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| De la Gente is a cooperative that helps coffee growers expand their operations by providing micro-financing and other help. You can buy their coffee in the US - check out the website. www.dlgcoffee.org |
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| We visited Fredy's farm and also had an interpreter. |
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| Coffee beans are red - who knew? |
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| Sugar cane |
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| Fredy is pointing out Antigua in the distance - we are on Agua - which is one of the volcanoes around Antigua. |
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| Fredy explaining the growing and picking process. |
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| I told Scott he could do the work since I don't even like coffee... ;-) |
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| Jesse! He was heading to Columbia to work on a coffee farm as his next adventure... |
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| Didn't notice until later I had something on my lens... |
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| These are some hard working horses... |
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| Weighing what they picked |
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| Coffee waiting to be sent to market |
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| These are coffee beans drying - each section is a from a different days harvest. |
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| Taking the shells off - without power... |
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| Coffee beans at different stages in the drying process |
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| Roasting the beans |
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| Grinding out the beans - they put them directly in a pot of boiling water to cook. |
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| I tried - still don't like coffee... |
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| Scott bought some coffee... |
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| I was having fun playing with these cuties while the coffee was roasting... |
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| Notice where the little girls had put this sweetie in the previous picture? Sisters are the same everywhere! :) He is 9 months old and they expect to start giving him coffee in the next month or so... |
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