October 20, 2013

We’re Going Around the World

by Dan Stone

N 38° 57' 12, W 77° 26' 53

Starting today, Spencer and I are shipping out. We have a few destinations in mind, but our style is to move with the wind. We’re planning to meet with some innovators, and we’ll hope to come across many more. As we’ve said before, if you have suggestions, leave them below.

Also, we’re having a Twitter chat in a few days. Along with our colleague Andrew Evans over at NG Traveler, we’ll be answering your questions from the road, about the road. Join us Thursday, October 24 at 5 p.m. EST (9 p.m. GMT). We’ll be at @danenroute, @spono, and @wheresandrew and will be using the hashtag #enroute. Start sending us your questions whenever they come to mind.

Now, for our first destination. Here’s a clue:

We’re heading out #onward real soon
To a place with great views of the moon
With colors and lights
And crazy cold ice
We’ll make time for its famous lagoon.

Guesses?

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Despite their names, coffee beans aren't actually beans. Coffee is a fruit that grows on trees. Click the right arrow for more photos.
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Each bag of coffee weighs nearly 140 pounds. Inside a processing plant, strong men move bags from one conveyor belt to another.
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Growing coffee is a science. Brewing the best cup of coffee at Sao Paulo's Coffee Lab is an art.
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In northern Sao Paulo state, rolling fields grow coffee as far as the eye can see. Most farms are operated by small scale farmers, each operating as five or ten acres.
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More than 50 million bags of coffee are produced in Brazil each year. Raw beans are generally shipped and roasted closer to the places where they'll be consumed.
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The Coffee Museum in the port city of Santos pays tribute to Brazil's role in the coffee trade. Until 1950, the museum's building was the site of Brazil's coffee exchange.