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Drink Boh Tea; Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

There is nothing sweeter in life than a cup of black tea, overlooking the maze of bright green tea plantations, covering the soft hills of the Cameron Highlands. This charming hill station will warm your heart almost as much as the tea warms your belly.

Cameron Highlands

Cameron Highlands, named after a British surveyor William Cameron who mapped the lands in 1885, spans 275 square mile (712 sq km), is the highest point in Malaysia and is located in Pahang. It wasn’t until the 1920s, when the British returned to the Highlands to develop the fertile and cool mountain lands into tea plantations, a huge commodity at the time.

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Coffee Tasting in Cobán, Guatemala

Cobán, Guatemala

Located in the rain-soaked hills of Alta Verapaz, Cobán is the place to be for coffee.

Admittedly, it’s not Guatemala’s most charming town – the market’s nothing special and heavy traffic churns through the main plaza – but Cobán offers plenty of natural wonders in its surrounding countryside, most notably Biotopo del Quetzal, Rey Marcos, Semuc Champey, and the Grutas de Lanquín.

But don’t forget the coffee.

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