A partnership with coffee

Hi everyone Jason here again - i am sitting here in the hotel after just spending a couple of hours with the some of the coffee farmers we have worked with. It was a great opportunity for us all to go around and thank all of the coffee farmers for the welcoming manner in which they accepted 8 volunteers trampling around their coffee farms with our hiking boots sliding down the muddy hills hoping a coffee tree would stop our fall into the river below! Yes there were a few falls and trips and i have countless bruises on my legs to prove it.

Bruises aside they all tell a story like each coffee cherry we have seen. To me seeing a coffee cherry is the start of a partnership we all have the honor in sharing with each other. This partnership touches many hands of people we would normally call strangers because we have not met them but when you take a moment to stop and think about it they want the same thing we do - a great cup of coffee we can enjoy in the company of people we choose to share our lives with.

I would encourage you all every time you take a sip of coffee to take the time to think of the effort and passion that have gone into that cup - the beginning of a partnership.