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Let’s Talk Coffee – Colombia 2008

Coffee Lover — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:21:36 +0000

Lets Talk Coffee is the coffee industrys largest Relationship Coffee gathering. It has become a powerful peer-to-peer training event, where the entire supply chain of roasters, growers, and baristas gather together to build the future of specialty coffee.

This video covers the 2008 gathering in Armenia, Colombia.

Duration : 0:5:40

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Let’s Talk Coffee – Colombia 2008 (Swahili / Kiswahili)

Coffee Lover — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:23:44 +0000

Duration : 0:5:41

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Let’s Talk Coffee – Colombia 2008 (Portuguese/ Português)

Coffee Lover — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:19:26 +0000

Duration : 0:5:45

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Awaken Cafe – Third Wave Coffee

Coffee Lover — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:08:09 +0000

What is Third Wave Coffee? http://www.awakencafe.com

Become a Fan: http://www.facebook.com/awakencafe

Awaken Café is an award-winning green business, espresso bar & art gallery in the heart of the new downtown Oakland. We serve third-wave espresso, lattes, and other specialty coffee drinks made by expert baristas. We sell premium blend and single origin bulk coffee through our can refill program, as well as the best home brew equipment.

Video by French Press Films:

http://www.frenchpressfilms.com

Čočekahedron, from “Vranjski San”
Performed by Brass Menažeri Balkan Brass Band

http://www.brassmenazeri.com

Composed by Eric Oberthaler (ASCAP)
http://www.soundsliketree.com

Duration : 0:1:8

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Coffee Farmers Organizations (Buginyanya, Bugisu, Uganda)

Coffee Lover — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:56:13 +0000

Meet Geoffrey, of Kyagalanyi Coffee Co. (Crop to Cup’s specialty coffee export partner in Uganda). Geoffrey explains how farmers are organized in Eastern Uganda’s Bugisu region in order to improve on coffee quality and help build sustainable communities. Near the end of the video you can also meet Peter and Milton – two of the many dedicated family farmers who contribute to Crop to Cup’s signature Uganda Bugisu product. Check out our other videos to meet other farmers and explore their communities.

Duration : 0:4:16

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Awaken Cafe – Latte Art

Coffee Lover — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:02:13 +0000

What is Latte Art? http://www.awakencafe.com

Become a Fan: http://www.facebook.com/awakencafe

Owner Cortt Dunlap takes us through Awaken Café’s array of amazing latte art! Watch as skilled baristas make bears, rabbits, swans, dragons, and hearts.

Video by French Press Films:
http://www.frenchpressfilms.com

Duration : 0:0:43

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Awaken Cafe – Coffee Can Refill & Home Brew Equipment

Coffee Lover — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:48:18 +0000

Wanna make the best cup of coffee at home? http://www.awakencafe.com

Become a Fan: http://www.facebook.com/awakencafe

It slices, it dices, it mixes, it fixes: Awaken Cafe’s Coffee Can Refill Program & Home Brew Equipment amazes! Save money, save the earth, refill your can!

Video by French Press Films:

http://www.frenchpressfilms.com

Music: Borino Oro/Barat, from “Brazen”
Performed by Brass Menažeri Balkan Brass Band

http://www.brassmenazeri.com

Composed by Eric Oberthaler (ASCAP)
http://www.soundsliketree.com

Duration : 0:0:56

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Let’s Talk Coffee Event – Fair trade coffee farmers

Coffee Lover — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:12:08 +0000

Let’s Talk Coffee (LTC) is the hallmark of Sustainable Harvest’s Relationship Coffee model. It’s an annual event that brings together all members of the specialty coffee supply chain to help build trusting, transparent, sustainable relationships.

Sustainable Harvest is a green specialty coffee importer with a unique mission to link small holder growers to better paying markets using a concept it created called “Relationship Coffee.”

Sustainable Harvest was the first importer to focus exclusively on organic, shade-grown, and fair trade specialty coffees. The Specialty Coffee Association of America awarded Sustainable Harvest the 2006 Sustainability Award for the creation and development of the idea of “Relationship Coffee”, for this new business model which has helped thousands of small coffee farmers and communities.

This video is to share how small companies can start an industry trend by creating innovative and sustainable business trade relationships between growers and buyers.

Duration : 0:3:48

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Relationship Coffee Fair Trade Case Study – Part 2 of 2

Coffee Lover — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:17:11 +0000

Second half of Sustainable Harvest Relationship Coffee Case Study. Sustainable Harvest is a for-profit coffee importer business with a strong social mission to provide sustainable, lasting markets for coffee farmers around the world.

As one of the largest fair trade coffee importers in the world, the price Sustainable Harvest pays growers is always well above the world commodity prices for coffee.

Relationship Coffee is built upon a foundation of transparency, full traceability, trade credit, total quality, and training.

Sustainable Harvest overseas farmer training offices help small-holder coffee growers to improve their quality and access higher paying markets.

As an importer of green specialty coffees from the top organic and fair trade farms from around the world, the company sells directly to coffee roaster/retailers.

Sustainable Harvest was the first importer to focus exclusively on organic, shade-grown, and fair trade specialty coffees. It was recognized by the Specialty Coffee Association of America in 2006 for the creation and development of the idea called “Relationship Coffee”, as a new business model which has helped thousands of small coffee farmers and communities survive the recent coffee crisis.

The company remains the industry leader in building sustainable coffee trade relationships between growers and buyers.

Duration : 0:6:52

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Rwanda Specialty Coffee – Rwanda (SPREAD)

Coffee Lover — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:36:06 +0000

Join our team as we visit Tim Schilling and the SPREAD organization in Butare, Rwanda and find out how to transform the Rwandan coffee industry in less than 10 years into a world contender.

Duration : 0:6:9

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