One of the most difficult issue with buying Traceable Yemeni coffee is the immense amount of effort and tediousness in collecting coffee directly from farmers. Most coffee farmers own between 30-80 coffee trees on a single piece of land, that means they produce between 5-20 sacks of 48kilos of dried cherry, of which you only get 40% green beans because 60% is the outer husk. This means you have to literally collect coffee from hundred of farmers in small amounts. For me that means I have to travel and visit tens of villages through valleys and mountains in a single area. Because most of these areas are remote and dont have roads for cars I have to rely mostly on donkeys and carrying coffee on my back with the villagers up and down these mountains. Through this process I get to interact and be hosted by the warmest of people and experience their beautiful and uninterrupted lifestyle. Throughout my interactions I do my best to teach them better agricultural practices so they can produce better coffee with pruning, red cherry picking, and drying more efficiently. These people are so gracious and hospitable that when I enter a village all the villagers line up and they do a lottery system to see who gets to invite me over for lunch because each one wants to be the host. Its considered extremely rude to turn down an invitation. I meet strangers here who treat me like theyve known me all their lives. #MochaMillAdventures
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:35:57 +0000
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