Field Trips

We have many long-term partners in South America and the aim of this trip was to focus on several regions in two different countries – Peru and Colombia. August is the ideal season to be in the coffee...

It’s harvest time in Brazil – and there’s no better time to visit than now – blue skies, sunny days and bearable temperatures allow for ample exposure traversing the fields of some of Brazil’s finest coffee estates. Favourable weather has created a sizeable harvest (in Cerrado at least) so it was high time we visited to see for ourselves the abundance of coffee, and exceptional flavours we can glean from this oft overlooked producer of specialty coffee.

Little is known about Ecuadorian coffee due to the scarcity of it. However, some amazing cup profiles can be found in its rich terroir and it also offers some solid commercial coffees that could act as...

Our trip began in the port City of Veracruz – Mexico’s largest, and where most (if not all) of our coffee is shipped out from. Nestled neatly in the Gulf of Mexico, this is a tale of two cities. Old...

Honduras and Costa Rica have always been very important to us, not only commercially but in the way our relationship with the coffee producers and their organisations have grown. In the past 10 years, we have seen how coffee producers in these two origins faced many challenges from low coffees prices from 2002 to 2008, loss of production due to Roya attacks in 2014 and 2015, and the ever-present threat of climate change. However, both origins have found innovative ways to deal with these challenges and maintain their livelihoods by putting coffee quality and sustainability at the top of their priorities.

Myanmar; a closed country that has spent the best part of 50 years under oppressive military rule has finally ‘come in from the cold’. After liberating itself and democratically voting in the new party - LND and with it “The lady” Aung San Suu Kyi as the head of the country, Myanmar has once again opened its “doors” to the rest of the world embracing free speech and open friendships with global partners eager to help this country prosper.