October 12, 2024
Our goal for today is to visit the Buenos Aires Coffee Farm. Before visiting the farm, we went to Montenegro and mingled with some locals on the plaza. We sampled Tinto, the local coffee from a vender in la Plaza de Bolívar. It was nice because it was not a tourist town.
We road in class is Jeep Willy’s to the coffee farm.
On arriving to the farm we begin by helping the family prepare lunch. We chopped vegetables for salad, made the tomato salsa, and smashed the boiled plantains for the appetizer.
The process of growing the coffee was explained as we picked a few berries and observed the sorting process.
The farm processes the berries three different ways: natural, with honey , and washed. They go through at least three different sorting to get the highest quality to export. The “bad coffee or pasilla” is sold in country only. That is what the locals prefer.
After lunch we went back to Montenegro to play the national game of Tejo. It is similar to corn hole. You throw a heavy lead disc at the slanted clay tray. The target is the middle of a circle of plastic triangles with gunpowder. If you hit the triangle the gunpowder explodes. And it involves drinking beer.
Tim & Kathy Simonsen 
You guys have the most interesting adventures….and we’re sure Tim is over the moon with experiencing everything to do with coffee beans! We love reading and seeing all that you are doing on this trip!
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Well did you get to drink the beer?
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Tim had beer. The way it goes, is that if you buy beer you can play Tejo. I think the loser buys the beer for everyone. 😄.
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You look you young and healthy and happy! Yeah!
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hey there, it was great to read your blog post. Where did you play Tejo in Montenegro? 🙂
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I was with a tour group, so I couldn’t tell you the name of the place. The lady, maybe owner, was named Rosa.
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thank you!
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