When people suffer, we want to help. Even a small act makes a difference to a person in need. Maybe the only thing we can give is a hug, a few words of encouragement, or perhaps a smile. Those tiny acts can seem like very little, but they can change a lonely child’s world, comfort an elderly person, or convince a single mother that she can make it through another tough day.
Flavors of Bogota and the Colombian Chocolate Club teamed up for a podcast about chocolate and coffee in Colombia on the popular Colombia Calling radio show.
How far can one idea take you? A casual comment from a friend took me on a coffee journey that has ended - or perhaps just started - with a coffee book.
When I began writing travel articles for international publications, I always had to include coffee shops. However, it was after spending time with the enthusiastic coffee shop owners, talented and generous baristas, and many cups of coffee that I realized I’d found something extraordinary.
I grew up in a house with no coffee. There was no coffee pot on the stove, no coffee maker on the counter. There was no smell of coffee to wake us in the morning and no reason to sit around the kitchen table mid-afternoon. We ate our cookies with milk. And we considered ourselves normal. I want you to know that I did not feel deprived.