Man, forget about Starbucks and try to remember everything you used to know about Juan Valdez and his friends: Colombian coffee is king. A delicious one, at that, and this royalty can be had for a song. This is particularly exciting for yours truly because after the horror that is Mexican [instant] Nescafé and the unbelievable expense of Costa Rican blends, even in Costa Rica.* No, no, here in Colombia the coffee is hot, (reasonably) fresh, and on almost every street corner and a cup will set you back about 200 Colombian pesos, or 13 cents. No, no, here it is good and cheap and plentiful and - given the complete absence of soda here and in my diet - almost worth the trip in and of itself.
* Which is especially ironic because Costa Rica is the number one exporter of coffee in all of Central America... but I digress.
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