Juan Valdez, the face of Columbian coffee for a generation, is retiring:
Colombia’s coffee ambassador to the world, Carlos Sanchez, 71, is quitting the role of Juan Valdez. And the national federation of Colombian coffee producers is searching for a man to inherit his poncho — and trusty mule, Conchita.
Sanchez has promoted Colombian coffee since 1969 with a leather bag, bushy mustache and straw hat typical of rural Colombia. He inherited the role from Jose Duval, a Cuban, who became the first Juan Valdez in 1959.
“I feel like a flag. I feel like I’ve represented the country,” Sanchez said Tuesday, struggling to hold back tears. “There is a big sense of gratitude from Colombians abroad for this.”
Juan Valdez III will be announced by June 30.
If you can’t wait until then…
(Is burro Kosher?)
Not to sound anti-Semetic, but I don’t trust the Jews with my coffee.
Or my money.
And I hate the Jews.
Maybe that did come off as anti-Semetic…
I think that burro would be kosher. The hoof isn’t cloven in that picture.
Burros don’t chew their cud or have a split hoof, so I’m guessing non-kosher.
So are they going after the Gay consumers now? If so, this new “spokesman” will be a big hit!
Nah, that didn’t come off sounding too anti-semetic. But you’d think that somewhere between controlling the worlds financial institutions and Hollywood he at least could tape on a bushy mustache (and wear real leather sandals, instead of those cheap plastic ones).
borruandLet’s not be reading any stories about man and burro doing the “nasty” and man ending up being dropped off at the hospital by his “friends”…
Um Laurence with an “U”, it’s Colombian with an “O”
He’s looking for the man with five fingers. That man killed his brother!