Ecuador – Day 3 Ecuador – Day 3 Well, I woke up at Sachatamia to the sun shining down in my room. Man, I wish I could’ve stayed here for a couple days! This place was beautiful! After a cold shower (you owe...

Ecuador Day 2: Farms in the Clouds Well, we started out the day with another breakfast on the Hotel Quito, bacon, sausage, and strawberries, along with a healthy dose of coffee! I spent most of the breakfast finishing up the blog post from day 1, then...

Ecuador Day 1 in the Books! Well, some of you may not have heard, but I ended up on a little last-minute jaunt to Ecuador this week! Thanks to USAID and Cafe Imports, we’re down here to establish some relationships with farmers, look for coffees,...

Costa Rica: Day 3 Man oh man. After 2 long days, we ended up with another! It’s funny, though, you just can’t rush through these mill and farm visits. You may plan on spending just an hour at a mill or farm, but...

Costa Rica: Day 2 So after a long day 1, we were hoping to have a bit of a shorter day today. Apparently, not in the cards… Oh, well. The day was still pretty awesome! Today we were spending time in the West...

Costa Rica: Day 1 Hey guys! Want to keep you all up-to-date with goings-on in Costa Rica! Today was our first official day down here. After a rather surreal breakfast at a Denny’s (I seriously could have been anywhere in the Midwest… except...

El Salvador Trip Part 2 Hey guys! Sorry for the delay in getting Part 2 of our trip posted. It seems that when you’re trying to open a new store, things get busy! Anyway… here we go! Wednesday: We departed the hotel after a...

Short North Store is a Go! So, we signed on the dotted line… As many of you heard during our adventures at the 1st annual North Market Coffee Roast this past weekend, One Line Coffee will be opening up its first retail store this summer...