....of course, Day Two started with a coffee tasting, a tasting that paid "Tribute" to our Partners and customers celebrating 40 years of Starbucks. Yes we had our first taste of the new Starbucks Tribute Blend! That was followed by a detailed presentation from the Earthwatch Institute learning how Earthwatch & Starbucks partner with farmers in Costa Rica to develop tools and practices that facilitate sustainable coffee cultivation. The bus ride day one was a vacation compared to today! Learning #2, it takes a long 3.5 hour bus ride into the mountains and up 6000 feet in elevation to find the best coffee in the world and it's worth it! A small price to pay to get to the Tarrazu region and and spend the morning on a 3 hectare family farm. We dialed up our coffee education completing coffee tree analysis, taking soil samples, studying the ground, shade trees etc... Lunch was hosted by CoopeTarrazu, one of the regions coffee cooperatives. After lunch we visited the Coope Dota coffee mill (Video attached) learning even more about the washed processing method. The bus ride back included a detailed discussion of C.A.F.E. practices and Fair Trade with the best coffee argronomists in the world from our Farmer Support Center and SCTC. Tomorrow.... Coffee Tree planting and even more Coffee Agronomy education at Finca Las Marias!
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