While Malawians don’t tend to drink coffee, they produce a fair amount of it. Some of this is from the north (Mzuzu Coffee), some for the south (Njuli). Having become a great lover of coffee myself, I have been fascinated to finally see where and how it comes from. To touch the plants, to talk with the farmers, to fix the machines and see the processing, to understand the export process and to see first hand some of the details of Fair Trade.
This is a story of coffee, from one coffee lover to another.
1. Newly planted field
2. Coffee beans
3. Grading and sorting the coffee
4. Building the settling tanks
5. Coffee beans in a settling tank
6. Sun drying
7. Exported and packaged for sale in a fancy coffee shop
8. Enjoying that delicious cup of coffee in the sun
And when things don’t go quite right, fixing that coffee processor that separates the bean from the cherry.
Awesome glimpse, thanks,
B
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