Comments on: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641 what we're drinking, what we're reading, what we're listening to... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris Lang http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-8021 Chris Lang Tue, 29 May 2012 17:54:46 +0000 http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641#comment-8021 Aside from who did what first, etc., I have experienced no confusion determining whether the coffee I see before me on the shelf is Doma or Roast House, and I doubt that there is much (any?) confusion on the part of other consumers. So, maybe the issue of who looks like who is a “tempest in a tea pot” (coffee pot?)…

]]> By: Dan kobe-smith http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-7983 Dan kobe-smith Wed, 23 May 2012 03:52:34 +0000 http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641#comment-7983 I don’t know what your issue is, but thanks for immitating ME! I created the Roast House skull as a painting three years ago. i sold the painting image to the owners of Roast House and allowed them use of the image for their advertising. I have been working with them since as a graphic artist, among other things. So, yes, in fact it was a coincidence. And no, I knew nothing about you or your advertising “team”. I do commend them, though. They do very nice work and serve you well. However, that said, you owe an appology for your remarks about RH “immitating you”. Why would they want to? You all do local coffee, and similarities happen. You all do great work. So why not support each other instead? Be more positive and less reactive!

]]> By: Monika Firl http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-7978 Monika Firl Tue, 22 May 2012 14:43:53 +0000 http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641#comment-7978 Are you kidding me?? Roast House CONTINUES to use my photo of Hilaria Ramos on their websites??

Considering their claims to “handpicking both the farmers we trade with and compensating them both fairly and ethically…” I thought i was saving them the embarressment, when i wrote over a year ago to explain that Hilaria is NOT a Colombian farmer as they claim on their facebook post – but rather a farmer from MICHIZA, Oaxaca. At that same time I requested they take down my photo and to stop pilfering my work without my permission or photo credits).

But apparently the “appearance” of having a relationship with their producer partners is more important that actually doing so.

It truly makes me wonder what they mean by “Fair Trade Plus”? Plus a little undeserved credit? A dose of deceit? Neither of those options is tasting very good to me this morning…. all the more bitter – those who lie in the name of trade justice!

Monika

]]> By: Remi http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-7962 Remi Mon, 21 May 2012 16:50:50 +0000 http://domacoffee.com/wordpress/?p=1641#comment-7962 This is like West Side Story. Just with coffee.

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