{"id":556,"date":"2007-03-27T14:02:42","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-29T20:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T01:33:28","slug":"fair-trade-coffee-cupping-from-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2007\/03\/27\/fair-trade-coffee-cupping-from-bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Trade Coffee Cupping from Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Slurping a Cup of Fair Trade<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never witnessed &#8220;coffee cupping,&#8221; this is a great introduction. This process is the reason why some coffee can taste <strong>so<\/strong> fabulous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glhowe.com\/cupfairtrade\/index2.html\"><strong>View the 6-minute audio\/ visual slideshow<\/strong><\/a><strong> for a fascinating look at\u00a0 &#8220;coffee cupping&#8221; in Bolivia<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Gary L Howe<\/p>\n<p>From Bolivia&#8217;s high altitude capital of La Paz to its coffee growing mecca, a small town called Caranavi in the Yungas valley, you descend 11,000 feet along what has been named the world&#8217;s most dangerous road by the Inter American Development Bank. Hundreds of people a year plunge to their deaths down cliffs that border the single lane highway. I took this journey to witness the &#8220;Cup of Fair Trade Coffee,&#8221; which is a coffee cupping competition that was held this past September 2006. The aptly named &#8220;Death Road&#8221; is just one of many hurdles the Bolivian coffee growers must overcome in order to reach consumer markets in North American and Europe. <strong>[Read the rest of his essay <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/coopcoffees.com\/all_news\/articles\/slurping\/?searchterm=howe\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slurping a Cup of Fair Trade If you&#8217;ve never witnessed &#8220;coffee cupping,&#8221; this is a great introduction. This process is the reason why some coffee can taste so fabulous. 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