Blog posts from: August 2009

What Does The Guy Who Grew My Coffee Listen To?

By Joel Shuler | Published: August 13, 2009

For the sake of a blog title, I force the stereotype that all producers like country music (or at least all those from whom we bought coffee). Probably not true; however, probably not far from it either.  The point of this entry is to give you a  better sense of the culture of the [...]

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Brief Etymology and Geography of the Mogiana Coffee Region

By Joel Shuler | Published: August 10, 2009

Etymology
The Mogiana coffee region, which runs along the São Paulo side of a stretch of the São Paulo/Minas border, is named after the Companhia Mogiana Estrada de Ferro train line that ran through this area.
Geography
As you can see by the map below, what distinguishes Mogiana from Sul de Minas is mainly the political border dividing [...]

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She Car Tires Ad Campaign Contest1

By Joel Shuler | Published: August 3, 2009

Since we have revamped the blog, we will bring back some of the fun blogs and contests from blogs past.  Here is one of them – the She Car Tires Ad Campaign Contest.  There is a tire shop in Varginha , Brazil called She Car Tires.  We will send a free can of coffee to [...]

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