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We are sponsoring the third event of  the Colombia OpenInfra User Group:

We are thrilled to announce our sponsorship of the third event hosted by the Colombia OpenInfra User Group! Mark your calendars for March 19th, 2024, as it promises to be an exciting day filled with expert insights, engaging discussions, and plenty of opportunities for social interaction.

As part of our sponsorship, we're excited to share the specialty coffee that we proudly use in our company with all attendees. It's just one of the many ways we're looking forward to contributing to this fantastic event. See you there!

Now, we are part of Bazzarbog:

Since, February 2024, we are part of Bazzarbog. We are happy to enjoy this commercial innitiative and we will participate.

Sensory intermediate SCA certification:

Recently, we received the SCA Sensory Intermediate certification. Now, our objective is to go further, practice, and participate in board sensory events.

Coffee Plantation Route:

The global spread of coffee was a meticulously orchestrated process by colonizers, empires, and kingdoms who recognized its potential for both stimulating needs and generating revenue from the rich lands of Africa, the East Indies (Asia), and the West Indies (Latin America). Despite legends surrounding its discovery, coffee's journey began as a medicinal drink for the elite, evolving into social spaces where people of all social strata gathered. The coffee's impact, both positive and negative, unfolded in environmental and social dimensions, from exploitation and brutality to significant biodiversity loss and deforestation.

Historically, the expansion of coffee plantations and consumption is marked by various events. Rhazes, a Persian physician, mentioned coffee in 865-925 in Ethiopia, and an Arab physician in 1000 described a coffee-like beverage. Coffee spread through Ethiopia in the 14th and 15th centuries. The second coffee location was Yemen, with legends attributing its introduction to Prophet Mohammed. Arab monks found the beverage intriguing, and coffee reached the Islamic world, Persia, Egypt, Turkey, and North Africa. By the 16th century, coffee gained popularity, evolving into an intellectual, entertainment, and business beverage.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire occupied Yemen in 1536, making coffee an export commodity from the port of Mocha. Coffee, reaching Europe through Venice and Alexandria, became a lucrative trade. In the 17th century, coffee entered Austria, Germany, and Scandinavia, influencing cultural and social dynamics. England adopted coffee culture in the mid-17th century, with coffeehouses becoming hubs for intellectual discourse. North American colonies followed suit, establishing the first coffeehouse in Boston in 1689.

In the late 17th century, coffee arrived in Latin America, thanks to a healthy plant gifted by the Dutch to the French. Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu later transported coffee to Martinique, and from there, it spread to Brazil and beyond. The introduction of coffee in Latin colonies involved the displacement of indigenous populations, leading to exploitation, violence, and environmental degradation.

Brazil became a dominant force in the coffee market, contributing to the delay in abolishing slavery and creating economic disparities. In the late 19th century, European immigrants played a role in coffee cultivation in Brazil, contributing to the industry's growth. Costa Rica, in contrast, experienced democratic and egalitarian coffee growth, with small farms and slow but steady development.

The impact of coffee cultivation in Guatemala mirrored the exploitative patterns seen in other Latin American countries, involving forced labor, land expropriation, and violence against indigenous populations. Similar issues occurred in Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and other regions, perpetuating inequality and violence.

The spread of coffee to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia followed a similar exploitative pattern under Dutch control. In India, the British and Germans dominated coffee trade, maintaining low wages and perpetuating poverty. The monoculture of coffee led to the vulnerability of crops to diseases like Hemileia vastatrix (coffee rust), prompting the search for resistant coffee varieties like robusta.

The introduction of coffee to Colombia is shrouded in legends, with stories attributing its arrival to a Dutch Jesuit in Antioquia in 1732 or a traveler from Guyana entering through Norte de Santander. A priest named Francisco Romero is said to have imposed coffee cultivation as penance in Salazar de Las Palmas, Norte de Santander, initiating coffee production's spread to other regions by 1850.

In summary, coffee's global journey is marked by a complex interplay of exploitation, social dynamics, and environmental consequences, shaping the economies and cultures of diverse regions.

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