Jim and Farmers standing among pruned shade trees[/caption] A few months ago, we posted about Jim's trip to Guatemala in June, focusing the content on the school and library we support there. 

Our latest 'lot' of Colombian has arrived from a group of farms called Kachalu, where we have been sourcing fine coffee from for many years.

Back in mid-December, we cupped a pre-shipment sample of Sumatra and were blown away -completely clean with syrup, toffee and milk chocolate notes and a touch of lemongrass (which really threw it over the top!) So seeing a January lull in my busy schedule, I inquired about a visit to the Takengon area of Sumatra (where we have been buying coffee for almost 20 years).