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P U L L : E V E N T S After an exceptional harvest from their producer partners in Costa Rica, Café Imports staffers wanted to do something extra special to celebrate. You guessed it—they hosted a party. A few friends from U.S. roasting companies Cat & Cloud Coffee in Santa Cruz, Calif., and Mylo Coffee Co. in Little Rock, Ark., (plus one lucky Barista Mag editor) joined the fun in Costa Rica for a few days in late May, visiting some partner producers— including the Las Lajas Micromill and the Aguilera Brothersʼ farms and micromill; checking out cutting-edge research happening at Costa Ricaʼs specialty-coffee association, Icafe; and of course, attending the party, which included an enormous meal, drinks and dancing, and even an espresso bar where Café Importsʼ Noah Namowicz made drinks for the producers. Clockwise from top right: The nursery at the Aguilera Brothersʼ property; Markos (left) and Jessica Lauren Mylonas (center) of Mylo Coffee Co. try their first coffee cherries with Natalie Legget from Cat & Cloud Coffee in Santa Cruz, Calif.; an Icafe researcher shows visitors a Geisha clone in the lab; at the Fiesta de Fin de Cosecha—i.e. the End of Harvest Party—Café Imports threw for their producer partners in Costa Rica, Don Oscar and Doña Francisca Chacon of the La Lajas Micromill accept an award while Café Imports green buyer Luis "Lucho" Arocha looks on; green coffee is hand-sorted on the patio at Las Lajas. FIESTA DE FIN DE COSECHA MAY 26, 2017 SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA PHOTOS BY JESSICA BROTZLER PHOTO BY SARAH ALLEN 24 barista magazine