Its was really nice to get to know you.

As probably you read, in our company we focus our efforts in supplying the Australian market with specialty single origin green coffee beans; single farm or estate, micro lot, and gourmet coffees. All our products are bought directly from co-ops and small farms, additionally working with them and there communities by sending volunteers, doing social works and improving life to these remote areas around the globe.

(attached you will find some articles they wrote of our company and one that I wrote so you know a little more about our company).

Our “community” work starts buy buying coffee with a premium, meaning we pay the farmers a additional price, generally 30 cents more than market or stock price for the coffee they give to us. This higher income to the farmers directly transcends to a higher quality of life for them. Secondly we visit the farms, encourage and teach the farmers about the supply chain after the coffee leaves their farm, this by conferences held in coop.

We also organise origin trips with our clients, this also to educate both sides and the supply chain and linking the grower with the roaster.

Finally with help of our clients we send volunteers to work in these farms for a season, while also encouraging farmers to come to australia and visit the industry, finally and after some time working with the coops and farmers we try organise a social project for them, in a case in Antigua Guatemala, we helped build a school for the community.  In Andes Colombia we are organising a project where we will buy a piece of land, we will give this land to a grower family and they will grow this land as theres, we will buy the crop from them, this will generate employment, give them a home and a land to live and work in.

This is in  little more detail what we have done, if you have any other questions let me know.

Regards and hope to see you soon!

Andres Latorre-Canon

Managing Director

Green bean

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I’m looking for a good article writer to join my team. I have a lot of work to supply from daily blog articles to batches of articles sorted by topic. If you think you may be interested in working with my and would like some work as an article writer then please send an email to baristatrainingcourse@hotmail.com

The salary and what you could earn will depend on the quality of your work and how much you are capable of writing. Please get in touch if you are interested.

Also, the owners of Surf Fuerteventura are looking for writers too

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Okay, i’ll explain a little more. I was trundling through the net as i do from time to time and came across a news article about Starbuck being sued. Yes i know what your thinking… again. So i read on anyway, and according to an article on eater.com they are being sued after having thier tips jar stolen at a store in St Louis.

The story goes something like this: A teenager steal a tips jar at the startbucks coffee houses, the kid is then chased by a customer. Why i’m not quite sure as it is not his responsibility to enforce the law, but he does the “good” thing anyway. The thief drives at the customer causing him to fall and 2 days later the guy dies. A very tragic event i’m sure you’ll agree. After all he was only trying to help.

Later in the article i read that the “estate” of the dead man has decided to sue Starbuck, the ones being wronged in this story for not providing security for the tips jar and inviting criminal theft! Thats right, they dont want to sue the kid who nearly ran the guy over, they want to sue the company who were being robbed, and because the man chose to take chase (through complete free will) they are somehow responsible?

I really don’t understand this one im afraid. It is indeed a terrible thing that the man died, however in a real world where everyone thinks logically Starbucks couldn’t and shouldn’t be help responsible for anything. The blame should be at the door of the thief, the person causing the crime and the individual who drove at the man who is now dead as a result. This is truly insane.

If you want to read the original article i did, you can find it on eater.com

A guest article by Shabs Piercy – If you want to be a guest writer email baristatrainingcourse@hotmail.com

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As you know i like to keep it up to date and get as much information on here as i possibly can, so now i’m looking for someone with good written English skills to help me out. Obviously it is a paid job, and it will certainly lead to better jobs in the future. If you are interested in working with me then you need to send me an email to baristatrainingcourse@hotmail.com

The writing job will entail writing articles and blog posts for my site, articles will need to be around 200 words and of good quality. There is always lots to be done so i may take on a few people to my team. This is a job where you can work from home, or anywhere you have access to a computer and its not something that is going to take up all of your time. You can work when you want for how long you want.

Again, if you are interest you need to send me an email now to baristatrainingcourse@hotmail.com

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I’ve been such a busy barista and this is about the first time I’ve stopped for more than 5 minutes. Having said that its been a fun week for me as a barista. I’m still plodding along with the planning for my new stores, you know what paperwork is like, never fun and always more paperwork to be done. Things are moving on slowly and soon i’ll be taking more action im sure.

