Top 5 Boquete Day Trips

Friday, 24 December 2010 10:58
Written by Matt Landau
The Panama Report

Coffee tasting, bodyboarding, snorkeling, and picnics in the sun…

Boquete is a mountain town known for its natural beauty, perfect climate, abundant wildlife and adventure, delicious coffee and great people. But did you know that Boquete is also the perfect home base to explore the province of Chiriqui?

“Boquete has so many things going for it, plus, it’s the perfect home base to explore Chiriqui,” according to Jay Thomas of Boquete Garden Inn Hotel, one of the top rated Boquete hotels and B&Bs. “Whether it’s a day trip to the beaches or mountains, Boquete is the ideal place to return to after a day out. We have some of the best hotels and restaurants, great nightlife and fresh, cool mountain air that’s perfect for a good nights’ sleep.”

Explore on your own or via Explora Ya Panama Eco-Tours & Adventure Travel, an agency that regularly provides day trips from Boquete to a number of great destinations within Chiriqui. “People love coming to Boquete because they have the best of both worlds – the beauty of the mountains and small town charm  combined with modern city infrastructure,” says Julio Santmaria, Explora Ya. “Plus, we’ve got Pacific beaches just a little over an hour away.”

So, where to go? The Top Five Day Trips from Boquete (all under 2 hours away!)

1. Las Lajas: In this beautiful 22 km stretch of beach, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a nice spot to enjoy the day. With majestic palms lining the coast, the waves are peppy but safe–perfect for bodyboarding. You can visit the public beach or access the ocean from Las Lajas Beach Resort (for a $10 fee per person). While you’re there, you can grab a bite to eat at the resort, or try the wiener schnitzel at El Mundo Bar. (Drive time from Boquete: approx. 1 hour and 45 minutes)

2. Volcan/Cerro Punta: Two picturesque mountain towns on the other side of Volcan Baru. With rolling green hills dotted with little cottages, this side of the mountain almost has a Swiss feel– a very different landscape than Boquete. Visit Arte Cruz (an artist who works in wood), see hieroglyphics, visit Finca Dracula and Finca Haras Cerro Punta (where they raise thoroughbred race horses), buy some homemade mango, strawberry or maracuya wine from a roadside stand and be sure to have your camera handy. (Drive time from Boquete: between 1.5 – 2 hours, depending on which route you take).

3. Boca Chica, with tour of the Chiriqui Gulf’ islands: Another Pacific coast adventure just a stone’s throw from Boquete. Take a boat tour from Boca Chica and explore the islands of Chiriqui’s Gulf National Marine Park. Some of the most stunning white sand beaches and turquoise waters you will find in Panama’s Pacific coast. Snorkel, swim, relax on the beach or head inland for a hike and see if you can spot howler monkeys at Isla Palenque. The Islands of Gamez and Bolaños are popular destinations or if you want something a bit closer to Boca Chica, to San José Island is your best bet. (Travel time from Boquete: 1.5 hours to Boca Chica + up to 1 hour to reach the islands)

4. Cangilones de Gualaca: The river has carved a beautiful gorge into solid rock, creating the perfect fresh water swimming hole. Bring a picnic, sun yourself on the rocks that surround the water and cool off with a refreshing dip. (Travel time from Boquete: 45 minutes)

5. Playa Barqueta/Las Olas: Another great Pacific beach close to Boquete. Visit the public beach and get some fresh fried fish or shrimp. Or, visit Las Olas resort for lunch and swim in their pool, with use of their fitness facilities, sauna, tennis court and beach huts for $10 (April 22 – October 31) or $20 (November 1 – April 21). (Travel time from Boquete: 1 hour 30 minutes)

Try one or all of these day trips and return every day to the comfort of a great hotel in Boquete. For more information about all things you can do without leaving Boquete, click here.

In Panama’s coffee country, my trip was on the line

Sunday, November 21, 2010
The Washington Post

The words “zip line canopy tour” brought visions of a childhood dream: gliding over emerald rows of plants in Panama’s coffee highlands. I imagined flicking under the dark green leaves of coffee trees, just yards above the rich soil, getting a thrill and a deep appreciation of a new place at the same time. Sitting at my home computer, that vision struck me as pretty irresistible. My wife, Lisa, and I were planning a trip to see my cousins in Panama, so I typed in a few lines, and zip! I had a reservation.

