Café de Colombia – Day 5

Dieser Beitrag ist Teil 4 von 9 in der Serie Café de Colombia - Travelog

  Today we are lucky: the flight is not cancelled again – and really short. In contrast to Bogotá, which is 2640 m above sea level and often a little cooler, it is scorching hot in Pitalito. Even at the emergency assembly point there is a palm tree.   Emergency meeting point with palmtree in …

Café de Colombia – Day 4

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  We have half a day of free time in Bogotá, so I accompany Xiomy to the “Arte y Pasion Café: Escuela de baristas“1, which means “Café Art and Passion – Barista School”. It was founded to promote the appreciation of good coffee in Colombia itself. For until today, high-quality coffee is mostly exported, while …

Café de Colombia – Day 2 and 3

Dieser Beitrag ist Teil 2 von 9 in der Serie Café de Colombia - Travelog

After a pleasant night in the local hotel, we climb into the back of a pick-up truck and are driven to Don Omar. His “Finca Flores” is 42 hectares big, around 10 times larger than that of Doña Magdalena. Omar tells us about the rural exodus: in Colombia, too, people prefer to live in the …

Café de Colombia – Day 1

Dieser Beitrag ist Teil 3 von 9 in der Serie Café de Colombia - Travelog

It is early in the morning when I leave my hotel in the centre of Bogotá. I am on my way to the airport, where I am to meet the Colombian scientist Xiomara and a group of coffee roasters from Austria to explore the country’s coffee plantations. Alexei from “Café Libertad Collective”  will also be …