The Birds and the Beans

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Smithsonian Institution

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

"God in a cup." "Perfection." "The world's best coffee." Panamanian geisha coffee has been called many things, but never Smithsonian Bird Friendly certified. That might soon change, however, as researchers from Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center find new ways to grow coffee in harmony with migratory songbirds. Join us for this fully caffeinated romp through Panama’s coffee farms as we learn all about the birds and the beans.

Guests:

Ruth Bennett, research ecologist at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center

Katherine Araúz Ponce, fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and PhD student at The University of Georgia

Maria Ruiz, owner of Ruiz Coffee Distributors

Ratibor & Aliss Hartmann, owners of Finca Hartmann, specialty coffee and ecotourism

Price Peterson, owner of Hacienda La Esmeralda

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey there's side doorables.
0:01.3	Today's episode is the final story of three we reported
0:04.7	from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
0:08.2	And for this one, we're heading out
0:10.4	into the cloud forests of Western Panama. I hope you enjoy. This is Side Door, a podcast from the Smithsonian with support from PRX.
0:28.0	I'm Lizzy remote mountain in Western Panama about to join in a ritual that people travel from all over the world to take part in.
0:47.0	A coffee cupping.
0:51.0	It starts with me sticking my nose into different cups of fresh coffee grounds.
0:55.6	This one is more fruity than this one?
0:58.0	Rati Boer Hartman is the owner of this coffee farm, Finka Hartman, and he's guiding me through the
1:06.3	cupping process, which is basically a fancy way of saying a coffee tasting.
1:10.8	This one is meadow-er, less sharp than that one.
1:15.0	Ratibor's son, Ratibor Jr. is cupping alongside me.
1:19.0	Dark shirk on it.
1:20.0	Really?
1:21.0	Yeah, dark charnel.
1:22.0	To me, it's like green.
1:24.0	Green wood.
1:25.0	I'm doing my best to smell, but I'm basically free associating, just saying the color or shape that comes
1:31.1	to mind and hoping it makes sense.
1:33.8	But standing right next to me are some serious coffee dudes.
1:40.0	That one's exceptional.
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