“Hola David! Greetings from Boquete!” came the reply from Carlos at Habla Ya, a Spanish-language school that also books eco-tours and adventure travel. “We’ll make sure that you have an amazing vacation full of unforgettable moments.”

Muy bueno.

We arrived in Panama from a snowbound Washington, a jolt akin to landing on the Equator from the moon. “It’s sweltering,” Lisa said in the airport. “Not that I’m complaining.”

In Panama City with my cousins, we strolled the atmospheric old quarter, Casco Viejo, taking in its jazz clubs, galleries, restaurants and New Orleans-style aura, then flew to Boquete. Nestled in Panama’s coffee highlands, Boquete is far from the brutal humidity of the capital and known more for rafting, coffee farm tours and gringo retirees than for history. (Our taxi driver told us that the name of Las Ruinas, a restaurant outside town, refers to a fake ancient ruin.) The area’s oldest coffee mill dates to 1917.

Not long ago, coffee experts from the Roasters Guild journeyed to Boquete to probe its secrets and learned that the east-west curve of Panama (my cousins called it “the downspout effect,” from its shape on the map) allows a unique web of cold air currents through the mountains. The currents cause a flourishing of microclimates – subtly varied blends of temperature, moisture and sunlight – that suit the finicky coffee plants.

More recently, the mountain air also spawned zip line tours, typically as a way to see a forest’s upper reaches. (The zip’s history goes back to H.G. Wells’s 1897 novella, “The Invisible Man,” as a fair ride in which “one could be hurled violently against a sack at the other end”; Wells astutely observed that the notion held “considerable favor among the adolescent.”) So we showed up at Los Establos Plaza, climbed into Boquete Tree Trek’s open-sided diesel truck along with 10 other travelers from Europe, Asia and the United States, and rode up the mountain.

The air quickly got cooler, the road narrowed and we passed the dark green coffee leaves that I’d pictured. They were, however, way too low to fly under. Coffee plants can grow pretty tall but get trimmed to about eight feet for easier harvest. Some varieties prefer shade from a higher layer of trees; others prefer full sunlight.

For the last bone-thumping stretch, the truck scaled a steep two-track drive up to Palo Alto, a base that resembles a verdant ski lodge. It boasts a cluster of cabins where you can stay for $90 a night, far from town but close to hiking trails through the 148-acre preserve, and a massive view of Volcan Baru, Panama’s highest peak, where, they say, you can glimpse both Atlantic and Pacific.

We got a quick training session in the correct position for sliding, how to brake and how to zip, and what signals we needed to know. Then came another 10-minute ride higher, to 6,000 feet, where, sporting orange helmets, we dismounted and hiked to the first platform. The half-dozen “canopy guys,” a professional crew of locals who all speak English, pointed out various mushrooms and orchids growing in the moist outcrops and branches in the high mountain air. Elusive birds, including the colorful quetzal, were heard but not seen.

The canopy guys dubbed the zip line “Boquete Tree Trek airlines” because it flies you more than two miles through the sky via a dozen runs that zigzag between ridges. The strategy was to start us on a short soar (90 yards) to check our form. If someone seemed unprepared for the longer runs, they’d be urged to dismount at Platform 6, before the four longest.

Our group ran the gamut: from a New Jersey couple in their late 50s and their three 20-something kids; to several of us in our 40s, including a German couple; to an engineering grad student from Michigan. Only one of us had to step down. I had tried a shorter zip line before, in Virginia, but the elevation of the Boquete cables (the highest nearly 200 feet above the ground) was breathtaking. And not always in a good way.

You might say the hour and a half flew by. Try as I did to hold on to each leap through the overgrowth – to look down and really see the stream beneath the ferns, bromeliads and vines – it all spun so quickly. I got into the groove of putting my gloved hand on the cable behind my head, leaning back and crossing my ankles as I flew down the line. I reeled in one massive centuries-old hardwood after another.

