Daniel's World of Coffee

Clean Shaven

The best thing about coming back home after a trip is returning to my number one shaving kit. I'm an ace at leaving stuff behind me in hotel rooms, so I don't dare take my nicest shaving items on the road. Lo and behold, on this trip, I managed to leave my number two badger-hair brush on the bathroom counter of my hotel room in Guatemala city. So when I get back home, it's nice to see my top gear sitting there, and even nicer to take thirty minutes and a kingly amount of hot water to shave in the morning with a little Couperin on the stereo.

While I was away I received a polite note from an artist whose graphics I had used without permission in this post back in May of 2008. The artist, Scott Mellis, goes by the name of mikoto. You can find all his work here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/mikoto

Anyway, I hadn't looked at that picture for a while, and when I did I decided I still like it, so here it is again. Considering I just came back from a farm newly planted with thousands of gorgeous young geisha coffee trees, I thought it was appropriate. Turns out mikoto has a good graphic for "thousands of gorgeous young geisha" too.

And if you are looking for something cute to get that coffee-lover in your life, there's a t-shirt with this charming design.

Again, all mikoto's work available here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/mikoto

I got some really nice video from my time in western Panama (with all those baby geisha trees). Now that I'm done luxuriating in my shave, I'm going to edit that together and post here soon.

Update

I've been taking a nice summer hiatus, working on a few projects here and there, not all of them coffee-related.

This week I will be in Guatemala presenting a seminar on coffee roasting at the annual National Coffee Congress of Guatemala, put on by Anacafé.

After Guatemala, I am traveling to Panama to visit the farms on some friends in the Boquete/Volcán region, in the western mountain highlands of Panama. I'll be there for several days, then it's back to the United States.

I'm taking my camera of course, and when I return, I will have some pictures and video to share, plus hopefully a little insight into the coffee scene in those two famous coffee countries. You can expect fresh material by the end of the month.

I hope everyone's having a lovely summer in North America, or wherever you are.