Going to source

[ColinO]

Around December this year I am going on holiday to do some coffee research. I am trying to build source trips into the business that I am starting, designing and manufacturing coffee roasters. I would like to offer source trips as an educational aspect of the services that we offer. I am still trying to decide where I want to go, there are so many great coffee-growing regions. Does anyone have some suggestions as to the best way to get in contact with farmers, or have the names of farms that I could visit or people that I could get in contact with?

[Dylan Cumming]

Dylan Cumming [e-mail] Beaver Creek Estate, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

[Matt Milletto]

Colin, what countries would be your first picks? There are probably a ton of people here on bX that would love to host you, in a number of countries. I have connections in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Peru, Brazil ... (as many others do).

Good luck, I too want to plan a source trip early next year ... I am thinking South Africa, Dylan, David Donde, ahem ... :)

- Matt

[Marcos Croce]

check our website www.fafbrazil.com

let us know if you come to Brazil!

marcos

[Tim O´Brien]

You and others are welcome to come to Costa Rica and come check out the recent micro-mill revolution happening here. Most radical change in the coffee culture here in decades and re-discovering and in some case saving amazing coffees from the ax. Beaches and and rain forests here are also amazing to visit. December is start of harvest time so you can see the whole process. I am from the US and have a rustic farm and micro-mill in Tarrazu that I always have open to educate visitors and at our Exclusive Coffees exporting office we have a great cupping lab to give enthusiasts the full on cupping tour of the countries finest and diverse micro-climates.