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		<title>Discover Africa!  Public cupping March 12th.</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/03/09/discover-africa-public-cupping-march-12th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its time for another free public cupping event which will be help this Friday March 12th at 1:30.
We are going to be tasting 13 different varieties of African&#8217;s from 5 different countries:

4 x Ethiopians
4 x Tanazanias
3 x Burundis
1 x Rwanda
1 x Kenya

I hope that many of you can make it as we are sure to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rican Micro-mill Revolution</title>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<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>Kenya – Wamuguma – Ritho Coop</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/18/kenya-%e2%80%93-wamuguma-%e2%80%93-ritho-coop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/18/kenya-%e2%80%93-wamuguma-%e2%80%93-ritho-coop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our new Kenyan is now available and ready to purchase.  This is an upgrade on our preview Kenyan Giathuga Nyeri; however you will notice a similar thick/syrupy body that you loved in our last offering.

Fully washed blend of SL28/SL34.  Aromas of chocolate raisins with a syrupy mouth feel, mild pink grapefruit acidity and clean flavors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainforest Alliance &#8211; farm audits</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/13/rainforest-alliance-farm-audits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/13/rainforest-alliance-farm-audits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have written and spoke a few times about why Fratello Coffee chooses to purchase Rainforest Alliance (RA) certified coffees over other certifications.  We believe strongly that RA is the most complete certification available to us today.  A certification that looks at many different levels of life and accountability on the farms we choose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Brazilian Cup of Excellence public cupping</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/06/2009-brazilian-cup-of-excellence-public-cupping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2010/01/06/2009-brazilian-cup-of-excellence-public-cupping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fratello Coffee is going to be holding a public cupping of the top 10 Cup of Excellence coffees from the Brazilian 2009 competition.  If you are interested in tasting these coffees, please come to Fratello Coffee on January 12th @ 1:30. 
The auction for these coffees will be on January 19th.   26 lots of coffee were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sumatran / Indonesian Public Cupping</title>
		<link>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/12/08/sumatran-indonesian-public-cupping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/12/08/sumatran-indonesian-public-cupping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good day all you coffee lovers.   I&#8217;d like to invite you to come to Fratello Coffee this Thursday at 2:30 for another free public cupping.  This week we will be sampling 16 different Sumatran &#38; Indonesian coffee.  Each of these are from different cooperatives, each processed differently and each to deliver a different profile in the cup.
Sumatrans [...]]]></description>
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