Article by JUSTIN BEDDALL- News Outlook
Matha Bowen makes a spiritual cup of coffee.
The organic Arabica beans she sells are grown by Arhuaco Indians
in Northern Colombia. The indigenous farmers, following age-old
ancestral traditions, actually bless the beans when they are put
into the ground and later have a spiritual ceremony during
harvest.
"These beans are spiritual," explained Bowen, a native of Colombia
who now calls West Vancouver home.
Bowen, who studied hotel management in Switzerland, had an organic
epiphany one day while she was working at Capers in West Vancouver
as food service manager a few years ago.
There she was standing in a store surrounded by organic products
grown around the world - why not organic Colombian coffee?
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