Then before the longest flight – 448 yards – I heard one guide say, “There’s a heartbreak at the end of this one.”
My eyes widened. Then I got it: There’s a hard brake at the end of this one. An “emergency brake” on the longer zip lines kicks in automatically toward the end of the cable; it keeps you from slamming into the landing platform.
I stepped off. After emerging from the moss-covered trunks into the open air, I turned toward Volcan Baru and the mountains beyond and looked down on the clearing far, far below. I soon found myself on the other side.

The canopy guys kept an eye on the weather. Our first attempt at zip lining the day before had been canceled because rain had made the cable too slick; that’s a call that a less scrupulous outfit would have been loath to make. The equipment appeared in good order, and I appreciated the second harness around my chest; my previous zip line experience had involved only a single harness. Long pants, closed shoes and a sweater or poncho against cool mist are recommended.

Our last, quick zip took us to the base, where we high-fived the staff, grabbed a cool drink and received certificates in a goofy graduation ritual. They burned a movie, shot by one of the guides as he zip-lined, onto a DVD, and then we were back on the truck, trundling down the mountain for a late lunch.

If you have time, it’s worth scheduling a coffee farm tour that takes you from plant to roaster. Cafe Ruiz, on the north edge of town, is said to produce the best grounds around.
Panama’s rainy season runs from April to December, but the Tree Trek folks report that May is drier in the mountains. In April, Boquete’s bromeliad festival showcases the wonderland of the highlands’ native plants.

Lisa and I came home with different impressions of the zip line. For me, the soaring, birdlike flight through the woods and clearings was a rush. But if you don’t appreciate the free-fall sensation of a roller coaster ride (Lisa doesn’t), you might not like stepping off that platform. One point of agreement, though: For the next few days, we both had sore arms and vivid memories.

Taylor, author of “Soul of a People” and other books, can be reached at www.davidataylor.com.

The “Best of Panama” Going to be Featured at Klatch Coffee’s Cupping Event September 22 – 24, 2010

September 15, 2010

Esmeralda Special is going to be featured at Klatch Coffee’s monthly cupping event on the fourth week of September. Hacienda Esmeralda has set many world record auction prices for its famous Geisha varietal, including this year’s record price of $170.00 per pound at the “Best of Panama” coffee auction.

Esmeralda Special comes from a region in Panama known as Jaramillo, Boquete. This particular lot, Mario Carnival, was harvested during peak month of February, associated with pre-Lenten Carnaval festivities.

Hacienda La Esmeralda is the holder of several online coffee auction records, once when it sold for $21.00 a pound on June 29, 2004, again on May 30, 2006 when it sold for $50.25 a pound, May 2007 when it sold for $130.00 a pound and yet again, this year a world’s record price of $170.00 a pound.

The general public invited to participate in this extraordinary coffee event, at a $5.00 fee, at Klatch Coffee retail locations:

September 22, 2010, 7pm
San Dimas Klatch Coffee
806 W. Arrow Hwy Ste A
San Dimas, CA 91773

September 23, 2010, 6pm
Concourse Klatch Coffee
951 N Haven Ave
Ontario, CA 91764

September 24, 2010, 4pm
Rancho Klatch Coffee
8916 Foothill Blvd Ste C
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Director of Training, and two-time United States Barista Champion, Heather Perry, will lead each cupping. Just recently Ms. Perry won the “Best of Brew” challenge with Panama Esmeralda at the Ultimate Barista Challenge held at the Los Angeles Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo.

If you are unable to attend the cupping event you can order Panama Esmeralda Mario Carnival online at www.klatchroasting.com.

Cupping is a traditional practice used by coffee professionals to evaluate the aroma and taste of freshly ground coffee. Coffee cupping is measured by deeply sensing the coffee, then loudly slurping the coffee. The different aspects of measuring coffee is by ranking and noting its body, sweetness, acidity, flavor, and aftertaste.

Klatch Coffee Inc. is a nationally recognized coffee roaster and retailer in Southern California since 1993. Klatch was named 2009 Micro Roaster of the Year and has been honored at 2007 World Barista Championships with “World’s Best Espresso.” Award winning espresso, coffee and barista training available at www.klatchroasting.com.

Boquete Panama Geisha coffee sells for a whopping $170.20 per pound

May 25, 2010
Boquete, Panama
Reuters

Panama’s coveted geisha coffee, often described as the champagne of coffee for its subtle jasmine-like flavors, broke an auction record on Tuesday, selling for $170.20 a pound.

