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LONG MILES COFFEE PODCAST: COLOMBIAN COFFEE WITH FELIPE SARDI

Image from Felipe Sardi. Cover art by Abby Fabre.

EPISODE FOUR

Felipe Sardi (La Palma y El Tucán) wasn’t always a coffee producer and exporter. We dig into the early years of failure preluding La Palma as it is today, and what the tipping point was for Felipe and Elisa (co-founder of La Palma). Felipe talks to us about how organic farming practices haven’t paid off for Colombian coffee farmers, and why the specialty coffee industry should be pushing the limits to become more sustainable. 

SHOW NOTES

Felipe mentions Elisa Madriñan, the co-founder of La Palma y El Tucán.

Ben makes mention of Kristy Carlson, the co-founder and Chief Storyteller of Long Miles Coffee.

Ben talks about the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and the SCA Expo.

Learn more about La Palma’s Neighbors & Crops program here.

Felipe speaks about Delagua Coffee Project in Northern Colombia, Creativa Coffee District in Panama and Equation Coffee.

Check out the beautiful wooden cabins at La Palma’s Boutique Hotel here.

Read the letter that La Palma wrote about COVID-19 and its effect on Colombian coffee production here.

Learn more about the project Biodiversal.

Abby talks about terroir. Here’s a helpful resource to help unpack this term.

Want to find a bag of La Palma y El Tucán coffee? Check out this link here.

Want to get in touch with Felipe?

Visit La Palma y El Tucán’s website.

Email felipe@lapalmayeltucan.com or info@lapalmayeltucan.com

Follow @lapalmayeltucan on Instagram.

Follow @felipesardi_ari on Instagram.

SHOW CREDITS

Hosts: Ben Carlson and Abby Fabre

Producer: Tommy Fabre

Executive Producer: Robyn-Leigh van Laren

Cover art: Abby Fabre

Imagery: Felipe Sardi

August 4, 2020
Long Miles Coffee Podcast: Brazilian Coffee with Felipe Croce

Image from Felipe Croce. Covert art by Abby Fabre.

EPISODE THREE

Felipe Croce (Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza) grew up on his family’s coffee farm in Brazil. We talk to Felipe about the complexities of organic coffee farming, the misconceptions of Brazilian coffee, how shifting to organic practices hasn’t paid off for Brazilian coffee farmers yet, and what he’s doing to bring the farm to roasting partners in the face of the global pandemic.

SHOW NOTES

Ben makes mention of three specialty coffee roasters: Oddly Correct, Blue Bottle and Passenger Coffee.

Read more about the Croce family’s history with coffee and Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza here.

This is the reference Ben made about organic farms being “messy”.

Felipe makes mention of the late Erna Knutsen, coffee’s feminist pioneer. Read more about Erna here.

Felipe mentions three specialty coffee roasters: Stumptown, Intelligentsia and Counter Culture Coffee.

Visit VIF Wine bar in Seattle.

SCAE is the Specialty Coffee Association Expo.

Here’s a helpful resource on what terroir is and how it relates to your cup of coffee.

Here are a few places where you can find a bag of FAF Brazil coffees in North America:

Linea Caffe – West Coast

Blue Bottle – West Coast

1000 Faces Coffee – Southeast

City of Saints – East Coast

Want to get in contact with Felipe?

Visit FAF’s website

Follow @fafcoffees and @felipecroce on Instagram

Send an email to felipecroce@fafcoffees.com

SHOW CREDITS

Hosts: Ben Carlson and Abby Fabre

Producer: Tommy Fabre

Executive Producer: Robyn-Leigh van Laren

Cover art: Abby Fabre

Imagery: Felipe Croce

July 28, 2020
Long Miles Coffee Podcast: Colombian Coffee with Tyler Youngblood

Image from Tyler Youngblood. Cover art by Abby Fabre.

EPISODE TWO

Tyler Youngblood (Azahar Coffee Company) co-founded an export company and café while on a road trip with friends through South America in 2010. Ben and Abby talk to Tyler about his role in developing the Colombian specialty coffee sector, co-creating “A Sustainable Coffee Buyer’s Guide” and whether it’s affordable to pay a dynamic price for coffee.

