If you’ve been following City Boy’s videos or you’ve subscribed to Coffee World Tour for a while, you may know that while Ethiopia frequently lays claim to coffee, Uganda was also part of the area where coffee originated. Given that,…
Forty miles from Medelin, you’ll find the town of Urrao. It’s built in the Valle de Penderisco, an unusually flat valley that seems like it could have been drawn as a line in the sand, separating the mountains that surround…
If it wasn’t right next to Kenya, Tanzania might be recognized as one of the world’s powerhouse coffee origins. Their coffees are bright, intricate, and kissed by sweet and often fruity notes. That could be said for many Kenyan coffees…
In the 1970s a man named Daniel Ortega was instrumental in overthrowing the dictator Anastasio Somoza. He served as president through the 1980s, remaining in politics to eventually be elected president again in 2006. But the Daniel Ortega of 2006…
There’s not much wrong with Costa Rican coffee. The government has instituted policies to help the coffee sector since the nation was founded in 1821, the country prohibits farmers from growing cheap commodity varietals, and Costa Rica has a thriving…
This month, City Boy Coffee is releasing a phenomenal honey processed coffee from Thailand, a country that, despite it’s proximity to Vietnam, the world’s second largest coffee producer, did not see much coffee until the 1970s when the government introduced…
Peru is known for it’s many architectural treasures and the legendary Inca civilization. Manco Cápac, the founder of the Incas, was said to have received a golden staff from the sun god, Inti, which would sink into the earth in…
Two months ago, we introduced you to coffee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where money was being invested to help restore the nation’s coffee industry. The hope, as it is in many parts of the world, is that specialty…
As one of the oldest civilizations on the planet with roots back to the Eighth Century BCE, many of the pillars of modern society (math, science, philosophy, and commerce) have their roots in Yemen. In fact, you wouldn’t even be…
Honduras is the largest producer of coffee in Central America, yet you are much less likely to have heard of their coffees than their neighbors in Guatemala, El Savador, or even Nicaragua. While the rest of Central America was ramping…
