Monthly Archives: September 2009

A1 arrives in Nicaragua

Five days ago I received a call from the president of Sustainable harvest asking me if I wanted to take part in an event called let’s Talk coffee, this year to be held in Nicaragua. At the time of the … Continue reading

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Coffee Fest 2009

So once a year, the city of Seattle is bombarded with a wave of hyper-caffeinated industry folk wandering around downtown, Capitol Hill and eventually – the convention center. Why, you ask? Coffee Fest. At it’s most basic, CFest is a … Continue reading

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Hello, Goodbye.

Change is in the air. We’re happy to announce that all of our brewed coffee at the Hawthorne location is 100% Direct Trade from Stumptown. Also, after a series of incidents that would have made this journal proud, we have … Continue reading

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Hood To Coast 2009…

Still catching up on blog posts – this one happened a few weeks ago. Once again, we managed to make the cut in the yearly lottery for the Hood to Coast Relay. This was our sixth go ’round and our … Continue reading

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Cup It Up!

Whoa, there’s a lot of stuff to catch up on. This will be a quickie. Stumptown is rolling out a sh*t-ton of new crop. What that means for us is – it’s cupping time! We met in the backroom of … Continue reading

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