We had 3 inches of rain in the last two days. I’m glad that this round of coffee picking was finished on Monday, otherwise we would find lot of ripe cherry on the ground, not on our drying deck.

We used to make a Thanksgiving party for our coffee picking crew (who helped us for over 10 years), two friends chipped in for expense since they were using the same picking crew. Now we only rely on whoever can show up in the farm.

Every coffee picking day, Terry provide beer and soda for our pickers. Beginning I didn’t quite understand why, asked him, ” we pay them as much as other farmers, why do you want to buy drinks for them?”

He said,” well, you know picking coffee is not hard, but it’s not easy either. Those guys are picking 7 days a week, making a living by picking coffee is hard. Buying drinks for them costs some money, not a lot, but it makes their hard working day a little sweeter. Why not do something like this to make them happier? ”

This is Terry, a wonderful man, it’s just a small part of his good quality in the heart.

Those coffee pickers always thank us for the cold drinks,  one who could speak English said, we are the only farmers to offer free drinks on their working day.

We showed our gratitude toward them, since their hard working makes our coffee farming a possible thing. They expressed their gratitude by saying “Thanks”.

It’s a positive energy circle, let’s keep it going around, around , around.

Wish everyone happy Thanksgiving.