Costa Rica

At the end of November I flew to Costa Rica for a week along with Steven Macatonia from Union Hand Roasted Coffee to visit farms and micro mills. In four days we managed to visit 12 micro mills and about 20 farms with Francisco Mena from Exclusive Coffee.

The trip was part of my research into a project I'm starting about direct coffee trade and it's effect on producers. Which I'm going to be working on for the next 3 years and visiting several origin countries. Union is one of the pioneers of direct trade in the UK and work on a social impact projects within the communities they develop relationships with.