Rebecca, Greg, Shaunett and Ben Tobin were in Seattle over the weekend for CoffeeFest. This annual meeting is great for checking out new products, meeting your old friends in the coffee industry and general getting-down with the hipster coffee set.
After packing their girl-pants and brushing up on their Kung Fu, the DOMA crew hit the road for Seattle. They cruised the trade show and went to a great cupping at Atlas. There would be more writing here, but no one volunteered to give me some words…so here are some photos from Ben Tobin.
Terry and Jim just got back from the annual meeting of Cooperative Coffees.
This year it was hosted by Third Coast Coffee in Austin, Texas. They hosted a great meeting. Each time we attend this meeting we are reminded how extremely cool all of the members are. Everyone is doing great work in fair trade and coffee, interacting with the people growing our coffee, and doing special projects in their respective communities. We have roasters from all over the US and Canada in Cooperative Coffees.
In Austin, we met with producers, cupped lots of coffee, discussed coffees we will be bringing in, and planned upcoming travel. Terry is off to Peru in January for a 10-day trek through the mountains to meet with producers and look at the farms. Peace Coffee is coming out for a visit in October.
Our cupping lab is coming together in Montreal and will be SCAA certified and really bad-ass.
Stay tuned for more photos and info from this year’s meeting.
Here’s some news on what one of our friends from Cooperative Coffees is doing in Louisville. Very cool project!
This short documentary features a remarkable young economic development engine in Louisville, KY started by coffee shop owners Mike Mays and Gary Heine (of Heine Brothers’ Coffee…another Cooperative Coffees member). Their concept was to compost their coffee grounds, and turn this waste into wealth. Mr. Brock’s story illustrates how this simple idea evolved into their current vermicomposting and urban farming operations in just a few short years. MacArthur Foundation Fellow Will Allen is interviewed, along with Gary Heine, Mike Mays, Sarah Fritschner, and others.
The Patano family recently took one of the Dragonfly VW’s out for a test run in Montana. Loading up the bikes, the boys and the Janis Joplin 8-tracks, they hit the road for the woods.
Besides the fact that the van didn’t have an 8-track player (it actually has a great stereo with CD and i-Pod hookup), the reviews were thumbs-up all around. Sleeps four and comes stocked with the all essentials of a back-woods campout, these vans are very cool…bike rack, camp chairs, cook stove, cooler, awning, heater, 110V power, etc.
Kitchen Engine celebrated its 3rd year anniversary last week. Greg was on hand to give out samples and bits of wisdom. This is a great place to find everything cool for the kitchen…oh, yeah and get your DOMA on, too.
Harry’s mom celebrated her 70th at Dish in Sandpoint. In case you haven’t checked out this spot yet, they have gourmet food, cool atmosphere, DOMA coffee and a drive through. (Note: the photo is not of Harry’s mom)
1319 Highway 2
Sandpoint, ID 83864
Tel. 208-265-6100
Coffee social celebrated their first-year anniversary on Wednesday. They celebrated with free coffee all day, live music and standing room only. If you haven’t been by, check them out next time you are in Spokane.
Last year the students of Whitworth College voted DOMA as their new coffee vendor. This week classes resumed for the year. We showed up on campus, Wednesday, to give out free coffee and DOMA accessories. Check us out at the Mind and Hearth Cafe at the student center.
1319 Highway 2
