https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/30/a-coffee-farmer-no-more/2025-03-11T03:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/08/09/the-end-of-one-adventure-the-start-of-many-more/2025-03-11T02:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/post-archive/2025-03-11T02:16:43+00:00weekly0.6https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/23/a-weekend-in-coffee-country/2019-07-31T00:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/25/last-week-on-the-farm/2019-07-25T04:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/17/coffee-experiments-results/2019-07-17T20:54:37+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/15/raw-materials-and-the-business-of-coffee/2019-07-16T04:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/10/the-handy-man-can/2019-07-14T15:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/06/i-dug-a-hole-and-other-updates/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5880-2.jpgIMG_5880Halfway into digging. At this point we actually thought it was deep enough, but we soon realized it wasn't and dug about 2x this depth.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5949-2.jpgIMG_5949The finished hole! Miguel is laughing at how many rocks it's going to take to fill the hole to filter water.2019-07-06T16:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/07/03/calarca-quindio/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5793-2.jpgIMG_5793https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5795-2.jpgIMG_5795https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5800-2.jpgIMG_5800https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5820-2.jpgIMG_5820https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5821-2.jpgIMG_5821https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fdaf4bbe-95e2-44db-9f26-62dba737bc80.jpgFDAF4BBE-95E2-44DB-9F26-62DBA737BC802019-07-03T01:22:18+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/28/life-on-a-coffee-farm/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5625.jpgIMG_5625Pinina stands on the veggie gardenhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5613.jpgIMG_5613https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5665.jpgIMG_5665We distributed fertilizer to older lots to help prepare the soil for uprooting and new trees.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5627.jpgIMG_5627https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5660.jpgIMG_5660https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5616.jpgIMG_5616A panorama view of the greenery that surrounds the farm from a vantage point above it.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5664.jpgIMG_5664Another view of the older Tabi plot, demonstrating impeccabale farm management.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5643.jpgIMG_5643A healthy gesha which will produce a full crop in a few weeks.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5694.jpgIMG_5694Here, broca climbs out of a coffee cherry I was about to pick. https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5649.jpgIMG_5649One of the farm's largest shade trees fell apart in a rainstorm the other day; 2019-07-01T01:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/25/first-day-at-el-fenix/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5545.jpgimg_5545https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5547.jpgimg_5547https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5550.jpgimg_5550https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5570.jpgimg_5570https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5554.jpgimg_5554https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5556.jpgimg_5556https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5552.jpgimg_5552https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5555.jpgimg_5555https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5581.jpgimg_5581https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5565.jpgimg_55652019-06-26T02:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/23/i-passed-the-q/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/prof.pngprof?new prof?! Thoughts pleasehttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/7aea7167-1f7a-45a5-a741-5f57d09428ee.jpg7aea7167-1f7a-45a5-a741-5f57d09428eehttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dceb7847-d240-4603-82c3-27f161119fb4.jpgdceb7847-d240-4603-82c3-27f161119fb4https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/6b3ef4b8-7d1b-4e60-882d-1338709a5b3d.jpg6b3ef4b8-7d1b-4e60-882d-1338709a5b3dhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/65a9edf0-7693-4217-94c5-55bcc0eeaee5.jpg65a9edf0-7693-4217-94c5-55bcc0eeaee5slurp slurp slurphttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5503.jpgIMG_5503https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5507.jpgIMG_5507Pouring for a triangulation. Same deal, but this time with minimal lighting and if you mess up pouring you could screw up the triangle and fail everybody!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5505.jpgIMG_5505This was the state of things at the end of the Washed Milds triangulation. The finger is to point out that there's basically no coffee left in those cups – it's just grounds – meaning people sampled this tray a lot and had trouble with it.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5508.jpgIMG_5508Pouring for a cupping. The table's pretty packed, and those coffees are very important, so pouring can get kinda stressful!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5509.jpgIMG_5509This was the last triangulation I retook in Virginia. By that point everyone had either gone home or passed, so it was just me and 18 cupping bowls. I got 6/6!2019-06-26T02:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/22/no-blog-post-today-check-back-in-for-the-results-of-my-q-retake-tomorrow/2019-06-22T14:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/21/boppin-around-bogota/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5462.jpgIMG_5462Botero's famous (infamous?) "Monalisa." https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5460.jpgIMG_5460A representative painting, this one of "el presidente." I love the eyes.