Pinlaung, Part 1 February 06, 2018cole torode2 comments 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...
São Lourenço August 27, 2017cole torode On Friday, we left Poços de Caldas to go to an even smaller town called, São Lourenço, because the Brazilian National Barista Competition was happening over the weekend. Lucky for...
Poços de Caldas August 26, 2017cole torode1 comment On Sunday, August 20th we land in Brazil for the first time in our coffee careers. For those that don't know, Brazil is the largest exporter of coffee in the...
Milk Temperature May 25, 2017cole torode1 comment Milk temperature has been an age old debate amongst baristas and coffee drinkers. We've decided, we're going to standardize all our milk temperatures and attempt to put this debate to...
Sorwathe Tea + Bumbogo Station May 04, 2017cole torode Today we took a bit of a different road and rather than touring a coffee station, we visited Sorwathe Tea Factory. At least for the morning. We took the same...
Kilimbi May 03, 2017Cole Torode2 comments What a beautiful coffee station. This was the first station that MTCo built here in Rwanda.As I write this, we're been an hour or so on the road after leaving Kilimbi....
Rugali May 02, 2017cole torode We spent yesterday driving from Kigali to Nyamasheke, which sits on the Western side of Rwanda. According to the map, it's not a far distance, but thanks to Rwanda being...
Shyira Washing Station and Vunga Cooperative May 01, 2017cole torode Today, we hit the road nice and early, bound for the North Western part of Rwanda, specifically near a town called Ruhengeri. This region is most famous for Mountain Gorillas,...
Kigali, Rwanda April 30, 2017cole torode We've been in Rwanda for about 24 hours now. As a group, this is our first time to Africa. I'm not sure culture shock is the right way to describe...
Antigua, Guatemala February 17, 2017cole torode This is the second time I'm typing up this blog post, which is a little disappointing. I suppose the first time I forgot to press the save button. Whoops... Let's...
Chirripo + Imperio Rojo February 10, 2017cole torode Dave and I have a younger sister, Stella, who turns 7 today. Last year on her birthday we phoned her from Tarrazu. We left Tarrazu first thing this morning, bound...
San Francisco 1900 February 09, 2017cole torode We woke up this morning in the beautiful Dota Valley, a subregion of Tarrazu. We spent the night in a little Cabina run by a nice lady named Cecilia. If...
