The Solis Family March 24, 2018cole torode Today was fully dedicated to the Solis Family and their mill, La Casona de Doña Lina, and their two farms, San Francisco 1900 and El Rodeo. This is the fourth...
Imperio Rojo March 23, 2018cole torode We arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, early on Wednesday morning after a 6am flight from Guatemala City. Paul, the Head Roaster at Rosso, also flew in Wednesday morning to...
Chirripo + Imperio Rojo February 10, 2017cole torode Dave and I have a younger sister, Stella, who turns 7 today. Last year on her birthday we phoned her from Tarrazu. We left Tarrazu first thing this morning, bound...
San Francisco 1900 February 09, 2017cole torode We woke up this morning in the beautiful Dota Valley, a subregion of Tarrazu. We spent the night in a little Cabina run by a nice lady named Cecilia. If...
Cupping + Tarrazu February 07, 2017cole torode Today was our last day in San Jose. At least until the end of the week, when we'll head back to the lab to cup more coffees and make our...
San Jose + Anonos + Sumava + Don Joel February 07, 2017cole torode This is a first attempt at writing a blog. We thought it might be fun to share some of our experience as coffee buyers. We'll see how we do. We've...
