Steven Soderbergh releases Bolivian spirit in UK
Sorrel (The Drinks Business) Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has launched his Singani 63 brand – a Muscat of Alexandria-based spirit made in Bolivia – in the UK. The film director turned…
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Former Farc child soldiers benefiting from Illy investment in Colombia
“The stories behind the beans are only just emerging: landmine victims, women and former Farc guerrillas have set up co-operatives, teaming up for their bite of the cherry.” Check out…
Colombia’s ex-Farc guerrillas are training as coffee growers in Cauca
(The Independent) “I want Colombia to be different,” says Jhon Benavides, an aspiring barista and, from the age of 14 until last year, a guerrilla in the Revolutionary Armed Forces…
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CAUCA, Colombia — Plenty of positive coffee-related stories are coming out of Colombia; this one, however, pre-dates the start of November 2016’s peace process. The meeting-place has been set but…
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CAUCA, Colombia — The landscape that makes up Colombia’s fourth-largest coffee-producing department wildly varies from that of Paraná and São Paulo states in south-west Brazil (Buenos Aires Herald, July 7…
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JACAREZINHO and SÃO PAULO — Did you accept my suggestion and try your daily caffeine injection naked: no milk, no cream, no sugar or sweetener? Any surprises beyond the aromas…
Wake up and smell the coffee
PARANÁ, Brazil — “When people think of Brazilian coffee, they think of a dark-roasted drink but the truth is, that heavy roasting covers up a lot of defects, starting with…
Cinematic spirit: Singani63’s new label design
(Wallpaper*) TARIJA, BOLIVIA – Film director Steven Soderbergh and Hollywood concept artist Joanna Bush have given Soderbergh’s Singani63 spirit brand a cinematic redesign. Singani is a little-known Bolivian spirit made…