Trip Report: Colombia, February 2024
Last week we made a long overdue visit to see our export partners in Colombia, starting with Cuatro Vientos in Huila, then heading north to see Pergamino in Antioquia. Concluding our time in Medell...
Many specialty coffee aficionados are opting for alternative milk choices, driven by concerns about the environment, sustainability and ethics associated with traditional dairy production. The plan...
Ethiopia - Meselech Tube (2023)
Meselech Tube tends a three hectare farm in Bensa, Sidama called Shanteweyne Farm. Like many in Ethiopia, the farm is a family business, and today three of Meselech's adult children assist in its d...
Brazil - Isidro Pereira (2023)
Brazil's coffee farms are huge by global standards, and at over 720 hectares, Fazenda Isidro Pereira is fully twice the size of Central Park. It was purchased by Isidro Pereira in 1967 while his so...
Agave Straws: An Environmental Help
About 8.3 billion plastic straws pollute the world’s beaches. Turtles, seabirds and other wildlife die each year from complications directly related to plastic consumption. At Partners we are aware...
Papayo is one of several mysterious coffee varieties that have appeared across Latin America in recent years. The story almost always follows a similar pattern: a farmer observed some coffee plants...
Miracle On North 6th Street (2023)
This year Miracle On North 6th Street features community lots from relationships both old and new in Colombia and Burundi:Santa María, Huila Department, ColombiaThis coffee is the combined work of ...
Guatemala - Santa Elisa (2023)
If you visit Antigua Guatemala, you're certain to romanticize the volcanoes that guard the old colonial city. Just south is the towering Volcán de Agua; further southwest are Acatenango and Fuego, ...