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CSR was invited to the Dominican Republic to participate in a national
cupping to pick the top coffees grown in the Dominican Republic. Three of
our employees went to judge the 2005 crop.
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Coffee prepared for the cupping.
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John and Larry during the cupping.
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Mark and Chad during the cupping.
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Mark and John receiving instructions at the beginning of the cupping.
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Mark with President Burgos of Dominican Republic.
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Mark receiving a certificate of participation.
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Larry receiving a certificate of participation.
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Chad receiving a certificate of participation.
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john receiving a certificate of participation.
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A tour of the coffee plantations and processing plants was conducted by our
hosts. Some areas of the country had all hand processing of the beans.
These pictures are of some of the processing.
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Planting young seedlings of coffee.
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Tending the young coffee plants.
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Rotating drying beans on the patio.
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Pushing the beans into a pile after patio drying.
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Dried beans are pushed together for bagging.
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Some processors use a plastic hut to keep the rain off the dryiong beans.
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Hand sorting at a single station table.
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One of many hand sorting stations.
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Hand sorting beans on a conveyor belt.
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Carrying coffee beans to market by donkey.
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Here is a video of the hand sorting
on the conveyor belt.
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