The Danwei's coffee plantation. During the picking season in the the late fall the local workers put in twelve hour days picking coffee. If they meet their quota of they are paid 30rmb per day and work seven days of weak in peak season. Lujiang Ba, Yunnan.
The Danwei's coffee plantation. During the picking season in the the late fall the local workers put in twelve hour days picking coffee. If they meet their quota of they are paid 30rmb per day and work seven days of weak in peak season. Lujiang Ba, Yunnan.
Pickers at Q's Coffee plantation. Some of the trees are decades old and have become higher than the pickers themselves. On one day when I was searching for pickers to photograph and not finding them one man on the road said " the people are small, the coffee is tall".
Pickers at Q's Coffee plantation. Some of the trees are decades old and have become higher than the pickers themselves. On one day when I was searching for pickers to photograph and not finding them one man on the road said " the people are small, the coffee is tall".
Pickers at Q's Coffee plantation. Some of the trees are decades old and have become higher than the pickers themselves. On one day when I was searching for pickers to photograph and not finding them one man on the road said " the people are small, the coffee is tall".
The Danwei's coffee plantation. During the picking season in the the late fall the local workers put in twelve hour days picking coffee. If they meet their quota of they are paid 30rmb per day and work seven days of weak in peak season. Lujiang Ba, Yunnan.
Children of workers walk home through the plantation.
The Danwei's coffee plantation. During the picking season in the the late fall the local workers put in twelve hour days picking coffee. If they meet their quota of they are paid 30rmb per day and work seven days of weak in peak season. Lujiang Ba, Yunnan.
At Q's Coffee plantation. This area of Yunnan is home to many minority groups including Miao. Here a miao woman who works at the plantation is wearing traditional dress.
Farmers hauling freshly picked coffee cherries to the processing facility at Q's coffee Plantation.
At the end of the day workers from the Danwei collect and weigh their beans.
At the end of the day workers from the Danwei collect and weigh their beans.
At the end of the day workers from the Danwei collect and weigh their beans.
Walking home to their villages around the plantation. The workers work until night fall.
At the Danwei's coffee plantation factory. The beans are soaked , hulled and washed. Lu Jiang Ba, Yunnan.
At the Danwei's coffee plantation factory. The beans are soaked , hulled and washed. Lu Jiang Ba, Yunnan.
At Q's Coffee plantation, washed green beans are sorted for ripeness and quality. Lujiang Ba, Yunnan
The Danwei's coffee drying area. The coffee must be almost completely dried before the next step of the processing can proceed. The coffee is dried in the sun for and raked occasionally to help the drying process
The Danwei's coffee drying area. The coffee must be almost completely dried before the next step of the processing can proceed. The coffee is dried in the sun for and raked occassionally to help the drying process
At Q's Coffee plantation, coffee drying in the afternoon sun. Lujiang Ba, Yunnan
A coffee grower that works with Q's Coffee plantation samples the coffee.
Q's Coffee, controls the entire process from growing the coffee to roasting it. In order to achieve the highest standard and consistency the the roaster compares the cooking beans to a control batch.
Left: Exterior of Vintage Cafe. Kunming, Yunnan Province. Right: Josh Pollack and his wife Naoko Okano who are two of the four owners of Salvador's. Sitting in front of the cafe's namesake.
An affogatto is a delicious combination of ice cream and espresso. Right: Q's Coffee's cappuccino.
An American student doing her homework and sipping a cappaccino. Salvador's Coffee House, Kunming
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