Costa Rica: Starbucks and Coffee

I wrapped up my time in Costa Rica by doing a story on Starbucks' influence on the country's coffee industry. Erika shot, while I did the reporting.

We got to see the coffee production process all the way from the fields to the tasting.

From getting lost in fog-shrouded mountains to climbing steep hills in the Terrazu valley to look where indigenous Panamanians work, it was an experience I won't soon forget.

Perhaps something that did not come across the article as clearly as I hoped is that the Seattle company's success is due, in large part, to Costa Rica's progressive labor policies.

Here's the article, though. The best part are the pictures.