NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Seattle, WA, United States, 08/20/2008 - Trabant Coffee & Chai is renting a van, and taking customers and baristas to visit coffee farms, mills, cooperatives, and non-profits in Central America!.

Trabant, voted best coffee shop in Seattle, is fortunate enough to have made friends with some of Central America’s top producers such as Cup of Excellence winners. This presents the opportunity to get a very personal look at the realities of coffee production. The crew will land in El Salvador, and travel through Guatemala and Chiapas to learn about the process of growing, harvesting, and processing coffee.

In addition, the tour will make stops at the beach and Mayan ruins, and spend Christmas experiencing a blend of Mayan and Catholic traditions in San Juan Chamula. Here is a sample itinerary (subject to change):

December 13: Arrive in San Salvador, El Salvador;
December 14: Visit the Consejo de Café, a research facility that helps farms produce high quality, sustainable coffee;
December 15+16: Visit 2-3 Cup of Excellence top 10 farms, a cooperative, and a mill;
December 17: Visit the beach (said to be among the world’s best for surfing)!;
December 18: Travel to Guatemala;
December 19: Visit 2 farms in Guatemala;
December 19-21: Visit the not-yet-open eco-resort that will be run by repatriated Guatemalan refugees. Spend time with them hearing their story.
Volunteer around the resort;
December 22-23: Visit a mill and a cooperative in the south of Chiapas;
December 24-25: Spend Christmas near San Cristobal, an area with a unique Mayan-Catholic flavor. Visit archaeological ruins and waterfalls;
December 26: Visit a farm and cooperative near San Cristobal;
December 27: Depart Tuxla Gutierrez, Mexico for US.

A limited number of spaces available; reserve yours by September 15.

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