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Links: 2/19/2017

It’s been a rainy and windy weekend, but it portends gorgeous wildflowers in the Spring. The wildflowers of the desert Southwest are particularly beautiful in good year, and this last rain should do it. Meanwhile, it’s cool here (low 50s) while it was upper 60s in Ohio yesterday…

Links:

Coffee tax, Oh no!

A Specialty Coffee Tour of Cartagena, Columbia

New Flour from Coffee Cherries is used for making Tea

 The 5th edition of Chocoa will take place from February 22nd until 26th 2017 in Amsterdam

Strange drones creeping out homeowners…

Coffee Blossom Honey, from Coffee farmer to your table

Is adding sugar to coffee really that bad? (To each his own, I figure)

Hawaii for the coffee connoisseur

 Enjoy!

 

Real People, Really Good Coffee February 2017

You might think that all we think about is coffee, and although it consumes the majority of our time, we do also have other interests. One of those interests is the community of Yucca, Arizona where we live. Yucca is a small town, but has a rich history and in the last few years many people have moved here, as the 150,000 acre Santa Fe Ranch was developed into 40 acre parcels beginning in the late 1990’s.

Many folks have moved to this paradise where Mohave desert meets Sonoran blue skies in order to escape the craziness and noise of the cities. The quiet of the desert coupled with the natural beauty here is an inspiration to artists as well as anyone who is creative.

One of those artists is Jim Federico who moved to this area from California. Jim had a vision of a mural for the town, and impromptu meetings led to the formation of the Yucca Area Arts Council (YAAC.) It took over a year of discussions, sketches, and planning, but we are now beginning the long awaited mural. Many thanks to all who have labored to make the mural a reality.

Work started Tuesday February 7th, and we continued on the 10th. Next week, more!

Here’s a look of where we are as of today:

 

Yucca Mural 2017

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Links 2/3/2017

Hope everyone has had a good week. It was busy, but otherwise uneventful here in the desert of Northwest Arizona. Finally, the cold spell has broken and our daytime temperatures are in the upper 60s to low 70s again. Not a sign of rain in the forecast here, so our hopes of a special Spring wildflower season are diminishing. More rain, please!

Here are some links for your weekend reading pleasure. Enjoy.

Robot cafe serves coffee in San Francisco

African Fine Coffees Association February 15-17th, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

CoffeeCon Los Angeles February 25-26

World of Coffee Budapest – 13-15 June 2017

Specialty Coffee Global Expo – Seattle April 20-23

Technology making Coffee more appealing to youth

Scientists have sequenced the genome for Arabica coffee

Teach your friends the joy of great coffee – 5 steps

Now it’s getting serious – Bacon Shortage 2017

Bonus Photo:

Along Planet Ranch Road, NW Arizona