March | 2016 | rfljenksy – Practicing Simplicity

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. T. S. Eliot

Coffee does indeed seem to be an obsession of mine. Past coffee posts for which I sipped coffee while writing:

A Simple Cup o’ Joe – Venezuela; I have a confession to make – Venezuela; Morning Reflections – Everywhere ; Definitely a first world problem – Costa Rica; Costa Rica – Land of... – Costa Rica; Fantastic Kids – Nepal: Coffee Break – Turkey

I even have a favorite coffee compilation: 40Songswithcoffee

So here I go again down that road…

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So a coffee tour in Nigeria. It was pouring down rain right before we left so I dressed accordingly. I assumed it would be like my past coffee tours and I would be stomping through a coffee farm in the pouring rain. I was rather looking forward to it. Well, not so much. It was a very civilized tour of a roasting facility. We were able to look at some great photos, machines, hear about the history of how coffee was discovered, how it arrived in Nigeria and how it arrives today.

We were also shown how to grind, roast, taste and rate a variety of coffee bean varieties. We sampled coffee from Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and a couple of other African countries. It was delicious and informative. I was very impressed with the baristas‘ knowledge about all aspects of coffee. It was also super impressive to see the many different ways you can roast and prepare coffee. There were even folks who didn’t drink coffee on the tour.