I just spent an amazing few days with some of my wonderful Rancho Gordo customers from the US in Hidalgo. It was a pipe dream a few months ago but we pulled it off. We were hosted by my business partners from Xoxoc and psent most of the time in their ex-hacienda. The food and drink were incredible but the chance to meet some of our bean growers, their families and see how much they love what they do and their appreciation for our support was pretty moving.

I'm so tired I'm almost goofy but I'm filled with recent memories and a little overwhelmed. It was a weird, rare wonderful meeting and it seems everybody learned a little something from each other.