Independence Day Celebrations in Central America

Posted by Paul, September 19th, 2011, Comments (0)
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A taste of celebrations in México, Nicaragua and Costa Rica!! Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are the source of some of our most exquisite coffees. These countries are characterized by beautiful landscapes, fertile soils, mild weather and production techniques that bring distinctive flavours to our coffees. But this is not … Read more

Latest update on the continuing rains in Central America

Posted by Paul, October 13th, 2010, Comments (3)
You heard last week about the problems our producer partners in Central America are facing due to changes in rain patterns. Just to give you an idea of the scale of the change, in some areas of Veracruz, Mexico, the rains that fell from Hurricane Mathew during one weekend were … Read more

Update from the 2010 Central American Hurricane Season

Posted by Whitney, October 7th, 2010, Comments (1)
You may have heard about the ongoing severe weather in Central America over recent weeks.  We’ve just had an update from Paul, who has been to visit some of our Latin American coffee partners recently.  He reports that the region had expected a slight upswing in coffee production this … Read more

Farming the eco friendly way……………

Posted by Paul, August 9th, 2010, Comments (0)
While in Costa Rica recently Paul visited Coopesarapiqui coffee co-operative, one of the 11 primary co-operatives that make up Coocafé, who are based near “El Arenal Volcano Natural Reserve”. Coopesarapiqui have an eco-tourism farm and recycle or compost almost everything that is produced there.

Pura Vida from Costa Rica!

Posted by Paul, July 29th, 2010, Comments (1)
I’m in Costa Rica for a special event -  Cafédirect’s business update meeting with representatives from 10 of our Latin American coffee and cocoa producer partners.   We hold these meetings regularly as an opportunity for Cafédirect to update producer groups on business in the UK, and for producer groups to … Read more

Alvaro answers your questions

Posted by Cafédirect, September 24th, 2009, Comments (2)
A couple of weeks ago we asked if you had any questions  for Andrew Ethuru (Michimikuru, Kenya) or Alvaro Gomez (Coocafé, Costa Rica) who are visiting  Cafédirect London  this week.  We received some really interesting questions  – thanks to everyone who posted them. I managed to … Read more

Pura Vida Costa Rica!!

Posted by Alex, July 15th, 2009, Comments (0)
Went to a fascinating presentation from the New Economics Foundation yesterday, where I heard about a very forward thinking project they are involved with called AdMit, which “in essence, it is a constructive way for richer countries to admit responsibility for climate change.” NEF have been in the news … Read more
 
 
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