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SCAA comes to Minneapolis
Wow. What a great few days. Got to see all my old buddies and make a ton of new friends. The theme was “Back to the Roots” and it was perfect for the laid back show we had here. I am not sure about the final numbers of attendees, but I reckon 8,000 folks came to geek out on coffee. Specialty coffee that is. Spending 15 hours at the US...
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Trip Report, Rwanda
Coffee Cupping TrainingKigali, Rwanda Report made by Jeremy Raths, Coffee Corps volunteer. September 12, 2006 the training conducted on behalf of Eastern Africa Fine Coffee Association was started at OCIR, Kigali, Rwanda. Chris von Zastrow and I conducted the four days of activities. A day of set up was followed by two full days of intensive trainings. After an introduction given by the Director, Ephrem Niyonsaba we jumped into the...
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Trip Report Burundi
Coffee Cupping Training Bujumbura, Burundi. Report made by Jeremy Raths, Coffee Corps volunteer. We spent two days of training and two days of competition, September 18-22nd.The enthusiasm for learning is matched by the problems within the coffee sector. For the competition we cupped 22 submitted samples. Of the 22 only one coffee scored an 85 or better. The problems are many but not insurmountable. We used the same tools and...
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Trip Reports.
Take a peek at two reports for volunteer work with Coffee Corps. I will continue to post more reports. For information regarding Coffee Corps check out www.coffeeinstitute.org. Great stuff. Night and Day.Uganda and Kenya.Report Jeremy Raths, January 11th to January 30th, 2007.On behalf of CQI, Coffee Corps, and EAFCA. A definite tale of two countries. It was the best of times and the worst of times. Uganda was a dark,...
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More random thoughts.
Just outside enjoying the wonderful 40 degree F weather. Yeah, April, bring it on. The thought creeping into the front of the brain is from the wiseguy, Buddha. All suffering comes from want. Pretty well covers everthing. We want oil, cars, stuff. War. We want love, sensations, reaffirmations. Exploitation. We want security. Racism. And on and on. So, how does this relate to coffee? Good follow up. In meantime enjoy...
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