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After the episode at the end of 2018 about "single origin" coffees, the popular TV program "Keuringsdienst van Waarde" dives into coffee again. This time, presenter Marijn Frank takes viewers on a quest about the flavor "mocha". On Thursday, July 11, the episode will be broadcasted at 20:25 on NPO3. Barend Boot, owner of Boot Koffie, tells as an expert in the episode about the origin of the term "mocha" and its origins in Yemeni coffee and the port city of Mocha. Indispensable for coffee lovers!

Visit Thai coffee farmer of the "Pride of Thailand" Doi Chaang to store Boot Koffie.

Over 30 years ago, the first arabica coffee bushes were planted on the mountain slopes of northern Thailand. The goal was to provide poor farmers with a better livelihood through coffee cultivation. The opium cultivation imposed by the warlords caused violence in the region...

A group of fifteen coffee farmers from Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua visited Boot Koffie at the invitation of Barend Boot.

The aim was to exchange information. In recent years the price of coffee on the world market has continued to fall. This is bad news for the coffee farmers. That has to change, according to Barend Boot.

BOOT Koffie is hosting twelve small coffee farmers from Central and South America in its store in Baarn on Tuesday, 4 June, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. An important part of the afternoon program is a group discussion...

On Sunday, May 26, the 2nd edition of the NK blind tasting (wine) will take place in Soesterberg. The importance of this competition is great. 22 teams consisting of amateurs and sommeliers will compete for a participation in the World Cup blind tasting. Only 1 team will represent the Netherlands. The World Cup will take place on 11 and 12 October 2019 at Château de Chambord, one of the most beautiful and largest castles in France.