2005

2005

Volume 18: The year of the cocoa bean

by

Steve Aronson
published Dec 2005.

That’s right, cocoa. True, we’ve made a name for ourselves off the coffee bean. But you really love our chocolates, too. Read more...

Volume 17: Coffee and the Berlin Wall

by

Steve Aronson
published Oct 2005.

An unexpected effect of German reunification came to me last month, as I sipped a terrible cup of coffee in a Berlin pastry shop. The coffee had little aroma and less flavor, as it is just about everywhere you go in Berlin, outside of a few trendy coffee shops that sell many of the world’s fine coffees, including Café Britt. But it wasn’t always this way. Read more...

Volume 16: Different strokes

by

Steve Aronson
published Aug 2005.

People can all get along. It does happen. And, ironically, it’s happening in Jerusalem. Read more...

Volume 15: Good coffee, good health

by

Steve Aronson
published Jun 2005.

I spent a week in May at a yoga camp in Tolum, Mexico, south of Cancun. Amid a large group of others there for peace, nutritious meals and exercise, I came to realize how health-conscious many have become. And when it comes to the health effects of a certain favorite beverage, coffee, they’re concerned. Read more...

Volume 14: Green or red?

by

Steve Aronson
published Apr 2005.

“You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.” Henry Ford’s infamous quotation about his revolutionary but monotone Model T wasn’t too far off the mark at Café Britt about 10 years ago. A visit to our website or to one of the many Costa Rican supermarkets that sold our coffee back then would have revealed a plentiful supply of coffee to buy – as long as it was in a red or a green bag. Read more...

Volume 13: Welcome news for coffee producers

by

Steve Aronson
published Feb 2005.

Some welcome good news for Arabica producers. After five years of very tough times, the world’s producers of high-quality Arabica coffee are starting to make money again. We’re considerably smaller and leaner than we were five years ago, when a worldwide surplus of green coffee drove prices down. Read more...