Coffee, coffee, coffee

As you may know, the main reason I am down here is to learn everything there is to know about coffee. To that end, yesterday we have had a lecture from Starbucks guy in Costa Rica and today we traveled to a finca (coffee farm) that produces high end organic, shade grown coffee that they sell exclusively to Starbucks. In the afternoon, we went to the Speciality Coffee Institute and learned how to judge a coffee (think wine tasting) and we learned about the geography of Costa Rican coffees. Tomorrow I am attending a coffee conference at the National University that will focus on the politics and economics of the coffee trade.