Mike's Bogota Blog

Coffee farmers in front of the Ministry of Agriculture today.  Today, hundreds of coffee farmers gathered in front of the Ministry o...

Production in peril. Coffee may be on the way out. Is this the beginning of the end of Colombian coffee? That's the suggestion o...

Who said that Starbucks would drive Juan Valdez out of business? Here in the Centro Internacional, the two cafés operate side-by-sid...

Who said that Starbucks would drive Juan Valdez out of town? Here in the Centro Nacional, the two café's operate side-by-side, an...

Coffee farmers offer a thumbs up. (Image: Colombian National Federation of Coffee Farmers ) While petroleum prices tumble, threaten...

A sack of Colombian arabica coffee. Why not robusta, as well? Colombia exports nearly all of the coffee it grows - and imports 80 to...

Coffee farmers march demanding more government aid. (Photo: El Tiempo ) Production is down and so are prices. Coffee farmers say it co...

Good Colombian arabica coffee beans, green on left and roasted on the right.  Colombia is no longer coffee country. Oh, sure, Colombi...

One of the region's first cemeteries open to people of all religions. "You just had to be dead to qualify." The cent...