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July 30, 2009: Specialty coffee on NPR
The Kojo Nnamdi show, out of WAMU in Washington, DC, had a segment on specialty coffee this week. Guests were Counter Culture's Peter Giuliano (gratuitous photo of Peter and I at right; I've been waiting for an excuse to post...
July 14, 2009: More on the purity of certified coffees
More follow up, this time from a Smithsonian Bird-Friendly representative, on the purity standards of certified coffees.
July 9, 2009: Know your coffee birds: Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Orioles rely on flowering trees, especially the species commonly used to provide shade to coffee, during their winter months in Latin America.
July 3, 2009: Special on Bird-Friendly coffees
Golden Valley Farms Coffee Roasters is having a special on some of their Smithsonian Bird-Friendly certified coffees. You can get seven one-pot pouches of ground coffee -- El Salvador, two Perus (one decaf), Mexico, three Colombians (of different varietals) for...
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