Year: 2009

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Coffee Fest

Top Cup Challenge: Win Money!

December 30, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on Top Cup Challenge: Win Money!

Pacific Natural Foods debuted the Top Cup Challenge at Coffee Fest Seattle last fall, and it was a huge hit! If you didn’t get a chance to participate in the Challenge, however, never fear: it’s […]

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Baristas

Got Perry?

December 28, 2009 Ken Comments Off on Got Perry?

So I was just skimming through my daily digest of coffee news stories and saw this from the Sun of San Berandino and the Inland Empire (Calif.) on two-time USBC champion Heather Perry. Apparently Heather […]

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Baristas

A Truly Remarkable Barista

December 14, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on A Truly Remarkable Barista

I happened to cruise by La Marzocco USA‘s blog today, and I’m so glad I did! Gina Palandri of Espresso Partners wrote the most wonderful story about her encounter with a barista named Em. Gina […]

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Coffee Producers

Give a Green Gift to Kenyan Farmers

December 11, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on Give a Green Gift to Kenyan Farmers

In an email I received from Diana Roach of ACDI/VOCA,I was thrilled to learn that the organization’s “The Greenest Gift” program has raised $6,000 so far! But there is still a ways to go ”the […]

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Coffee

Want a Nobel Prize? Drink Coffee.

December 10, 2009 Ken Comments Off on Want a Nobel Prize? Drink Coffee.

U.S. President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize today in Olso, Norway. Although he said he had been inspired by the work and lives of previous winners like Gandhi and King, he didn’t mention […]

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Travel

Coffee Safari in Uganda

December 3, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on Coffee Safari in Uganda

We all know that the best coffees rarely stay for consumption in the countries that produce them ”when they can fetch higher prices from buyers in richer parts of the world like the United States, […]