Buy Bolivia
11.11.2003I'm searching online for Irupana's website (an organic & fair trade Bolivian peasant cooperative that exports coffee, quinoa, and other products). They supposedly have a website (www.irupana.com), but it's not working. Huh. But I found Bolivia Mall, an online store where you can buy Bolivian products (including Irupana coffee). Anyone need some llajwa, coca tea, or alpaca sweaters?
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UPDATE: Apparently, Irupana's official website is www.irupana.org.
UPDATE: Reader David Treviņo suggested the website www.cocatea.com.
Posted by Miguel at 03:35 PM
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Yea I saw the Bolivia MAll site too. Likes pretty cool, I wonder how long it takes to get an order.
Posted by: Andres at November 11, 2003 04:36 PM
Hey Miguel this is the only way I could think of for reaching you, posting a comment. Anyway I just wanted to let you know that for one of my English essay's this semester I have decided to compare the the ship in Herman Melville's "Billy Budd" (it's called the Bellipotent, or "Power of War") to a society like fascist Italy. I've drawn up some pretty good comparisons too in terms of the characters being like a fascist army and how individuality and free-thinking are not seen as positive things in the story. I tried going back to the bookstores to see if they had our textbook from last year, but PSCI 362 isn't offered this semester. So instead I found a "Primer on Fascism" in Waldo (I can only imagine what the checkout girl thought). Just thought you would be interested.
Posted by: Kara at November 11, 2003 05:32 PM
erm.. I wouldn't mind a charango guitar or an alpaca shawl...
;D
Posted by: steph at November 11, 2003 09:47 PM
Where would I find coca tea at a reasonable price? Some sites sell for 45 US dollars a box of 100 tea bags, others for 20. In Peru, Delisse only cost around 1.50 per box!
Posted by: David Treviņo at January 12, 2004 01:51 AM
Good lord! I've no idea where you can get cheap coca tea in the US. In Bolivia a box of Windsor coca tea is less than $2 per box of 20 tea bags. Probably same as in Peru?
Posted by: Miguel at January 12, 2004 05:03 PM