As I was in the coffee region of Colombia, I made a visit to a nearby plantation to see how the coffee there was grown. It was a completely organic farm run by a nice old man who showed us around and told us about all the steps of making coffee.
Here's Don Elias himself picking a few coffee seeds off the plants.
The seeds can be green or red, apparently they both taste the same. They were just growing all over the place.
What the actual coffee beans look like when they come out of the seed.
He had all kinds of other stuff growing on the farm, too. Here is an AMAZING orange that we got to taste...
...bananas freshly cut off the tree.
This room he used to dry out the seeds.
Roasting the beans.
Now we have some normal looking coffee!
Grinding the beans.
Ta da! Freshly made coffee for us to drink.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
9 Course Breakfast
I was recommended a hostel by a friend in Salento called Republika de Artistas. It was run by an eccentric man from Barcelona who claimed not to be a chef but cooked a nine course breakfast every morning. As I'm writing this I'm realizing that I must have forgotten a picture of the eggs, so it was actually 10 courses!! Definitely the biggest breakfast I have ever had, and it took over 2 hours for it all to be served. This was all included in the $11 room rate!!
Hot cereal
Yogurt
Cinnamon and rosemary flavored fruit salad
Trout sashimi
Mango sashimi
Salad
Trout entree
Soup
Bread and apple desert
Hot cereal
Yogurt
Cinnamon and rosemary flavored fruit salad
Trout sashimi
Mango sashimi
Salad
Trout entree
Soup
Bread and apple desert
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Music Festival
A big group from my hostel went out to a small town outside of Cali, Ginebra, for a big music festival. It was a lot of good music, food, markets, and fun!
One of the local Colombian beers is called "Poker" and it must have been sponsoring this festival because it was EVERYWHERE. I liked it because they were serving cheap Texas sized draft beers! I even got a hat. I found it really amusing that their slogan was "the beer of truth," as I translated it, but later found out that it really translates to "the real beer." How disappointing.
Street food!
One of the local Colombian beers is called "Poker" and it must have been sponsoring this festival because it was EVERYWHERE. I liked it because they were serving cheap Texas sized draft beers! I even got a hat. I found it really amusing that their slogan was "the beer of truth," as I translated it, but later found out that it really translates to "the real beer." How disappointing.
Street food!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Sanctuario de Las Lajas
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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