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October 10, 2013

One of the worst places in the world to get a cup of coffee is on a coffee farm.

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Pedro Echavarria: The crappiest coffee you drink is on coffee farm, it’s true:

99 percent of the time if you’re offered coffee, they give you a sugarcane beverage called agua panela with Nescafe added to it. My brothers and I have coffee in our blood. We have lots of respect for how hard it is to grow coffee. But growing up I had no respect for the final beverage. As coffee growers, we never tasted what we were producing. There was no way to taste it, really, beause there was no way to roast it, except maybe on the kitchen stove. That is standard in our industry. - - Modern Farmer

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 10, 2013 7:36 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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In the '50s and '60s I flew a lot into coffee producing countries. Nescafe was ubiquitous,except in the most expensive restaurants, which catered largely to Europeans and Americans.

Posted by: BillH at October 10, 2013 8:35 AM

You can buy a little coffee roaster for about $100. Or if you really want to save money, use a hot air popcorn popper. I now buy green coffee beans (cheaper than roasted, and they don't lose their freshness like roasted coffee) and roast small batches as we need them. It opens up a whole new world of coffee tasting, as you can try beans from all around the world, and make your own blends. People used to roast their own coffee at home, or buy it from a local roaster, until we became modern and scientific and began buying it in cans.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at October 10, 2013 5:10 PM

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