The winning lot, sold at an online auction, was from the Hacienda La Esmeralda farm known as the prime grower of the coveted beans. It was bought by Japanese bidder Saza Coffee for more than 100 times the average coffee price, now hovering around $1.30 a pound on New York futures markets.

Enthusiastic Japanese buyers have fueled most of the new demand for Central America’s highest-end coffee as U.S. buyers, more frugal after the financial crisis, have shied away from expensive coffee-shop drinks in favor of brewing at home.

But the record price for 400 pounds of geisha coffee — a total of $68,080 — still surprised the farm owners.

“We were not expecting this at all this year,” said Daniel Peterson of the family-owned La Esmeralda finca, high in the western mountains of Panama. In 2007 the farm sold its prized coffee for $130 a pound, setting an earlier record.

Geisha coffee trees are a rare variety with Ethiopian heritage brought to Panama in 1963 from Costa Rica.

The coffee was sold on the Stoneworks coffee auction platform as part of an offering of some of Panama’s highest-rated beans from this season’s harvest.

Last week, a La Esmeralda-exclusive auction netted between $20 to $36.50 a pound but Peterson said the farm’s best was reserved for Tuesday’s auction.

“It was our best coffee of the year,” Peterson said.

(Reporting by Sean Mattson; Editing by David Gregorio

Specialty Coffee Association of America Awards 2010 Coffees of the Year

Roasters Guild Coffees of the Year Competition Identifies Some of the World’s Best Coffees

April 23, 2010
LONG BEACH, California
Specialty Coffee Association of America

The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) awarded nine specialty coffees with the “Coffees of the Year” title at its 2010 Roasters Guild Coffees of the Year Competition, which was held at SCAA’s 22nd Annual Exposition & Symposium, April 16 – 18, 2010 in Anaheim, Calif.  SCAA cupped, evaluated and ranked some of the finest specialty coffees from a geographically diverse range of coffee producers, and nine distinct coffees were selected as the leaders of this prestigious competition. SCAA is the world’s coffee authority and largest coffee trade association.

SCAA’s 2010 Roasters Guild Coffees of the Year Competition winners include (each are classified as Best of Origin for their country):

Coffee Producer: Carlos Imbachi
Farm Name: Buenavista
Country: Colombia
Region: San Agustin, Huila
Score: 90.5

Coffee Producer: Juan Carlos and Gregg Meza
Farm Name: El Recuerdo
Country: El Salvador
Region: Apaneca/Ilamatapeq Mountain Range
Score: 87.375

Coffee Producer: Ricardo Zelaya
Farm Name: Puerta Verde
Country: Guatemala
Region: Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez
Score: 89.625

Coffee Producer: Fabio A. Caballero
Farm Name: La Isabela
Country: Honduras
Region: Mogola / Marcala / La Paz
Score: 89.313

Coffee Producer: Gikanda Farmers Co-Operative Society
Farm Name: Gichathaini
Country: Kenya
Region: Nyeri
Score: 89.222

Coffee Producer: Luis Alberto Balladarez
Farm Name: Un Regalo de Dios
Country: Nicaragua
Region: Mozonte/Nueva Segovia
Score: 85.558

Coffee Producer: Peterson family
Farm Name: Hacienda La Esmeralda
Country: Panama
Region: Boquete
Score: 89.125

Coffee Producer: Wilson Sucaticona Larico
Farm Name: Tunki
Country: Peru
Region: Puno
Score: 89.2

Coffee Producer: Will and Grace Tabios
Farm Name: The Rising Sun
Country: USA/Hawaii
Region: Ka’u
Score: 87.563

In addition to the nine winners, Wilson Sucaticona Larico, of the coffee farm Tunki in Peru, was presented with the People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award was determined after SCAA Exposition attendees tasted and voted upon the nine winners of the 2010 Roasters Guild Coffees of the Year Competition.

About the Competition

For the competition, more than 130 specialty coffee submissions, representing 22 countries, competed in the prestigious annual event to be recognized as the best specialty coffees from around the globe from the 2009/2010 crop. More than 30 experienced judges choose the winning coffees by cupping or thoroughly evaluating the sensory attributes of each coffee sample entered in the competition. The judges specifically assessed six distinct qualities of the coffee samples, including: fragrance, aroma, taste, flavor, aftertaste and body.

