Armenia, and Manizales, all named for the towns or cities through which they are marketed. Medellin, the most famous coffee of the three, is known for heavy body, rich flavor, and fine, balanced acidity; Manizales and Armenia are, in general, thinner in body and less acidy. For the purposes of large-scale marketing in the United States, these three coffees are often grouped together as MAM, an acronym for Medellin-Armenia-Manizales. If your coffee seller is not clear about the precise provenance of a Colombian coffee, it was probably sold as MAM, which means it could be any of the three. The two most famous coffees of the eastern cordillera are Bogota, from the region surrounding Colombia's capital city, and Bucaramanga, marketed through the town of the same name. Bogota, considered one of the finest coffees grown in Columbia, is less acidy than Medellin, but equally rich and flavorful. Bucaramanga is a soft-bean coffee, with some of the character of fine Sumatran coffees: heavy body, low acidity, and rich flavor tones.
Central Colombia is trisected from north to south by three cordilleras, or mountain ranges. The central and eastern cordilleras produce the best coffees. The principal coffees of the central cordillera are Medellin,

November 5, 2005
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I DECLARE THIS COFFEE DAY
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I would like to Blog about what I would consider some of the best coffee this side of CHINCHINA Colombia.
I do value my own opinion about coffee . I think of my self as a Gringo Juan Valdez...in 1994 I was called to travel and be apart of this soap opera about Colombia’s Café con Aroma de Mujer (“Coffee with the Scent of a Woman”) which tells a love story amid the ups and downs of big players in the coffee industry for a whole week!!!! To make a long story short i declined due to other plans...LQQking back i can kick my self for not jumping at the opportunity.
November 1, 2005
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by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference -
We all like to recieve letters, don't we??? Especially when it is in an envelope, is stamped and it is hand delivered. The letter you see in my blog is even hand written which makes it even more special!!! It was sent to my mother by my "birth mother" in Feb of 1952... I read it for the 1st time a few weeks ago finding it in a shoe box in my mother's basement with bills and receipts from the years 1950 to 1955...(the way my parents filed things away) I found other hand written leters also from my "birth mother" dated months earlier. What a find!!! I knew that there was correspondence from my "birth mother" but my mother didn't know where or what shoe box they were in..
I always wondered, when growing up, what my "birth mother" was like ; what kind of personality and if she had the same kind of humor as me...At least i have these letters to read and file away in another "shoe box".
October 18, 2005
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I just got back from a Church Promotion of the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia" . I recieved posters, hand outs, study guides......thinking of starting a "Seekers Group" in January....using the Theme.
September 23, 2005
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I am not sure why I Blog.....I feel like a fish out of the water because most Blogers are 30 years younger than myself. I do read Blogs to learn about music and the inter going ons in people's lives.
I have been Substituting in the school system here and actually enjoying it!! I am on my way to gettting the Rotton Apple Core Award for being the "Sub of the Year"... Do I teach as a Sub?? ..hahahahah...Subbing is the art of survival while following Instructions left by the "Real Teacher". i have subbed In classes From Shop to Chemistry.....Algebra to Computer Applications...History to Drama.....I only do High School .
By reading different Blogs i have discovered the Music site of Pandora... http://www.pandora.com I would reccomend it Highly if they didn't charge...I recieved 2 months free just for trying it ...I am coming up to the end of those "free monthes"
I am "old School: when listening to Music..I like the 50's 60's and 70's rock n roll.. groups like Crosby Stills Nash ...the Animals and Fleetwood mac...Gordon Lightfoot.... James Taylor. Right now I am listening to The Animals ..Boom Boom Boom.
I am listening to "Couchiching" by Gordon Lightfoot.
September 20, 2005
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