From The Seed To The Cup

Continuous war in combination with rampant drug trafficking has caused the coffee industry in Colombia to struggle for many years, though Colombia’s long history with coffee predates that struggle. The coffee plant first reached Colombia sometime in the late 1700s (Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present) and Colombia entered the coffee trade in the 1830s (Wikipedia, Coffee Production in Colombia). The geography of Colombia lends itself well to coffee production. Located in southern South America, Colombia is home to the Andes Mountains, which provides an optimal altitude for coffee (and coca) to grow. The Andes have three sets of mountain ranges, the Western Cordillera, the Central Cordillera, and the Eastern Cordillera. The majority of the coffee plantations in Colombia are on the western side of the Eastern Cordillera (Philip’s World Factbook 2008-2009).

To learn the texture and smell the aroma one must grind The Bean with a mortar and pestle. A ceremonial 14 beans are self-grinded and kept beside the coffee maker for the life of the Drinker. The second part of becoming a Grinder takes place the next day at 1400 hours. A ceremonial iron grinder is again taken to the kitchen where close family and friends witness the brewer count out the number of beans it takes to make 12 cups of coffee and insert them into the grinder where they are used to brew the pot of coffee for the transformation cup. Not until the Brewer finishes his pure cup of coffee is he a Grinder.

After reading The Sunflower, I’ll admit I had a lot of questions. When I started reading some of the response essays, I saw some of the same questions asked that I had. One that stuck out to me the most was the essay by Alan L. Berger. Berger’s reason for writing his essay was the issues being inflexible and his students questioning them. What was very evident to me about his essay was how he questioned why was Simon silent, If Karl was sincere, If Simon was the one to answer Karl’s response, and was Simon scarred by the interaction with Karl?

The genus coffea produces berries that are used to obtain coffee. The commercially exploited species are coffea Arabica and coffea robusta. Coffea Arabica is the most used species that is used to extract coffee. This type is found in the highlands of Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya and produces high quality coffee.

What do you think about when you hear the term red solo cup? Most people from ages 12-21 think of getting drunk on alcohol (SAMHSA). This day and age in society many people see drinking as an over glorified drinking experience in everything, especially in social media. A lot of parents make the exception for holidays like Christmas, New Year’s, and thanksgiving. A lot of colleges say that drinking is a part of college life. That’s why some colleges have drinking on campus, but the real issue is when people abuse that privilege and hurt themselves and others. This is why many believe the legal drinking age should stay at 21.

There is no doubting the talent in the younger divisions in this years Borough Cup but ever since the birth of the tournament in 2014 there seems to be a heightened attention when it comes to the U13 and U14 age divisions. Some say it’s the fact that the kids are bigger and more athletic, but who are we kidding? It is the fact that two teams from each division will have the chance to play for their respective championships and New York baseball supremacy at Yankee Stadium.

“The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the Taliban’s backyard” is the introduction given to Greg Mortenson’s readers before even opening his book, Three Cups of Tea. This phrase slapped on the back cover of the millions of books sold in America prepares readers to not only buy into Greg Mortenson’s heroic story but even support his cause. “One song we hear too often is the one in which Africa serves as a backdrop for white fantasies of conquest and heroism”(Cole). The problem with Mr. Mortenson’s “song” is that it provides a single view of the religion of Islam. At first glance of Mortenson’s book, “[Greg’s] mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time” is an

After adding an additional 32 teams to the tournament schedule, the relevant revenues including t-shirts, concessions, and soccer clinics doubled while the corporate contribution revenue remained the same. This brought anticipated revenue for the field of 64 teams to $85,680. The relevant expenses that don’t change include the tournament registration with the YSL, recruiters’ hotels, the face books, marketing and advertising costs, as well as the salary of Renee Jantsen; these costs are either fixed (salary, tournament registration fee, no additional marketing required) or unaffected by the introduction of the 32 new middle school teams (no additional recruiters because they’re uninterested in the middle school players, face books aren’t made for the middle school players). The relevant expenses that do change include the cost of the t-shirts, concession, the soccer clinic, the player insurance, referees, and trophies; all of these are variable costs, and thus double when the amount of competing teams doubles. There is also a new cost for the rental of the 6 additional fields from the local school necessary to host 64 teams (($150/field + $60 goalposts/field) * 6 fields * 2 days= $2,520). All of those costs add up to $69,046 for our total expenses category. Using

1. Coffee is one of the most common breakfast items found on any table in the morning and now sold all throughout the day. Coffee is grown and exported from places like Columbia and the Asian Pacific, to anywhere like Hawaii and the biggest producer, Brazil. 1/3 of the world 's coffee supply comes from Brazil, because of the nations tropical climate it is able to grow coffee very easily and plentiful. Brazil had many other types of climates but the hot and tropical one is great for the production of coffee.

Sports has become a large part of our society. We look up to sports icons and try to be copy their looks, styles, and athletic moves. Kids who have aspirations to become a sports star usually begin their athletic careers at a young age. In these little league sports, children begin to develop their competitive nature and learn how to work hard for something they want. These are crucial life skills that kids are learning naturally, while they are enjoying their favorite activities. Children should not receive participation awards, because this teaches them that they don't have to work hard, things will be given to them, and that everybody is equal in no matter

Costa Rica had the perfect conditions of soil and climate for coffee to flourish. In the 1800s, coffee production was encouraged by the government. Coffee became an important crop to the region. It became the biggest export and overtook other crops in 1829. The money made off of coffee plantations were a big part in the countries development. The profits were used to build Costa Rica’s first railroad. The “Ferrocarril al Atlántico” transported coffee beans to the Atlantic Coast, which would then be transported to

During the 1800’s Great Britain’s empire stretched around the world, and with raw materials easily available to them this way, they inevitably began refining and manufacturing all stages of many new machines and other goods, distributing locally and globally. However, despite being the central ‘workshop of the world,’ Britain was not producing the highest quality of merchandise. When comparing factory-made products made in England to surrounding countries, most notably France, those products could not compare as far as craftsmanship and sometimes, simply innovation. It was suggested by Prince Albert that England host a sort of free-for-all technological exposition to bring in outside crafts into the country and also

A little planning is needed for this recipe if you are using dried beans as they need

For each cup of fresh coffee, coffee beans should be grounded just before brewing. Therefore, for each customer, the coffee is treated as fresh produce. Coffee should not be overexposed to oxygen, light, heat and moisture. In order to save customer from the time of waiting for the clerk to grind their coffee, customers can grind their own coffee beans in the store. Instead of walking in to wait in line, customers can help the process by grinding their own coffee beans before getting in line. The grinder will be pre-set to grind the coffee beans to the perfect texture of fineness.

There’s not clear information about how coffee arrived in Colombia. The historic archive says that the Jesuits brought the seeds around 1730. The tradition says that the seeds arrived threw the east of the country, and the harvest where registries in Giron, Santander and Muzo, Boyacá. In 1835 the first commercial production produced 2560 bags and they were exported from Cucuta’s custom. Then the coffee extended to the center and west of the country in the departments of Cundinamarca, Antioquia and the zone of old Caldas. The consolidation of coffee as a product for exportation was from the second half of XIX century. The great expansion of the world economy in that period made that the Colombian peasants find an attractive opportunities in the International market. Between the end of 70s of the XIX century and the start of the XX century the annual production of coffee passed from 60.000 bags to 600.000 bags, this was made in the main big farms of the departments of Santander and Cundinamarca, having at the end of XIX century, 80 percent of the total coffee national production. There was a decline in the international prices in the first years of the XX century; this made a big change in the Colombian coffee cultivation. It can be concluded that in the period between