Costa Rica: A Return to Origins

This blog will capture the experiences and learnings of our TWELVE Canadian participants.
Check back daily for updates and new postings.


Introducing a new Origin Experience program

Last February, the first group of Starbucks partners traveled to Costa Rica to take part in the pilot Origin trip. Less than a year later, another twelve Canadian partners have been awarded the same opportunity to visit, learn, harvest and truly experience life at our farms in Costa Rica. Follow along and learn from their daily adventures. Through this powerful first-hand experience, partners will be better able to understand and articulate ethical sourcing practices, quality standards and relationship with farmers. It will also help us create a network of passionate advocates to inspire customers and other partners, as well as serve as coffee leaders.


Friday, February 12, 2010

Working Hard on the Farm






Here are some pictures of Ward, Marie and myself working at Doka estates during our last day of our trip!
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1 comment:

  1. the upper roomFebruary 18, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    Ward and Marie,
    Thanks so much for sharing with our team today in Winnipeg...the experiences you had in touching the origin of our coffee, the first ten feet, have caused me to think more deeply about the last ten feet. The pride that a farmer has for his crop should be the pride that we have in our cup. Thanks for inspiring us.
    Scott @ G&K

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