Also this week i’ve been doing a lot of training as usual but admittedly more than normal, which is great i think as it mean people are still interested in being baristas, coffee shops are either opening or improving their staff and the coffee industry is moving in the right direction. Its also great to see people learning and to read an email or two from students who are enjoying my online barista course and getting somewhere with their barista jobs.

If you are on my Facebook (if you’re not you should be) you will have noticed me sharing a link to a new website called The Coffee Shop Guide, a newly launched website for promoting small independent coffee shops. A great idea in my opinion! So please share this link anywhere you can guys. Coffee Shop Guide

In addition to all that, i’ve been making improvements to my own website in the hope i can get more people to come and take a look, but this is never a easy task. I like to think its getting better though. I’ve added the contact me page so its easy for people to get in touch as well as a few tweaks here and there. Anyway, thats my week so far, it doesn’t sound like much but its certainly been busy for me. What have you guys been up to? Let me know below or add me on Facebook (search for Barista Kim Sammons)

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Any coffee shop can be added, review and rated by their customers, so it is a great way of letting coffee enthusiasts know about which coffee shops are out there and how good they are.

Not every customer wants to visit one of the large corporate coffee house chains, and there is something unique and exciting about visiting the independent coffee shop.

The website is a great way of integrating the coffee culture and the coffee scene in localized areas. People are able to get a good feel for what the coffee culture is like in a certain are and a better understanding of what to expect in that area.

You can help promote your coffee shop or a coffee shop that you think deserves some recognition today. It takes less than 5 minutes and its really easy too. Take a look at the new site here: The Coffee Shop Guide

Also, you can help by sharing this article and hitting the facebook “like” button when ever you see it.

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Here is a great video from a friend of mine Kevin Sinnot of CoffeeCompanion.com. The video is an interview with Roaster of the Year Oren Bloostien. This is only part 1 of the interview and you can see other videos and the rest of the interview by searching “kevinsinnott” on youtube.

So here it is, a great video an well worth watching (and remember to check out Kevin’s other videos & his website Coffee Companion)

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I had the idea a couple of days ago of having a VW camper as a mobile coffee van. i found some pics on google and it looks so very cute…hehe

I asked around on CoffeeForum.com and got some really help info from people so i thought i’d bring it over here for you guys to read too.

“My wife and I operate a mobile espresso van in our county. I’ve been into ‘spro for 4-5 years on a home level and we thought about doing a double drive-thru kiosk, but that was going to be expensive and time consuming. I told her we should try going mobile so we can go to the people instead of being stuck in a spot waiting for them to come to us and it just took off from there. She does the business side of it and I have the self-taught technical side of it and it works well.

There are pros and cons with being mobile. Getting “permission” to vend in certain areas can be harder than one would think. AND so many businesses worry about you driving into an area and being competition for them… believe me, we do everything legal and pay our way just like anybody else. There are TONS of food trucks around the U.S. and very few coffee vans. People make the mistake of thinking it’s easy though and it’s far from that!”

“Are there places you are not allowed?”

“Lots… college campuses because they usually have some dinky automatic machine in the breakroom that gives nothing more than sludge in a cup when it’s working. That would be going against their “no competition clause” by their current vendors.

Most events we check into are glad to have us because there is nothing around that does what we do. Basically a full blown coffeeshop on wheels. Have a 2 group NS Aurelia, 3 grinders, 2 BlendTec commercial blenders with 4 jars, an icemaker, a BUNN drip system, the van built to CA health code, 90 gallons of fresh water capacity, full size refrigerator, capacity to do 4-500 cups per event if need be. We offer drip coffee, anything espresso based you can imagine, chai tea, hot tea, hot chocolate, all sorts of frozen/blended drinks with espresso or without, fruit smoothies, canned sodas, water, pastries, etc. Having a 13KW propane fired generator allows us to go anywhere as long as the ground is fairly level as we haven’t added hydraulics… just yet anyway!

