March 11, 2008 A delicious perk of the road trip is that we get to reconnect with old friends all over the country. Travis is one of those people. Travis and his family live just south of Denver so we decided to spend a night with our almost long-lost friend. Travis and his wife Liz [...]
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Baby Toes for Breakfast!
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged Allegro Coffee, artifacts, baby-toes, best cappuccino, Denver Art Museum, scent training, wind-power on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Questions on Coffee: Open Forum
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged Coffee, conscious consumer, discussion, eco-friendly, marketing, qualtiy, Questions on April 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »
People of the Internet: We like you. And we like talking with you. Somtimes on this blog we get to dialogue back and forth with our readers. Sometimes, as with the Class on Fire, we decide the conversation is so good we want to move it to the public arena and make it a post [...]
Colorado Sun
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, road trip, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged beer, coffee shops, Denver, driving, environmental sustainability, New Belgium Brewing, sleeping, social responsibility, sunshine, worker owned company on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
March 8th, 2008 First Day in Colorado! Driving out of New Mexico into the breaking dawn; the inky midnight sky evolved into deep hazy blue. A slight glow cresting in the distance beckoned us on, “sunshine is coming, this will be a good day”. The horizon brightened in the East and Melanie drifted in and [...]
Abuzz in Austin
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, non-profits, road trip, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged Austin, Caffe Medici, Couch Surfing, Dominican Joe's, Dominican Republic, Jo's, non-profits, Progress coffee on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
March 2nd, 2008. Logs and Figures Coffee/espresso drinks: 113 Bathroom stops: 104 12:41 pm: Suzie hits 3000 miles Our time in Austin had to be short since we had a date with fire in Oklahoma City. Arriving around 2 pm, our goal was to hit up at least 3 coffee shops before night fall. Our [...]
M’iss and Chris
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged being good people., coffee importing, direct trade, fair trade, flying Rhinos, relationship trade, sustainability, trade, Water on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Feb. 25, 2008 We wake up in Raleigh at an uncomfortably early hour to pack the car and head out for Atlanta, Georgia. Late that afternoon we arrive in time to meet with Chris Owens at the Counter Culture training center in Atlanta. The space is beautiful – a coffee fans fully loaded, well lit, [...]
Leaving Asheville…
Posted in coffee business, community, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged bumper stickers, Coffee, environmental sustainability, local food, office space, papayas on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Friday February 22, 2008 A phone interview with a local NY newspaper forced Melanie and I out of bed after dancing our booties off to bluegrass the night before. We hurried over to Izzy’s, a cozy and modern shop, patronized by Asheville hipsters of all ages for our morning coffee. The Baristas, Elizabeth and Susannah, [...]
Connect the dots.
Posted in Coffee, community, social responsibility, tagged art, artists, bicycles, Coffee, connections, education on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Three days and many, many drinks later Philly seems like yester-year. This weekend Sara and I attended Coffee Fest, a large coffee trade show in Washington, D.C. But let me back track for a moment and fill you in on the fun prior to the Fest. Thursday, Feb. 14th In the day between Philly and [...]
Pre-day 1: The Launching Pad
Posted in Coffee, coffee business, community, social responsibility, sustainability, tagged CAFFEINE, Coffee Labs Roasters, commitment, community, environmental sustainability on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Coffee Labs Roasters: Tarrytown, NY Before working at Coffee Labs, Melanie and I knew we wanted to take this trip. I knew Coffee Labs was a great place, but I did not know to what extent they aligned with our ideas. Mike and Alicia, the owners and dog lovers, have created a wholly mindful business [...]
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