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		<title>The emerging coffee markets of China, India, Russia and the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/12/31/the-emerging-coffee-markets-of-china-india-russia-and-the-middle-east</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The January / February 2012 issue of Roast Magazine includes a feature article on the emerging specialty coffee markets of China, the Middle East, India and Russia titled, &#8220;The New Frontier.&#8221; This handy introduction to regions shaping the future of specialty coffee includes quotes from our friends Kim Thompson of Raw Coffee in Dubai, arguably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A.’s year of great coffee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some will look back at 2011 as the year of sweeping political change in the Middle East and Egypt, or as the year that a 9.0 earthquake killed at least 16,000 people and triggered a dangerous nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, or even as the year that the U.S. military put a bullet in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyzing the Ethiopian bulk coffee directive</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/12/22/analyzing-the-ethiopian-bulk-coffee-directive</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us who buy, roast or prepare specialty coffee recoiled in horror upon hearing the Ethiopian government&#8217;s plans earlier this month that would require all coffee leaving the country to be shipped in 40,000 lb bulk cargo containers rather than ordinary 60 kg individual bags. As you might expect, it is difficult to maintain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean coffee market continues boom</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/12/18/korean-coffee-market-continues-boom</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coffee consumption in South Korea continues its rapid growth, according to the Korean International Trade Association, who today reported coffee imports totaling $508 million for the first 10 months of 2011. By comparison, the total for all of 2010 was $307 million. A similarly bullish story was posted on Roaste a few days ago discussing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday coffee gifts for your beloved coffee nerd</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/12/16/holiday-coffee-gifts-for-your-beloved-coffee-nerd</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=1836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the season of lists: all of the things that happened this year, all of the things predicted to happen next year and, of course, everything that you should run out and buy right now. Dear Coffee I Love You got in on the gift listing action after Thanksgiving with a comprehensive list of gadgets; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryan Willbur’s top 10 things in coffee 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Willbur of United States Barista Championship and other coffee industry fame has compiled his own top 10 list of coffee happenings in 2011, among them (#8) Pete Licata winning the US Barista Championship this year in Houston and you&#8217;ll never guess what is #1. Read the list on Ryan Willbur&#8217;s blog]]></description>
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		<title>Kopi Luwak: curiosity kills the civet cat</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/12/07/kopi-luwak-curiosity-kills-civet-cats</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.coffeestrategies.com/?p=1793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard of it before: the coffee consumed and excreted by palm civet cats in Southeast Asia, washed off by resourceful locals and served by annoying dinner hosts to their unsuspecting guests for the sole purpose of declaring, &#8220;guess what you just drank!&#8221; Kopi Luwak is, in more than one way, the coffee of assholes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hula Daddy: Kona Coffee Farmers at the Crossroad</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/11/01/hula-daddy-kona-coffee-farmers-at-the-crossroad</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen Paterson of Hula Daddy Coffee today published an amazing blog article about the state of coffee in Kona that should be read by all with interests in Hawaii and its signature coffee growing origin. The article, titled Kona Coffee Farmers at the Crossroad addresses the serious problems faced (and thus far largely ignored) by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why specialty coffee needs Francesco Sanapo</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/10/24/why-specialty-coffee-needs-francesco-sanapo</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week while paging through the October 2011 issue of Bon Appetite magazine, I nearly fell off of my chair. Staring right back on page 25 was the smiling face of a friend, Italian Barista Champion Francesco Sanapo. Francesco is the face of an advertising campaign for a new line of K-Cups, the wildly successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spasskaya Tower Festival 2011: A Red Square Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/10/07/spasskaya-tower-festival-2011-recap</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been just over 1 month since we left Moscow&#8217;s famed Red Square, site of the 2011 Spasskaya Tower and International Coffee Festival. I still find myself in a state of disbelief or maybe denial: did it all really happen? As quoted today by Sprudge, the numbers were stunning: Espresso shots pulled: 17,000 Total liters [...]]]></description>
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