Cupping is a systematic method of evaluating the aroma and taste of coffee and is used by growers, buyers and roasters to assess the quality and flavor profile of coffee. To properly gauge the taste of the samples, the judges swished and swirled a soupspoon-sized portion of brewed coffee evenly over their palate. By saturating as many sensory nerves as possible, cupping judges are able to better analyze the coffee samples.

Coffee is graded on a scale of one to 100. In order to be considered a specialty grade coffee, the coffee must score at least 80 points. Only coffees scoring 84 points or higher are eligible to compete in the Coffees of the Year Competition. Once qualified, the coffees are vetted by Q-Graders, professionally accredited coffee graders and cuppers, and other experts.

The Roasters Guild is a trade guild of the Specialty Coffee Association of America that consists of specialty roasters dedicated to the craft of roasting quality coffee. The Roasters Guild is just one of two trade guilds within the Specialty Coffee Association of America. One guild is for coffee roasters and the other is for baristas. Through collaboration, professional certification and training opportunities, the members of the Roasters Guild and the Barista Guild of America are able to hone their skills and gain a deeper understanding of their professions.

About SCAA

For more than a quarter of a century, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) has offered its members education, training, resources and business services. It is the world’s largest coffee trade association, with members representing more than 40 countries and every segment of the specialty coffee industry, from growers to roasters and retailers. The SCAA has also been at the forefront of developing and promoting specialty coffee, and is committed to meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing industry by setting and maintaining standards, expanding professional certification programs, conducting industry-specific research, and providing even more opportunities to connect, exchange, and work together so our industry continues to thrive.

photo credit: nate steiner

Panama vs. Costa Rica: The Bean

April 8, 2010
Posted by adena

I sip tea more often than coffee, and not because I am taming a caffeine addiction – I’m simply picky.  It’s hard to find the good stuff.  I’m not seeking it for a jump-start to my morning, for that, I’m sure Folger’s could incite a heart attack.  I’m looking for a dark afternoon dream…something that I found while traveling to Central America.

Costa Rican coffee is more widely known than Panamanian.  Coffee has been Costa Rica’s number number 1 cash crop for decades, and it has been grown in the region since the 1700’s.  There was a law passed that requires that every Costa Rican employee is entitled to one free cup of coffee per day.

Coffee plantations are more prevalent in the north of the country, near the volcano and in the hills surrounding San Jose.  Though the plantations are a major source of income for the country, and employ a large percentage of the population, the industry is certainly not without it’s negative effects on the environment.  Everything is better in moderation.

The coffee itself though is strong and dark.  Even the ‘cheap stuff’ that you’ll find in the grocery store and at the complimentary hotel breakfasts is wonderful – as long as it says ‘100% pura’ on the package, you’re golden.

Though coffee growing has a long history in Costa Rica and even Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, Panama had been left out of the equation until recent years.  Now Panama brings some of the best cup of joe to high level competition.  Crisp, light and floral is how Panama likes it’s coffee.  Most of the plantations are located around Volcan Baru and Boquete in northern Panama. This type of coffee is known as the Geisha variety, sought after by high bidders in the industry.

I brought some of both back, organic and rain forest friendly…and maybe after all of this i shouldn’t tell you that my preferred sweetener is Vermont maple syrup. Up here in Vermont, it’s all I can do to get the best of both worlds.

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Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee

Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam is a lil’ bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee

I’m amazed that I haven’t seen these coffee art clones before. They’re the creation of Karen Eland, a former barista, who one day decided to dip a paint brush into her coffee cup instead of nibbling on biscotti. By gradually building layers of espresso she’s able to create a range of tones and what must be the tastiest smelling paintings ever.

Maybe it’s my caffeine addiction talking, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen the Mona Lisa and wanted to give her a lick. [Coffee Art via Artsy Spot via Neatorama]

Written by: Rosa Golijan

Geisha Coffee Roaster Wins Coffee Industry’s Top Honor

October 22, 2009
San Rafael, California

California based Equator Estate Coffees and Teas – www.EquatorCoffees.com – was named America’s 2010 Roaster of the Year in Roast Magazine’s highly competitive challenge, triumphing over 40 of the country’s best coffee roasters for Equator’s special blend of quality, sustainability, and business innovation.

