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January 27, 2008:
What shade coffee looks like
One trip to one part of one county's coffee growing region is limited information to work with. Nonetheless, my recent visit to the western highlands of Panama was an eye-opener, replacing a mental image based on a great deal of...
January 23, 2008:
Research: Butterflies in Indian coffee farms
Adult butterfly communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India. J. Dolia, M. S. Devy, N. A. Aravind, and A. Kumar. 2008. Animal Conservation 11:26-34. Butterfly diversity was examined in 12 coffee plantations in India's...
January 18, 2008:
Emergency fundraiser for La Montaña
On my list of "coffees to try" is the 2007 El Salvador Cup of Excellence winner Finca La Montaña. So I was really saddened when I got the most recent newsletter from the Terroir Coffee Company which described how Finca...
January 15, 2008:
Coffee everywhere
I'll be putting together some posts on our visits to Finca Hartmann, La Florentina, and coffee growing in general in the western Chiriqui region of Panama. Meanwhile, how about a few nice coffee photos? Maybe these will be in your...
January 10, 2008:
Greetings from the Panama highlands
My husband and I are in the highlands of Panama, in Chiriqui province (in yellow on the first map) near the Costa Rican border. We are staying near the city of Volcan, on the western flank of Volcan Baru at...
January 7, 2008:
Coffee review: Counter Culture Finca Mauritania Microlots
Plainspoken Coffee. A Coffee Review for Ordinary People by Ordinary People, #32. In our background post on El Salvador, one of the coffees we reviewed was Counter Culture's Finca Mauritania, from the slopes of the Ilamantepec (Santa Ana) volcano. The...
January 3, 2008:
Research: Tree species diversity in Veracruz coffee farms
Tree species diversity and vegetation structure in shade coffee farms in Veracruz, Mexico. A. M. López-Gómeza, G. Williams-Linera, and R. H. Manson. 2008. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 124:160-172. 10.1016/j.agee.2007.09.008 Fifteen shade coffee farms, under different types of shade management, and...