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I drove my neighbor and my mom to Maricao for the End of the Coffee Season Fiesta. My first time!
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The region around Maricao has a lot of coffee farms. People were promoting 100% Puerto Rican coffee
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It wasn’t too busy on Friday afternoon. Pretty flowers hanging from bamboo trellis
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Over a coffee vendor.
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He made my Mom’s frappe
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My Mom and her frappe. In the rain.
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We bought her lotions made with red wine!
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There was a one room museum with posters about the coffee growers, the history of coffee, and Puerto Rican coffee facts.
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I thought there would be more info/demonstrations/products involving coffee. The festival was mostly a big arts and crafts show with food vendors. Perhaps on Saturday and Sunday during the main event there is more like this. No coffee soap? Totally woulda been on that. 🙂
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I bought a t-shirt from this nice guy
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these are cute!
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The bathrooms were the kind in my reoccurring childhood bathroom dreams. yuck. I even walked into the men’s bathroom. No better. Porto potties near the parking area helped. BYOTP.
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Look at my friend’s smile!
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My friend and her cutie patooty baby
My goodness, you look so much like your mother! I love Cassie’s big smile…it makes you want to smile, too. This festival looks like a lot of fun.
I am sure you hear this all the time, but your mother looks exactly like you. (Or, I guess, the other way around.) A coffee festival is something I completely support!
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