We do as many events as we can squeeze into each month, but also operate it like a retail shop through the week. We have electricity at a daily spot and people come from around our county for what we do. We are currently looking into a spot that will give us 4 times more traffic flow/work area than where we’re at now. We also do street fairs, musical festivals, birthday parties, cater drip coffee for meetings, fall festivals, Christmas parades… we give ALL tip money to local non-profit organizations as well. We figure others can use it more than us. We also give all coffee grounds/pucks to a local organic farmer for tilling, composting, etc.

When we started a little over 1 year ago we knocked on alot of doors and made alot of phone calls asking to get into areas. We got 1 YES to maybe 20 NOs. Now we have people approaching us quite often asking if we can do an event for them. So much that we had to decide between 4 events for 1 upcoming Saturday. Will do one that morning and one that evening. The other 2 just won’t happen. It is alot of work/effort to do what we do. Being mobile is great, but far from easy!”

There you folks, great bit of info. The conversation is still running so i will keep you updated but you can visit CoffeeForum.com yourself and join in!

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So I was browsing the net and saw this and i absolutley had to write about it. Hopefully we all know what  coffee is, and hopefully we all know what an enema is. For those who don’t basically an enema ismedication taken via the anus – more or less anyway, feel free to google it.

Apparently a coffee enema is great for your liver and gallblader. Also it is good for red blood cell production and a whole heap of other things according to Fresh News.

Personally, I prefer my coffee taken orally and i wont be first in line for the coffee enema at my local coffee house or doctors (im not sure who would perform it…lol)

If you do fancy giving it a go then you can read up on the details here: http://freshnews-today.blogspot.com/2011/01/coffee-enema.html

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Recent coffee news released this month shows that coffee price are at the highest they have been since 1997.

News, reports and figures released by the New York Board of Trade, the National Coffee Growers Association & Trading News givs the full details and figures of exactly how things have changed since the late 90′s.

Hopefully this is good news for small coffee farmers and roasters who now have the opportunity to charge more for their coffee than before. Not so good if you are buying the coffee though…

Check out more on the report here : http://www.livetradingnews.com/coffee-price-rises-33334.htm

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So I took a look at his website this morning as I’m trying to put together a bunch of info on roasting and stuff for you guys and anyone else who wants to read it.

The first thing i thought when i went on to Ed’s website was “its a bit naff” (sorry Ed…lol) but then i started reading…. and the content is just great!

More specifically i started reading about the BBQ grill coffee roaster. This is a roaster Ed has designed at home using regular stuff you can get at a hardstore. Its a really good read, and well worth looking at. To be honest, i wouldn’t stand a chance of building one myself even though Ed shows you exactly how, but i am going to get someone to give it a go!! hehe.

Anyway, i wont keep you any longer, but i am ordering you to click the link below and check out Ed’s website and you definitely have to read about the roaster!!

Ed’s site: http://www.homeroaster.com

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In 1763 Buddhist Monks set out on an unknown expedition. It is now assumed that they were in search of a place to build a monastery. And that they found one in a beautiful, sloping terrain at Darjeeling-Queen of the hills.

Established 1885A sedate and pristine location-the Queen of the hills, Darjeeling, is the exotic niche of AryaTea Estate. The plantation spreads across 125 hectares and starting at an altitude of 1820 meters spreads down to 900 meters with average of 1500 meters. Producing 70 tons annually, Aryatea is prolific producer and exporter of the finest range of Black Tea and the delicate varieties of Green Tea. It also has a range of its own jewels-Ruby (Black Tea), Emerald (Green Tea), Pearl (White Tea), Diamond (Chunky Tips) and Topaz (Oolong).

