Raising the bar of Ugandan coffee

"Mixing red and green coffee cherries together it's like giving abortion to baby before birth" - Kads Dison Uganda does produce the most incredible coffee that stands for quality and flavor that makes it unique and more approachable among coffee professionals. Coffees from Uganda recently started to dominate among baristas around the world who compete … Continue reading Raising the bar of Ugandan coffee

New coffee farms to visit this winter. Africa calling

I start preparing for my trip for this winter. I will be visiting some coffee farms in places I never been before and some I previously had pleasure to discover. This winter the road takes me back to African continent that I love with all my heart. The adventure would encompass not only coffee farms … Continue reading New coffee farms to visit this winter. Africa calling

Land of Enchantment. Coffee of Madagascar

  You probably heard that the best vanilla in the world comes from Madagascar. You have also learned that some great cacao beans are produced in Madagascar. But have you tried coffee from this not well known part of the world where besides acclaimed spices, the fertile and organic soil along with proper elevation gives … Continue reading Land of Enchantment. Coffee of Madagascar

Devastated coffee farm in Uganda

While in Uganda, I asked barista Martin Rogers to help me organize trip to the coffee farm in Uganda which turned dramatic. Not only they were 4 hours late for 7 hours car drive to the farm but I ended up in this farm (forgot the name) in Sipi area which was tragic to look … Continue reading Devastated coffee farm in Uganda

The gem of Kenyan coffee

Kenya is absolutely beautiful and charming country with incredible landscape of green lavish valleys and breathtaking Rift Valley that runs through Kenya from north to south. Kenya is home to 64 of the total lakes found within the continent of Africa. I was able to visit two of them, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha. Nairobi … Continue reading The gem of Kenyan coffee

Coffee sector of Cuba

Cuba is the most fascinating country to visit, and not due to embargo and disgraceful economic blockade imposed by imperialistic American Government but for its charm, beauty, warm hospitality, and pride of Cuban people to preserve their identity in spite of American failure to take down the Castro regime and impose its own capitalistic ideology … Continue reading Coffee sector of Cuba

Struggling to Build Specialty in Nepal

There are coffee regions we know well, but there are regions where violence, accessibility, and poverty have detrimentally affected coffee production. In this post, we’ll highlight different coffee-producing countries and discuss the struggles producers face and how baristas, and various nonprofit organizations are helping to make coffee from these countries viable, more profitable, and available … Continue reading Struggling to Build Specialty in Nepal

Finca Maputo. Ecuador

Finca Maputo is situated in Ecuador’s incredible 'cloud forests' of the Pichincha province, close in proximity to neighboring Colombia and on the equator. Henry and Verena Gaibor, the co-owners and operators of Finca Maputo, met when working with Doctors without Borders in Burundi, Africa. Henry and Verena managed a clinic together in Maputo, Mozambique - the namesake … Continue reading Finca Maputo. Ecuador