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Guatemala Whirlwind
We truly didn't spend enough time in Guatemala this year. We arrived late Saturday night and had a 6am flight to San Jose, Costa Rica Wednesday morning. These buying trips are generally quick, but this was the quickest in and...
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Santa Ana la Huerta
Late Saturday evening we arrived in Guatemala, straight from Ottawa where we competed in the Eastern Barista Qualifiers - we're happy to say we won first prize. You can read about our experience here.The plan for this trip to Guatemala...
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Pyin Oo Lwin
I'm on a 4am flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong as I write this summary to our first trip to Myanmar. I'd like to sleep, but I have a theory that staying up on this flight will help me acclimate...
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Ywangan
Ywangan is the largest coffee producing region in Myanmar. We’ve spent the last two days here doing the same sort of things we do everywhere else - try to take over the world. Just kidding, that’s just a 90’s joke...
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Pinlaung, Part 2
It's 4:00pm and we're on the road to Ywangan, the second of three coffee producing areas we'll visit during our trip.This morning we went back to Behind the Leaf Coffee for a second day with Melanie and U-Khine. We have...
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Pinlaung, Part 1
It's our second night in Myanmar and we've just arrived at Hotel Pinlaung Resort (the lack of warm water, the false advertising on free wifi and the astroturf carpet has us hesitant on the resort portion) for our accommodations for...