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The trip has been one obstacle after another. Luckily for us, we are both very adaptable travelers and understand that when traveling, especially in developing countries, things are out of your control, and you have to surrender to the flow. Receiving the note that Cedric would pick us up and we could go to the[…]

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Papua New Guinea Travel Advisory: “Do not travel to the Highlands region due to civil unrest.” – U.S. Department of State”. No matter where you are in the world, it is hard to escape politics. Papua New Guinea is no different. We arrived in PNG in the middle of election campaign season and the whole[…]

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Looking at a coffee menu or label on a bag of coffee can often be confusing—so many words in such a small place. There are terms even coffee professionals cannot seem to agree on. For the everyday consumer, it can be difficult to understand. Processing terms like washed, natural, and honey may be familiar to[…]

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Papua New Guinea has long been relegated to “blender coffee” status for many in the American specialty coffee industry. This is for a variety of reasons including supply chain challenges at origin, the limited pool of quality-focused producers, and, notably, the lack of exposure to great PNG for many roasters. All of this created a[…]

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Specialty coffee…direct trade…fair trade…ethical…relationship. What does it all mean? So many roasters tout that they scour the earth in search of the best coffee sourcing it, roasting it and offering it to you. While that sounds amazing, in my experience, there are many well meaning folks who say they are doing this but actually aren’t.[…]

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