On Thursday we began our journey to Monserrate. We took an early flight from Bogota southwest to the city of Neiva, and then drove further southwest to the small city of La Plata (our base from which we traveled to/from Monserrate each day). After checking in we gathered at the...
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Montar a caballo
[caption id="attachment_613" align="aligncenter" width="444" caption="Photo courtesy of Chris Davidson"][/caption] I couldn't help include this gratuitous photo of Perry riding a horse in Colombia. Yah!
Perry's trip to Colombia: Monserrate Part 1
Hello there! This is my first blog post for Victrola and certainly not my last. Let’s get introductions out of the way…My name is Perry Hook and I’m the head roaster and green coffee buyer for Victrola. I just got back from Colombia Monday night after spending a week at...
Victrola on 15th (and Cai) are on local TV!
In a story focused on the closing of 19 Starbucks stores in WA, Fox 13 news also included comments from staff and customers at Victrola. Go Cai! Watch it!
Perry reports from Colombia...
We got this email from Perry today with the following contents: [caption id="attachment_597" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Cupping at R.A. Cafe"][/caption] "I made it safely to Bogota with no problems... We started with breakfast at the Embassy Suites (pretty swanky) and headed to R.A. Cafe, exporters (and more, I believe) of coffee,...