Category Archives: Origin Trips

Nicaragua: This season’s featured origin

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

As seasons change, so do our single origin coffee offerings.  We’re super excited about our latest batch of 100% Organic coffee coming from Nicaragua, known as País-poeta, land of poets.  From this beautiful region of rain forests, lakes and volcanoes, … Continue reading →

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Honduras Trip Report

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

I just got back from an exciting trip in Honduras as a delegate with Cooperative Coffees, Desert Sun’s green coffee importing cooperative.  Coop Coffees is a cooperative of 23 roasteries, and this year we add Honduras to our list of … Continue reading →

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Keep Fair Trade Real

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

For more than sixty years, hundreds of organizations allied with conscious consumers across the United States and the world have actively supported a different approach to trade based on dialogue, transparency and respect, in order to create greater equity in … Continue reading →

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Journey of the Coffee Bean

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Imagine an 11 foot tall shrub covered with clusters of white flowers, or inflorescences.  After the flowers have been pollinated they wither and bring forth a fruit, the ‘cherry’.  The cherry will be green until it ripens and then it … Continue reading →

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A Wet Trip to Chajul, Guatemala

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

Oh the places we will go to in search of the relationships necessary to get great coffee. It all began with a 5 hour wait in my home airport not further than 15 minutes from my house. Oh well! Just tryin’ to get to Guatemala. Continue reading →

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