Thursday, January 14, 2010

In Nicaragua, coffee is a leading export item. There are several coffee farms in the northern mountainous region of the country. The process for growing and preparing the coffee for export takes several months of the year, and there is only one harvest per year. Most of the processing locations only keep about 1-5% of the export-quality coffee in the country, the rest is sent to The United States, Canada, or Europe. Also, many processing locations are organic and you can find Nicaraguan grown coffee in Whole Foods Stores as well as online at www.betterbean.net or in Mauldin, SC at Downtown Coffee House and Creamery. When you purchase Nicaraguan coffee from abetterbean.net or the Coffee House, a portion of the proceeds are donated to One by One.