Spotted on the Stumptown Facebook feed, this beautiful photograph (large version here) of the drying beds at Suke Quto, taken from the fermentation tanks, looking out onto the Shakisso Valley. Harvest is just about to begin in Ethiopia, and this photo – its tranquility soon to be interrupted by a flood of tiny drying seeds – captures that “before” moment beautifully.

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A Yokel With A Vision

From Kona to Kitsap County, from El Salvador to Silverdale. God only knows what this guy needs a 10,000 square-foot greenhouse for…

You can purchase these Kitsap coffee plants at 3leafcoffee.com.

“Nobody grows coffee beans in Kitsap, so I get the privilege of naming a new coffee bean,” he said.

Noster has already sold and given away many of the plants, but he plans to get rid of more to make room for his latest project — a 10,000-square-foot greenhouse he’d like to build.

Noster said the plants are great for the home or office because they’re relatively easy to maintain. The coffee plants need to be kept moist and in a warm area, with temperatures above 65 degrees.

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“This is very high quality and it’s organic. But … the roasters don’t want to pay extra these days,” says the manager of FEDECOCAGUA, Guatemala’s largest growers’ cooperative, which represents 20,000 farmers.

CSM – Organic coffee: Why Latin America’s farmers are abandoning it

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