Field Trips

It was 1984 the last time DRWakefield ventured to Papua New Guinea for business. Our chairman, Simon Wakefield, spent a year working in the highland town of Goroka for a local exporter. Like Simon, this...

This February saw us crossing over the border to Nicaragua to catch up with suppliers in a country where there has been a lot of change recently. The collapse of a large exporter recently due to bankruptcy...

This was my second year returning to Honduras for coffee, so the lens I was viewing it through was slightly different. The first time you visit anywhere you pay attention to the macro details; it is often...

Costa Rica is a special origin to visit, not least because of the influence it has had on processing. White, yellow, red, and black honeys, anaerobics, naturals, all have been produced for years there....

We have been selling Vietnam for quite a while, but until December 2023, we hadn’t visited it as an origin country as a company. It’s not often you get to visit a ‘new’ coffee origin. Especially...

In November, Hannah and I travelled to Sumatra in Indonesia. As one of our core origins, and as we haven't visited in a few years, our trip took us to some remote and wonderful places. We spent ten days...