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Direct Trade Coffee Adventure (Video):
What it really takes to go to origin and tap the source.
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Attention all Coffee Buyers! :
Remember, origin is a long way from home, and some may not believe you were actually there.
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Tiny Joy:
Feb 2011: More Coffee Market Craziness; Life without Centrals?
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Tiny Joy:
Dec 2010 - Jan 2011: Mr. Natural No More
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Buying Bags of Coffee:
I had made a page that concerns Buying Bags of Coffee, essentially some insights about dealing with brokers.
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Coffee Production Yearly Timetable:
A very general and rough guide to the Coffee Crop Cycle and should be regarded as an estimate, not a definite.
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East Bay Coffee Warehouse:
Here's what a real East Bay coffee warehouse looks like.
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Sampling of Coffee Bag Images:
Coffee is still transported as it was 200 years ago, in 60 to 70 Kg Burlap Coffee Bags. Here's a sampling of ours.
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Papua New Guinea: You Confound Me.:
I have been to a lot of places that grow coffee. Nothing could prepare me for Papua New Guinea...
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Cup of Excellence Roundup 2009:
Of course, we think the Cup of Excellence program is fantastic on quite a few levels.
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Tribute to Paul Stauder Jr.:
Paul Stauder was a coffee exporter that handled some of our best Guatemala coffees. Paul Stauder was murdered while bringing the payroll...
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Rwanda Butare-Bufcafe Washing Station Improvements :
Improvements to the washing station (i.e. the wet-processing coffee mill) that our Rwanda Butare Bourbon comes from.
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Technical Notes: Yemen Coffees by Yemen Specialty Coffees Ltd.:
Yemen Specialty Coffees are all guaranteed 100% authentic Yemen, without possibility of adulteration by similar but lesser coffees from Africa.
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The Roasters of Intelligentsia :
Intelligentsia is the place where you find everything Gothot, the German manufacturer was subsumed to Probat years ago.
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The state of African Coffee By Timothy J. Castle:
Timothy J. Castle looks at the various coffee origins of East Africa and finds an entire continent under siege.
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Utz Kapeh "Fair Trade Lite":
Utz Kapeh is not the same as Fair Trade, but does aim to repair the problem with the low prices in the broader coffee market.
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Womens Coop Duhingekawa Rushashi:
Abakundakawa is a 1700 member cooperative that mills its coffee at the Rushashi washing station.
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Comparisons of Wine and Coffee by Carl Staub:
Adoption of an Appellation System Presenter: Ron Wiegand
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Evaluating Green Coffee Samples by Michael Sivetz, from his SCAA presentation:
Taste Evaluation of Green Coffee Bean Samples Prior to Purchase & Use
Presenter: Michael Sivetz,
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I went to the SCAA in Seattle and all I got was this lousy pen …:
I came in just after noon, checked in to the Crowne Plaza (the extra "e" means it's fancy, too fancy for me at least).
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Organic and Fair Trade Coffee in Ethiopia (as of 2004) by Sarah Sherlock:
This article provides and interesting background for developments in Ethiopia, including the relatively new organic and fair trade coops.
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Our coffee shipment on the way from the Isle of St. Helena.:
Well, a sample of the latest shipment from St. Helena has come in, and the the news is not good.
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From the Volcano, the Rarest Brew: Kona Coffee (NY Times article):
As you drive south along the west coast of the Big Island, you can't help smelling the coffee roasting.
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In Panama, Sipping Coffee at It's Source (NY Times article):
This article is interesting to us because we buy many of our Panamanican coffees from the Casa Ruiz mill in Boquete.
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The Effect of Bad Weather on Coffee: The Brazil Situation:
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Review of "Uncommon Grounds" by Mark Pendergrast:
The World Before Starbucks : Review of "Uncommon Grounds"s
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Brazil Coffee Auction. A list of the 2002 winners.:
It's the middle of the Christmas rush, but its also time for the Brazil Auction.
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Brazil "Cup of Excellence" Auction - Fazenda Boa Vista:
Fazenda Boa Vista was the lot we wanted from the outset of the 2002 Brazil C.O.E. Auction.
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Tiny Joy:
May/June 2011: Farms as Brand Names
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Tiny Joy:
September/October 2011: A Bump on the Butt of Specialty Coffee
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Coffee Research – What is next?:
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History of Coffee Chart:
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