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Marissa
Oct 6, 20183 min read
Roasting coffee off the beaten path
I was recently lucky enough to spend a week at El Robledal, my uncle's organic coffee farm in the mountains above Popayan, Colombia....
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Gloria and Mark
May 1, 20172 min read
Waking up to a perfect cup of coffee
This was our view every morning waking up at my brother Bill's 50-acre coffee farm in the outskirts of Popayan, Colombia. The farm, El...
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Gloria and Mark
Apr 24, 20172 min read
Medieval pageantry in Colombia - part two off the beaten path
The Holy Week processions in Popayan are certainly unique enough to merit another mention. They are, in fact, on the Unesco list of...
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Gloria and Mark
Apr 17, 20172 min read
Holy Week - flashback to the 1500s
The Holy Week processions in Popayan, Colombia are steeped in mysticism, history and deep religious devotion. We wanted to experience the...
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Gloria and Mark
Apr 8, 20172 min read
Colombia - romancing the coffee
The name Colombia usually evokes images of the spectacular Andes mountains, the Caribbean beaches of Cartagena and endless coffee...
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