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		<title>Direct Trade Costa Rican Tarrazu &#8211; Rio Jorco Micro-Mill</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/04/12/direct-trade-costa-rican-tarrazu-rio-jorco-micro-mill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fratello Coffee is proud to introduce an exclusive new coffee available from the Tarrazu Valley in Costa Rica.  Last month, we wrote about a Micro Mill Revolution happening in this region, this is one of those special micro-lots we wrote about.  

The Rio Jorco Micro-Mill employees between 4-6 people &#38; has 65 pickers during harvest season.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rican Micro-mill Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/02/07/costa-rican-micro-mill-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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I guess I’m a slow learner because it took me 4 days of visiting16 micro mills (and 1 mega mill), cupping 48 individual lots of coffee and traveling through the Tarrazu, West Valley and Central Valley regions with Jason to fully understand &#38; appreciate the phenomenon in Costa Rica.

This phenomenon is being called “The Micro-mill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste of Fratello public cupping Feb 10th</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/02/05/taste-of-fratello-public-cupping-feb-10th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinmcconnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fratello coffee is going to be holding a casual public cupping of 10 fantastic coffees that we offer. We invite the public to come to Fratello on Feb 10th at 1:30 to taste a wide variety of offerings.
If you have not come out to one of our last cupping sessions this is a great way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala Direct Trade Video</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/02/01/guatemala-direct-trade-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a new video we just shot while touring our Direct Trade Partners in Guatemala

Guatemala Montecristo Estate &#8211; Micro Lot from Russ Prefontaine on Vimeo.
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		<title>Direct Trade Nicaraguan Los Placeres Rainforest Alliance Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/28/direct-trade-nicaraguan-los-placeres-rainforest-alliance-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/28/direct-trade-nicaraguan-los-placeres-rainforest-alliance-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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Chris and myself along with Nan &#38; Gerry (of Good Earth Cafes) just finished visiting the Meirsch family in Nicaragua.  Together we toured Matagalpa and Jinotega to see their 5 unique coffee estates, each show casing a different cup characteristic that stand out from one another.

The Merisch family is a 3rd generation coffee family that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Trade Guatemalan Montecristo Rainforest Alliance Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/24/direct-trade-guatemala-montecristo-rainforest-alliance-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/24/direct-trade-guatemala-montecristo-rainforest-alliance-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 16 hours of traveling from Calgary to Guatemala, Nan, Gerry (of Good Earth Cafes), Chris and myself arrived in the San Marcos region where Neuva Granada Estate is located.  At the highest elevation of 5200 feet, you will find a micro lot of 100% Bourbon coffee called Montecristo.  This small lot of coffee is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Tolima Tierra &#8211; Direct Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/11/27/colombian-tolima-tierra-direct-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/11/27/colombian-tolima-tierra-direct-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the introduction of our newest Direct Trade coffee, a Colombian coffee from the region of Tolima. For the rest of this season, we are offering some of the best coffee from Colombia there is.  We have been working hard to find a co-operative to work with since judging the Cup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Coffee&#8217;s Availalbe for Winter Months</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/11/05/new-coffees-availalbe-for-winter-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/11/05/new-coffees-availalbe-for-winter-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fratello Coffee is introducing 6 new coffee next week.  These seasonal coffees are Fresh Green Arrivals.   We did not buy a lot of these coffees and expect them to move very quickly.  Each of these will be excellent selections to have over Christmas holidays, especially the very rare (just over 300 lbs of each available) Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan Montecristo &#8211; Rainforest Alliance &#8211; Direct Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/07/17/guatemalan-montecristol-rainforest-alliance-direct-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/07/17/guatemalan-montecristol-rainforest-alliance-direct-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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Last year we were offering coffee from this same estate called Nueva Granada.  This year we wanted to dig a little deeper into their farm and decided on this single varietal coffee, Bourbon.  Bourbon, an American mutation of the Typica varietal, is known for its softer, creamer cup then most other coffee varietals.
This 100% Bourbon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rican Cup of Excellence &#8211; Lot #3</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/06/12/costa-rican-cup-of-excellence-lot-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/06/12/costa-rican-cup-of-excellence-lot-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fratello Coffee just won the # 3 Lot of Costa Rican Celle de Copey &#8211; Cup of Excellence today.  This was a HUGE achievement and the highest ranking coffee Fratello has every won.  Jason was part of the jury down in Costa Rica this year and helped approving this coffee as being one of the [...]]]></description>
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