November 6th, Day Four:
Our fourth day was pretty laid back and relaxed. MasterRoast organised a trip for us to visit Cofafelol, also a co-operative like Revolver, who we purchase our coffee from. We were shown around the facilities and then given the opportunity to plant a coffee plant. It was a wrap for the day, and I headed back to catch up on some sleep.
November 7th, Day Five:
We woke up bright and early on the fifth day. The plans were to visit the wet mill at Coffee Planet and then to a coffee refinery. When we arrived at the Wet mill, we were shown the process of how raw coffee beans are processed for de-fruiting. I saw the amount of coffee beans needed to produce a ten-kilogram bag of coffee and it really went to show how much care, effort and manpower it takes to bring that one cup of coffee to our tables.
Next on our agenda was a trip to a coffee refinery. My first impression was the sheer scale of the location and how much manpower was needed to run the facility. We observed how coffee is processed into beans, ready to be shipped off to be roasted.
Our first tourist excursion of the trip came about and we visited some Mayan ruins, an amazing experience. Our tour guide explained the rich, ancient history of the civilisation, how they were presumed to live and how there’s a mystery surrounding how the Mayan civilisation died out in the region