The Production of tea

1. Plucking

2. Withering

3. Rolling

4. Fermentation

5. Drying

6. SortingandPacking

7. Tea Tasting

Types of Tea

1. Ruby

2. Pearl

3. Topaz

4. Emerald

5. Diamond

6. ClonalLeaf

7. Green Leaf

8. Rose

9. Jasmine

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Ok, so there you have it guys, a quick touch on the subject of tea! Something that we are going to look at in more detail from here on. Once again thanks to Dhruv, and I can strongly recommend you check out the website for the teas here : http://www.monkdarjeelingtea.in

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In recent news, Seattle bikini baristas are the target for a new reality tv show rumoured to be called “Espresso Girls!.

The show is apparently being filmed and directed by emmy award winning professionals looking to recycle the reality tv image.

Personally, i cant imagine a show about bikini baristas is likely to be a hugely exciting show… but then maybe im wrong.

I wonder what you guys think? Let me know by posting a comment below

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With robbery after robbery, shootings and now fires what is a sane barista to do i ask!

After reading an article about 2 baristas loosing their home to a fire, i figured i had to write about it.

The fire took the Brooklyn apartment of Sam & Sasha, a barista couple who have worked in the industry for some time now. The couple could quite easily have lost their lives and their pets. Unfortunately they lost much of their belonging when the fire demolished the unit below thier apartment taking their home with it.

You can make a donation to help Sam and Sasha at sprudge.com by clicking here: http://sprudge.com/breaking-news-fire-claims-home-of-nyc-baristas.html

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If you on my Facebook you will have seen me add a link already no doubt. This is a website that i have recently started using, and enjoying. The site is not very old but its building up a good following of good people.

The website im talking about is Coffee Forum. A nice little communiy of people who are extremely friendly. This is one of the main reasons i like the forum, its nice to have a read and a chat with people who aren’t constantly trying to disagree, argue or prove everyone else wrong. At coffee forum you can get a decent conversation, some tips & advice and just enjoy a forum that isn’t so intimidating.

Anyway, this is a great resource and a personal recommendation of mine

www.coffeeforum.com – Go check it out now

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Ok i’m not normally one for doing product reviews.. to be honest there are like a gajillion review websites out there and most of them to do with coffee machines… hehe.

But having said that, I do want to stick to my new years resolution of giving you guy as much help and info as I can. Which means making recommendations when I see a product that is actually work spending the money on.

So here we go. One product I can recommend to you is………

Coffee Shop Secrets by a nice chap called Wayne Mullins.

Being a coffee shop owner myself I realise how difficult and time consuming etc etc it can be when opening a new store.. And frankly if I knew what I know now a few years ago I’d probably be a bit better off.

Wayne has put together a complete package that covers sooooo many things that you dont always see when opening a new store or that get missed in the chaos of it all. His pack helps you organise everything a bit better and I think is invaluable when when opening a coffee shop.

At the time of writing this, I’m actually starting the process of turning my little brand into a little chain… and you would not believe how much work I am doing right now. Infact, I had to stop writing an operations manual so I could squeeze in this blog post. If I had the cash, I’d fly Wayne over here to give me a hand…

So there you have it, my first product review.. of a sort. hehe. Anyway, its worth checking out if you’re thinking about making the steps, and to be honest even if you’re not its worth bookmarking for later.

Wayne Mullins Coffee Shop Secrets

Does your coffee shop have secrets is a post from: Barista Training

Well my latest bog post is about a Portland Barista who decided to take chase of a man who she spotted stealing money from her tips jar (funnily enough we had our jar stolen last week at one of my stores).

Apparently the stores owner saw a man enter the shop asking if he could try free samples, to which the bikini barista told him he couldnt have. Unfortunatly for her the individual was a touch persistant and kept on for around 5 mins before making a move for the tip jar.

If you want to read the full store over at KPTV.com you can find it here

http://www.kptv.com/news/26565761/detail.html

Bikini Barista Robbed is a post from: Barista Training

It’s a nice short piece that gives some nice simple facts about coffee and its origin. Take a look and tell me what you think: http://ezinearticles.com/?Coffee-Facts-a-Barista-Should-Know&id=4314686

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