{"id":1245,"date":"2015-12-01T12:57:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2015-12-01T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:57:51","slug":"coffee-rice-beans-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2015\/12\/coffee-rice-beans-repeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee, rice, beans, repeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving! I am currently writing this blog post from the outdoor recreation area on the UGA campus here in San Luis, Costa Rica. I am not sure if it is the sun shining down on me, beautiful landscape I can see from this elevation on campus, or sounds of the birds chirping around me, but all this beauty in nature is making me reflect on the amazing experience I have had so far here in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot believe in such a short time, I have already learned so much about coffee production and technology as well as local culture on this trip. Yes, I may be getting a little tired of eating the same meal of rice and beans every day, but I am truly taking in every bit of the cultural atmosphere here that I can.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot believe in the short time we have been here that I have already learned about the following topics as they relate to coffee:<\/p>\n<p>-Agriculture and Sustainability<\/p>\n<p>-Nutrition<\/p>\n<p>-Processing Technology<\/p>\n<p>-Roasting and Brewing Methods<\/p>\n<p>-Packaging and Marketing<\/p>\n<p>I can say without a doubt that I truly am thankful for the opportunity to experience this study abroad program and the close connections I have made with friends on this trip. But most of all, I am proud to call myself an Ag Dawg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Coffee-Roasting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1246\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Coffee-Roasting-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee Roasting\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Coffee-Roasting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Coffee-Roasting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Coffee-Roasting-138x138.jpg 138w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Coffee-Roasting.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Raking-beans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1261\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Raking-beans-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Raking beans\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Raking-beans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Raking-beans-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Raking-beans-138x138.jpg 138w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/files\/2015\/11\/Raking-beans.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving! I am currently writing this blog post from the outdoor recreation area on the UGA campus here in San Luis, Costa Rica. I am not sure if it is the sun shining down on me, beautiful landscape I can see from this elevation on campus, or sounds of the birds chirping around me, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee-from-bean-to-cup","category-costa-rica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}