Equator proudly joins the ranks of the very top US-based roasters, including previous winners Intelligentsia, Stumptown and Counter Culture. Competing against industry heavy-weights, Equator was picked as the best roaster in America as much for its long-term commitment to quality, as for its cutting-edge sustainability practices and business innovations including the purchase of a small coffee farm in Panama.

The final round of the Roaster of the Year competition pitted Equator against two other finalists in a blind cupping of their coffees by industry professionals.Equator submitted three coffees: Panama Esmeralda Geisha, Ethiopia Amaro Gayo Organic and Moka Java, winning this round and clinching the Roaster of the Year award.

Like America’s Top Chef and the James Beard Award, Roaster of the Year is considered a top award in the $13.65 billion U.S. specialty coffee market.

Among the achievements for which Equator was honored in this year’s Roaster of the Year competition were:

• Equator has a proven track-record of coffee quality, regularly winning awards and attracting some of the industry’s most celebrated chefs.
• Equator was a pioneer in adopting the ultra-efficient Loring Smart Roaster, which reduces carbon emissions by 80%.
• Equator’s biofuel and hybrid vehicles make all deliveries; and the company composts 100 percent of its coffee chaff and burlap bags.
• Equator has provided micro-loans to coffee partners around the world for quality related investments.
• Equator has spearheaded social and environmental sustainability projects that benefit food challenged communities in coffee growing regions around the world.
• Equator recently purchased its own farm in Panama, where they are in the process of growing ultra-boutique, sustainable coffee alongside a team of Panamanians with generations of experience in coffee cultivation.

“Equator Estate Coffees & Teas encompasses the core of a true artisan coffee-roaster,” says Connie Blumhardt, Publisher of Roast Magazine. “Roast chose Equator Estate Coffees as our 2010 Macro Roaster of the Year because of their commitment to sustainability, desire to educate their employees and customers as well their continual drive to push the boundaries of what it means to be a coffee roaster. Equator Coffees has a true passion for creating and selling amazing coffee.”

Equator was an early champion of fair trade practices that address economic, environmental, and social issues in coffee growing communities. Equator has instituted micro-loan programs in coffee growing countries, and recently partnered with ZERI Foundation and a young Zimbabwean woman named Chido Govero in an innovative “pulp to protein” program that increases food security for people in coffee growing regions.

“The Roaster of the Year award is a tremendous honor. This peer-level recognition validates our efforts to promote sustainability both at home and in the global coffee growing communities with whom we collaborate so closely,” said Helen Russell, CEO and co-founder of Equator Coffees. “Equator relentlessly seeks to improve our quality, sustainability and innovation; we are grateful to our employees, customers and farmer-partners whose sincere commitment to our work has made this possible.”

Panama – Coming to a Flat Black near you

Jun. 05, 2009
By Kendra Stanton Lee
Dorchester Reporter

Americans consume some 400 million cups of coffee every day, and though we are no Seattle, Bostonians are serious about their joe. If you’re not brewing it at home, you might grab your “coffee regular” from “Dunkies” or maybe your coffee comes from any number of independent coffee houses here in Dorchester. Or maybe it comes from Panama.

Last month, Jennifer and David House, co-owners of Flat Black Coffee Company, traveled to Panama to bring the best brew back to their coffee shops in Lower Mills, Peabody Square, and in the Financial District downtown. Such an excursion in the coffee world is known as a “trip to origin.” That is, a trip to meet the people responsible for growing, picking, cleaning, and shipping the coffee beans that are packaged, ground, and brewed in our coffee houses here.

Trips to origin were a part of the business plan for Flat Black from the very beginning, according to Jennifer. Jennifer said she, David, and co-founder Jeff Chatlos asked themselves, “What is our business goal five years down the road? We knew we wanted to expand with more retail stores.” Such a goal necessitated purchasing their own roaster (which the Houses equate to the price of a luxury car) in order to have more control over quality, she said.

“We offer coffee from twenty different countries. It was our intention to provide the consumer with the highest quality coffee bean produced in that country,” she said.

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