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  1. Awesome! Founder of CDBaby tells "Why I gave away my company to charity" http://sivers.org/trust
  2. For those baristas who dream of their own shop, get the whole shebang for $5k :) http://shop.ebay.com/260516858570
  3. @15thAveCoffee If the Clover matters, why doesn't SBUX roll it out to more markets? Or resume sales to indies?
  4. @21streetcoffee Excellent critique of those awful Culinary Institute espresso training videos http://bit.ly/8r6Pwz/
  5. 2 years of crossbreeding develops a tomato sweeter than a peach. Prob could be done with coffee, but should it? http://bit.ly/5GN5ZE
  6. @barismo Curious, why the frustration with Abid? I get a nice extraction from it, but the valve stopper failed once resulting in a spill.
  7. 4 out of 6 office workers in the taste test preferred #via. I won't drink either except in the name of science.
  8. #via Aroma = muted coffee, vaguely dirty. Flavor = Dark, more coffee-like, emulates SBUX trademark roasty "bold" flavors
  9. Blind cupping results: #via vs Nescafe Clasico. Nescafe aroma = stewed carrots, flavor = sweet, mild, vegetal, lacking in depth
  10. @browncoffeeco Voila... http://bit.ly/NAE0z
  11. @browncoffeeco Whenever I want to get depressed about consumer understanding of coffee, I read Yelp reviews of coffee shops.
  12. @JonKauffman What snark? @robbwalsh admits "The average cup of coffee in Houston is a cheap robusta blend brewed weak" http://bit.ly/3eunR3
  13. @benexhale Up and running with Google Wave. Thanks for hooking me up!
  14. @deatonpigot @em_oak Looks like a swanky Vietnamese / French bistro. Check out these interior shots http://bit.ly/3peF5R ...Crazy ornate.
  15. @intelligentsia acquires @eccocaffe? Did Serious Eats accidentally leak or is PR forthcoming? http://bit.ly/30b6wy Congrats guys.
  16. Sad. Thanks to Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, @stumptowncoffee's latest offering is simply "Yirgacheffe Grade 2" http://bit.ly/3tItFq
  17. RT @SlayerEspresso interesting questions this evening: For example, how much do cherry pickers make? Answer: About $12 per day in Colombia.
  18. RT @Barista_Alex "3 reasons for change in costs: Oil, Labor, Climate Change." -Alejandro Cadena, Virmax Colombia Lmtd. #MeetTheProducer
  19. RT @slayerespresso Fair Trade coffee can actually cost more to grow, process etc than the price guaranteed to the producer at origin.
  20. @CoffeeCity @coffeegeek Did some great coverage on commodity coffee back in the day: http://bit.ly/zKEwa