SHOW NOTES

Sprudge is a coffee publication and global hub of coffee culture and original journalism.

Here are the New York Times, Washington Post and Bloomberg articles featuring Azahar coffee.

Ben, Abby and Tyler were drinking Madcap Coffee in this episode.

“A Sustainable Coffee Buyer’s Guide” is currently a pilot version and at the workshop stage. It’s not available for purchase (yet).

Watch a recording of Tyler’s presentation at SCA in Brooklyn (2018) here and here.

Find out more about the “Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide”, a project lead by Peter W. Roberts and Chad Trewick here.

Tyler makes mention of FOB Pricing and Farm Gate Pricing. Here’s a helpful resource that helps to unpack these terms.

If you’re in Colombia, you can pick up a bag of coffee from Azahar Café or one of their roasting partners. You can also shop on Azahar’s website.

Here are a few places where you can find a bag of Azahar coffee in North America:

Madcap – Midwest

Saint Frank – West Coast

Sightglass – West Coast

Stumptown – Northwest

Intelligentsia – Midwest

Metric – Midwest

Coffea Roasterie – Midwest

Heart – Northwest

Want to get in contact with Tyler?

Visit the Azahar website.

Reach out to @tyler_youngblood directly or @azaharcoffee on Instagram to talk to one of their relationship managers.

SHOW CREDITS

Hosts: Ben Carlson and Abby Fabre

Producer: Tommy Fabre

Executive Producer: Robyn-Leigh van Laren

Cover art: Abby Fabre

Imagery: Tyler Youngblood

July 21, 2020
Long Miles Coffee Podcast: Honduran Coffee with Benjamin Paz

Image taken by David Stallings. Cover art by Abby Fabre.

EPISODE ONE

Benjamin Paz (Beneficio San Vicente) is a coffee farmer, producer, roaster and exporter in Santa Barbara, Honduras. Benjamin talks to Ben and Abby about what producing coffee during a global pandemic looks like, the challenges facing Honduran coffee farmers and answers the question: is producing commercial coffee more sustainable than specialty coffee?

Show Notes

7 Corners Coffee: specialty coffee shop in the heart of Minneapolis.

USAID Reform of the Coffee Sector in Burundi

Saint Frank Coffee: specialty coffee shop in San Francisco, California. Saint Frank was founded by Kevin Bohlin (who is also mentioned in this episode).

A few places Benjamin mentioned where you find San Vicente coffee in North America:

Coava– North West

Bolt Coffee– East Coast

Verve– West Coast

Spyhouse Coffee Roasters– Midwest

Want to get in contact with Benjamin?

Reach out to @benjaminpaz directly on Instagram.

Show Credits

Hosts: Ben Carlson and Abby Fabre

Producer: Tommy Fabre

Executive Producer: Robyn-Leigh van Laren

Cover art: Abby Fabre

Imagery: David Stallings

July 14, 2020
Introducing: The Long Miles Coffee Podcast

In this inaugural four-part series, Ben Carlson (co-founder of Long Miles Coffee) and Abby Fabre (manager of 7 Corners Coffee) talk to coffee producers from Central and South America. We hear from them how the global pandemic is affecting coffee production, the complexities of shifting to organic farming practices and what the specialty coffee industry should be doing to be more sustainable.

“This is the hardest year to sell coffee. Everybody is struggling. The reason we started this podcast was to talk to friends in other parts of the world who are also coffee producers and highlight their voices.” – Ben Carlson, Long Miles Coffee

The first episode is already out! Listen to Ben and Abby talk about Honduran Coffee with Benjamin Paz (Beneficio San Vicente) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Anchor. Check out the list of other listening platforms on our Anchor page where you can search for and listen to Long Miles Coffee Podcast. Look out for our second episode on 21 July 2020.

You’ll also be able to find a listening link to the podcast together with the show notes from each episode on our blog.

Image taken by David Stallings

Tell us what you think

If you would like to listen to the Long Miles Coffee Podcast on a platform that is not currently listed, please let us know. You can contact Robyn-Leigh van Laren: robyn@longmilescoffee.com

Would you like to connect with Ben and Abby, or be featured on an upcoming episode? You can contact Ben Carlson: ben@longmilescoffee.com

July 14, 2020

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