It’s that most magical time of year again. The air is growing cool, the days are shorter and darkness arrives early each evening. It’s a season of celebration. Halloween just passed, Thanksgiving is in a few weeks and Christmas is just beyond that. At Refugio, it’s an exciting time of year as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, […]

Sase Rodoo is a hand sculpture honoring three Ethiopian children. These three children are very dear to the farmers, as they always came to help their elders take care of the coffee trees. The farmers nicknamed them the trio of the helping hand, to the point where in gratitude, they built the sculpture that gives […]

San Rafael is a mythical creature from the Cerrado region of Brazil. Despite its name, it is a winged being covered with orange feathers that protect a semi-human body, leaving its bust exposed. The bird has the face of an angel hiding behind a majestic beak. If it flies in front of the sun, with […]

There are a many different methods to brew coffee and there is no best way. Each brewing style is dependent on the taste of the coffee drinker in general or at any particular moment. The quality of the brew is determined by a number of variables including the bean quality, grind quality, water quality, water […]

The Johnston family has coffee at their roots. Shaun and Stephanie met in 2000 while working together in a coffee shop. Shaun managed a coffee shop for many years, and they eventually bought a mobile coffee trailer long before the food truck craze began. They moved to Spain in 2015 to work with various Christian churches […]