by Emily Bryant, FSA Representative Last month I was lucky enough spend a few days at La Minita, a coffee farm in Costa Rica. As part of our relationship with Food Services of America we take a few of their sales reps on a trip every year. Since I’m their main contact at Portland Roasting [...]
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Costa Rica, Part Two
Day two of my awesome origin trip in Costa Rica began with a visit to Coffee Source Inc. coffee exporters. Arnoldo Leiva, longtime friend of Portland Roasting Coffee, picked us up and brought us to his office. He is the General Manager at Coffee Source, owned by the Vargas family. The Vargas family also owns coffee [...]
Costa Rica Travelogue
I have been back from my amazing trip to Costa Rica for three weeks and I am overdue in sharing some of my experiences. After Mark, Chris and I landed and made it through immigration at the San Jose airport we met our driver, Favio, and headed straight up into the hills to tour La [...]
A Visit to La Hilda
Mark, Justin and Chris Carter, an FSA representative that won a Portland Roasting-sponsored trip for top salesman last year, are enjoying their tropical sojourn to our Farm Friendly Direct™ farm, La Hilda Estate in Costa Rica. Mark weighs in on the trip: I spent the day with Justin and Chris, who were enjoying their first [...]
