime Casallas now available We have a very limited amount of the a new microlot from Huila, Colombia. Rather than wax lyrical about it, read more at: quaffee.co.za/coffee/jaimecasallas – andRead More…