We just returned from a long, packed day. First we started at a coffee farm counting coffee flowers, hand pollinating the coffee plants, and catching bees. Interesting fact, native Costa Rican bees do not sting. It was so amazing to be walking through the coffee plants. Definitely not your run of the mill tourist stop. I got a chance to eat a coffee cherry off of a plant. You can't eat the see yet, but the pulp is sweet tasting.
We then went to Earthwatch's office and prepared for a meeting with Coope Tarrazu's CFO. During our meeting we learned about the cooperative and the challenges they are facing. A coffee farmer also explained how the cooperative works and gave us a tour of the cooperative's wet and dry mills. I now know the entire process it takes to get make a cup of coffee from plant, to coffee cherry, to coffee bean. Buy me a cup of coffee sometime and I will explain it to you. Just make sure the coffee is Costa Rican coffee.
It has been really interesting to see how the Ernst & Young team works together so well even though we are from different countries, offices, and practices. I am fortunate to be able to spend a week with these amazing people.
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Hi David - Have you been having so much fun that you don't have time to write...or are you working so hard that you don't have time to write?
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