14. August 2009

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True Origin Organics

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True Origin Organics brings us the first exclusively single-origin organic Colombian coffee that is harvested, roasted, and packaged by Colombian coffee experts to the U.S. Their coffee hails from two distinct regions. One from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, which is located on Colombia’s Caribbean coast,  an area known for coffee, according to True Origin, that :has  an intense and sweet aroma with citric and caramel notes. It has a balanced flavor with distinct hints of chocolate and walnuts. Full bodied, with moderate acidity and a clean, smooth aftertaste. It uses a moderately dark, crisp roast.” While the other hails from Tierradentro which is an inland region of Columbia.

They describe their second coffee as having a powerful, sweet aroma with fruits and floral notes. It’s well balanced and has hints of caramel. It’s creamy in body with medium-high acidity and has a long-lasting aftertaste. It uses a medium jungle roast.

You can get either of their coffees in whole beans or ground. I would suggest whole beans so you can grind them as you need to so as to preserve their freshness. Only a small amount of ground beans will be needed as these are two wonderfully flavorful choices.  Find out more online at trueoriginorganics.com!

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13. August 2009

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Pura Vida Coffee

In the same vein as Chiapas Farms, Pura Vida specializes in superior fair trade coffees finely crafted from 100% Arabica beans handpicked in the mountains of one of the world’s premier coffee growing regions and then slow roasted in small patches.
Pura Vida has a variety of blends from light ones (Breakfast Blend for example), to [...]

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12. August 2009

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Chiapas Farms

Cafe de Chiapas brand coffee is made from a single organic/fair trade cooperative in the highlands of the Southern Mexican state of Chiapas. It has a wonderfully nutty and buttery taste with a smooth, slightly sweet finish making it a great morning pick-me-up. The full-bodied, 100% Organic/Fair Trade Arabica coffee is roasted in Austin, TX [...]

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11. August 2009

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Chido’s Blend from Equator Coffee

Equator Estate Coffees & Teas is a women–owned company, co-founded in 1995 by Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell with a mission to “continue to be a growing, customer-centric company, dedicated to quality, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility with a commitment to procuring distinctive coffees from growers who practice responsible land stewardship and bio-friendly farming techniques.” [...]

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7. August 2009

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PureVia Sweetener

PureVia is a new all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener made from the stevia plant and they just launched a new ad campaign with health icon and volleyball player Gabrielle Reece!
The sweatner launched a few months ago in grocery and mass merchandise stores across the U.S. and it is specially blended to complement the flavor of coffee made [...]

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5. August 2009

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Crimson Cup: Jungle Love

Since 1991 Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea has roasted and packaged wonderfully flavorful specialty coffee in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to their delightful blends what makes the brand stick out is their dedication to their community. As a member of the Organic Coffee Collaboration they have a whole line of Fair Trade Organic Blends that [...]

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4. August 2009

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Green Moutain Coffee

I’ve been taste-testing a number of coffees these past few weeks, all of which are certified organic, and I’ll be reporting on them as I get through the tastings! Green Mountain Coffee is a leader in the specialty coffee industry and they have a long history of involvement with organic coffee. In 1997 they were [...]

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21. July 2009

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Leaving on an airplane…

Hi Everyone!
I’m off on vacation through August 5. Going to fill the well-
Enjoy!
Photo Credit: Marty Muniz

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20. July 2009

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The NAKED reNEWabottle

Naked Juice has just announced that it has become the first nationally-distributed brand to transition to a 100% post-consumer recycled plastic.
Naked Juice expects to have its entire product line transitioned to the 100% post-consumer recycled bottles in 2010, starting by converting all of its 32 ounce bottles this month (Green Machine, Blue Machine, Mighty Mango, [...]

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16. July 2009

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Positive Pause

During an especially turbulent time in my past, while I was working 80-hour weeks and letting my life pass me by …
…a friend of mine sent me an email with these two words: Positive Pause.
I clicked on the link, and continue to do so, whenever I need, well as positive pause during my day.
The first [...]

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