Higher Grounds (2020)
Overview
Panama is reimagining coffee, and driving new standards for both quality and economics. Explores variety, farming practice, and processing innovation—notions traditionally associated only with winemaking. Through collaborative competition, Panamanian growers are banding together to raise the bar for coffee worldwide. Featuring interviews with award-winning coffee producers in Panama and global coffee celebrities, as well as stunning footage of Panama’s breathtaking highlands, Higher Grounds concludes with a hard look at the sustainability of specialty coffee, the implications for developing-region producers, and how Panama offers a model for the rest of the world.
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.1137 |
Directed By
Stuart Svenson
Crew
Stuart Svenson
Stuart Svenson
Nanette Archer Svenson
José Guardia Davis
TOP CAST
Stuart Svenson
Self - Narrator
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