Well I have been two weeks here in Chiapas purchasing coffee directly from the growers and getting it ready to send to San Antonio, let me tell you it has not been an easy task. The way the price of coffee is fluctuating in the market and the huge confusion that is causing all the growers is not easy to deal with. The coyotes who are also some of the growers are going wild securing contracts for future harvest before the market goes even higher.
Promising the moon and the stars to growers who agree to not sell to any one but them.
While doing all of this I have been traveling with my team through out all of Chiapas talking and teaching how to grade their coffee and cup their coffee there are some growers who have never tasted their coffee believe it or not, they choose to sell every bit of it and for their consumption they prepare something call corn coffee, it is burned corn ground and prepared like coffee.
You should see their faces and their eyes come alive when we come in and talk to them, teach them and explain to them way is important not to sell to the Coyote.
This is a very controversial point the reality is that in this market the Coyote has been allowed to have such power and vital role in the international purchasing of coffee that with out them there would be a great crisis in the purchase of this commodity if they would sees to exist abruptly.
So how can we preach the importance of not selling to the Coyote when we know how vital they are? Well the grower has been giving a certain and control amount of information, jest inof to get bay and not inof to know to much to give them independence and control of their own product. Quest Coffee Koben Yah International which is us has been created to be an avenue of open information for any grower who wishes to learn every thing they need to learn to become independent and to deal directly with clients. Emma, Betty and I have put over $10,000 of our own moneys and our own time for more then a year to take this information to the growers.
We are seeing some of the little bits of fruit of our labor this last days going to some of the communities and sharing information that they request. We are starting to see some growers who are so pumped and excited to finally have some understanding. They are getting hungrier and hungrier for more to learn and to know.
The Bible in Matthew tells us the following:
This is such a powerful verse, it not only speaks of the value of each and every one of us to each other and to God, but how important it is not to keep what you know and can change some ones life. It's powerful and truthful evidence is not only represented in how they are changing me in gaining understanding of their lives and families, their work and hopes and dreams. At the end of the day we all want to be good for each other and to each other, we want to believe that we can trust in each other and that we rejoice in seeing each other prosper and live well to see our children have a future with food on the table and clothes to ware to be able to offer them the best that we can give them.
We will not stop our work I am so great full that God has given me such great clients who have decide it to make me their roaster so that I can invest a bit at a time in the lives of this growers I am internally great full for your trust. I am so grateful to my daughter who goes to great sacrifices two work not only her job but also roast for my clients while I am here in Chiapas. To my mom and dad who always believe in me and pray for me and my teams safety. And I am beyond grateful to all the communities of growers who welcome us and travel far from their community's to come and learn and ask and grow.
Emma, Sylvia, Betty and I are happy being the salt on this earth.
Promising the moon and the stars to growers who agree to not sell to any one but them.
While doing all of this I have been traveling with my team through out all of Chiapas talking and teaching how to grade their coffee and cup their coffee there are some growers who have never tasted their coffee believe it or not, they choose to sell every bit of it and for their consumption they prepare something call corn coffee, it is burned corn ground and prepared like coffee.
You should see their faces and their eyes come alive when we come in and talk to them, teach them and explain to them way is important not to sell to the Coyote.
This is a very controversial point the reality is that in this market the Coyote has been allowed to have such power and vital role in the international purchasing of coffee that with out them there would be a great crisis in the purchase of this commodity if they would sees to exist abruptly.
So how can we preach the importance of not selling to the Coyote when we know how vital they are? Well the grower has been giving a certain and control amount of information, jest inof to get bay and not inof to know to much to give them independence and control of their own product. Quest Coffee Koben Yah International which is us has been created to be an avenue of open information for any grower who wishes to learn every thing they need to learn to become independent and to deal directly with clients. Emma, Betty and I have put over $10,000 of our own moneys and our own time for more then a year to take this information to the growers.
We are seeing some of the little bits of fruit of our labor this last days going to some of the communities and sharing information that they request. We are starting to see some growers who are so pumped and excited to finally have some understanding. They are getting hungrier and hungrier for more to learn and to know.
The Bible in Matthew tells us the following:
Matthew 5:13-16 ESV /
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven
This is such a powerful verse, it not only speaks of the value of each and every one of us to each other and to God, but how important it is not to keep what you know and can change some ones life. It's powerful and truthful evidence is not only represented in how they are changing me in gaining understanding of their lives and families, their work and hopes and dreams. At the end of the day we all want to be good for each other and to each other, we want to believe that we can trust in each other and that we rejoice in seeing each other prosper and live well to see our children have a future with food on the table and clothes to ware to be able to offer them the best that we can give them.
We will not stop our work I am so great full that God has given me such great clients who have decide it to make me their roaster so that I can invest a bit at a time in the lives of this growers I am internally great full for your trust. I am so grateful to my daughter who goes to great sacrifices two work not only her job but also roast for my clients while I am here in Chiapas. To my mom and dad who always believe in me and pray for me and my teams safety. And I am beyond grateful to all the communities of growers who welcome us and travel far from their community's to come and learn and ask and grow.
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