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		<title>SCAE Visit to Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/11/02/scae-visit-to-hawaii</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From October 26 &#8211; October 30, 2009 I was honored to be the Hawaii Island coffee tour guide for a group of coffee professionals representing the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe, who visited Hawaii as their annual origin tour destination.  For one week, the group of roasters and writers visited a variety of coffee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters Acquires Rocky Roaster</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/26/the-supreme-bean-coffee-roasters-acquires-rocky-roaster</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coffee Roasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee Shop News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Chean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky Rhodes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[N. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Market Wire) October 26, 2009 - The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters of North Hollywood, California has acquired Rocky Roaster, LLC, a wholesale coffee roasting business based in Canoga Park, California.
Rocky Roaster Founder Mr. Rocky Rhodes will join The Supreme Bean team to manage the Rocky Roaster brand of coffee for the organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Specialty Coffee Association C.O.O. Sentenced</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/22/former-specialty-coffee-association-c-o-o-sentenced</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Coffee Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embezzlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[par avion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scaa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott welker]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=922</guid>
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Courtroom Artist&#8217;s Sketch
Former SCAA Executive Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement from Association
Long Beach, CA. U.S.A. (October 21, 2009) – The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) announced today that former Chief Operating Officer, Scott Welker, has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling in excess of $465,000.00 from the  association. Welker’s sentence includes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Soylent) Green Energy Powers Taiwan Funeral Coffee Brewers</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/07/soylent-green-energy-powers-taiwan-funeral-coffee-brewers</link>
		<comments>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/07/soylent-green-energy-powers-taiwan-funeral-coffee-brewers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weird but True]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cremation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funeral business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soylent green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taipei city]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=919</guid>
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I cannot think of a comment that needs to be added to this one:
Taipei &#8211; A Taipei funeral parlour is using the heat saved from cremations to operate air conditioners and to brew coffee for mourners, the director said Wednesday.
The project is part of the Taipei No 2 Funeral Parlour&#8217;s plan to protect the environment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaapi Royale Coffee Dominates October 2009 Coffee Review</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/05/kaapi-royal-coffee-dominates-october-2009-coffee-review</link>
		<comments>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/05/kaapi-royal-coffee-dominates-october-2009-coffee-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start a Coffee Shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[india]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indian coffee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore (October 6, 2009) – Coffees from Kaapi Royale Coffee of Magundi, India received three of the four highest cupping scores awarded in the October 2009 edition of Coffee Review.
&#8220;India provides some of the world&#8217;s most valuable coffee types for espresso blends, yet these same exotic coffee types are seldom offered as single origins,&#8221; wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seats available on SCAE Hawaii Origin Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/02/seats-available-on-scae-hawaii-origin-tour</link>
		<comments>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/02/seats-available-on-scae-hawaii-origin-tour#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[origin tour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been brought to my attention that a few people have had to drop out from the planned SCAE origin tour to Hawaii later this month (I think mostly due to HOST in Milan), so they would like to offer that other coffee professionals are also welcome to attend. 
We have an excellent negotiated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Dolce fails to impress</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/01/new-dolce-fails-to-impress</link>
		<comments>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/10/01/new-dolce-fails-to-impress#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coffee Roasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee Shop News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venting Steam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee hero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Schomer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[espresso vivace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kaapi royale coffee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was interesting to read the the latest post from industry blog Coffee Hero, &#8220;Espresso Vivace Now Without Robusta,&#8221; for two reasons: 1) as a fan of Espresso Vivace, I have enjoyed the Dolce blend in the past (though, admittedly it has been a few years) and 2) because the article also sets a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCAA Speaks</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/09/30/scaa-speaks</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Coffee Industry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Specialty Coffee Association of America has dramatically stepped up efforts in the past few months to communicate events and activities within the organization, presumably from the recent addition of dedicated marketing manager Tara Shenson.   
Being a member for some 8 or 9 years now, I can tell you that there have often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers to Present at Inaugural Gulf Coffee Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/09/27/andrew-hetzel-of-cafemakers-to-present-at-inaugural-gulf-coffee-conference</link>
		<comments>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/09/27/andrew-hetzel-of-cafemakers-to-present-at-inaugural-gulf-coffee-conference#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cafemakers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dubai]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=902</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[أندروا هيتزيل من مؤسسة Cafemakers يحضر مؤتمر الخليج الافتتاحي للقهوة.
DUBAI, UAE&#8211;(Marketwire &#8211; September 27, 2009) - Andrew Hetzel of coffee industry consulting firm Cafemakers has joined a distinguished group of experts who will present at the Specialty Coffee and Tea Convention this November in Dubai.
&#8220;I am very enthusiastic about the future of specialty coffee in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaapi Royale Coffee Announces 2010 India Origin Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/09/23/kaapi-royale-coffee-announces-2010-india-origin-tour</link>
		<comments>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2009/09/23/kaapi-royale-coffee-announces-2010-india-origin-tour#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chikmagalur]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kaapi royale coffee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore (September 24, 2009) – Kaapi Royale Coffee will host coffee professionals on a guided 5-day origin tour to India&#8217;s exotic Chikmagalur coffee growing region in Karnataka this January.  
Availability is limited to 10 attendees, including 3 seats reserved for winners of the 2009 Kaapi Royale Challenge cup tasting competition held at the Specialty [...]]]></description>
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