The swirling coffee berry angst

NAIROBI: Rich; the dark aromatic swirl of a stir and in most cases the person stirring it. Rich also is the coffee trader who has put up a Sh10 billion bond to sell this precious commodity overseas.

The coffee farmer is rich with hope, with expectation, rich with hunger, poverty and rich with time to keep listening to what everybody else has to say about coffee. The coffee farmer is also rich in acreage and labour; rich in everything but the money.