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5453.jpgIMG_5453A battered sketch from his earlier days. In this one, I liked the spacial similarity of the fruits and the woman's head.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5465.jpgIMG_5465Even the guitar is chubby!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5458.jpgIMG_5458His take on Colombian guerillas2019-06-21T20:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/20/viva-colombia/2019-06-20T03:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/19/view-from-up-high/2019-06-19T19:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/18/the-present-of-coffee-some-reflections/2019-06-18T22:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/17/the-palm-the-tucan-and-the-future-of-coffee/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5370.jpgIMG_5370https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5336.jpgIMG_5336Here, workers adjust the burrs on the pulper to allow more cherry through for a honey processed coffee.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5304.jpgIMG_5304The coffee comes into the wet mill on the right, where bags of cherries are emptied into the grated floor you can see on the right. They are sucked into the mill and pumped into the big cylinder which helps separates floaters (underripe cherries) from the rest of the cherries.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5333-1.jpgIMG_5333Washed processed coffee makes its way out of the fermentation tank for washing,https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5292.jpgIMG_5292https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5284.jpgIMG_5284https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/61c66809-bc64-4605-8b9e-fec1b074dbe0.jpg61c66809-bc64-4605-8b9e-fec1b074dbe0Your trusty blogger helped wash somehttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5313.jpgIMG_53132019-06-17T05:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/16/its-coffee-time/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5186.jpgIMG_5186After sorting, the coffee is bagged into jute sacks. If it's getting prepped for export, the inside of the jute is lined with airtight https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5176.jpgIMG_5176https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5221.jpgIMG_5221An enormous amount of wholesale parts and equipment!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5189.jpgIMG_5189Here are palettes of Devocion coffee getting ready to go to Brooklyn! I fondly recall cutting these open and laying them out.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5159.jpgIMG_5159An overview of the production facility. You can see the giant roaster, along with the bagging station in the back.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5222.jpgIMG_5222Fun espresso repair shop!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5192.jpgIMG_5192Roasted coffee is then bagged and packaged to get distributed to wholesale partners.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5184.jpgIMG_5184Here is Devocion's sorting station. They have both a manual sorting conveyer belt and an optical sorting machine (left). One of the workers at Devocion told me that humans sort it better than the machine.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5157.jpgIMG_5157https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5169.jpgIMG_51692019-06-16T05:28:02+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/15/wifis-down-more-tomorrow/2019-06-15T11:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/14/gearing-up-for-coffee-time/2019-06-14T11:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/13/dipping-my-toes-in-the-coffee/2019-06-13T04:50:36+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/12/getting-to-know-bogota/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4976-1.jpgIMG_4976Opening up one of the barrels of freshly roasted coffee brought me back to my days at Devocion. This one was roasted a bit darker and felt like diving into a pool of chocolate milk.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4975-1.jpgIMG_4975Check out the afterburner on that thing! That tank burns the exhaust of the roaster at something like 900ºF, and that roaster is making a lot of exhaust!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4974-1.jpgIMG_4974The roasting and blending lab. That's probably an 80 kilo Probat they have there! https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4950-1.jpgIMG_4950Your trusty traveller makes an appearance!https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4944-1.jpgIMG_4944Colombian passionfruit, "but this is much sweeter and healthier," we were assured. Also called Pitayahttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4943-1.jpgIMG_4943This was a mangosteen, which is a dark red fruit with milky white fruity bulbs in the middle.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4940-1.jpgIMG_4940The fruit stand that we bought from. Look at all those new flavors!2019-06-13T02:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/11/hola-bogota/2019-06-11T04:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/10/travel-day-with-a-special-stop/2019-06-10T02:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://alexcoffeeadventures.com/2019/06/09/1-cup-short/https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4854.jpgIMG_4854A happy Alex with his odd cups out graces the red room. Q Day 6 completed.https://alexcoffeeadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4857.pngIMG_4857Todd sticking up for me on his instagram page. 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