The Coffee Harvest
February 29, 2008
It’s the end of February and yesterday we brought a load of coffee to Guatemala City from the farm. We brought a truckload full of 260 sacks of 120lbs. each of parchment. Each sack is worth several hundred dollars so the driver and his assistants were armed as were those who drove behind the truck for security. The most dangerous part of the coffee business is the transportation. Fortunately the truck with the bulk of the crop was not held up.
The crop this year looks excellent. Coffee is like wine grapes. The depth of flavor from each crop varies slightly from the year before. We haven’t yet cupped this years crop but that will be in the coming weeks.
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