The world is your coffee pot

While at work the other day I had a conversation that went somewhat like this:

Me: "I wish I were anywhere but here."
Coworker: "So do I."
Me: "Where would you want to be?"
Coworker: "No, I meant I also wish you were anywhere but here."
Me: "I would be happy anywhere with coffee where I could relax."


Coffee grows best in the temperate belt around the Equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Conveniently, these also happen to be some of the nicest places to visit. Here is my list of places to travel that produce the best coffee:

1. Ethiopia - birthplace of coffee, where there are many ceremonial preparations of the brew.
2. Cuba - world's first coffee plantation.
3. Java, Indonesia - where you can get kopi luak (see previous post!)
4. Blue Mountains, Jamaica - one of the most expensive and sought-after coffees in the world.
5. San Juan, Honduras - coffee roasting demonstrations, sugar cane production and other demonstrations.
6. Vientiane, Laos - served with condensed milk.
7. Kona, Hawaii - Kona Joe Farm - where you can watch the entire roasting process from tree to cup.
8. Columbia - world's 3rd largest producer of coffee beans.
9. Boquette, Panama - most breathtaking view of a coffee plantation.
10. Coban, Guatemala - tour Finca Santa Margartia plantation and take a tour of he coffee making process.
11. Costa Rica - La Finca Escondida is reputed to have all-organic-goodness-caffiene-high.
12. Kenya - best high mountain coffees on earth.
13. Rwanda - maraba coffee.
14. Sumatra - Indonesia's top grower of arabica beans.

For a few other fascinating places to visit follow this link: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/coffee.html.

Happy Traveling!

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