While we have your attention, please explore Geography of Coffee to learn more about coffee shops, coffee roasters, coffee tours, health effects, and coffee preparation, coffee romance, coffee films, coffee migration and many other dimensions of coffee. Of special note: Coffee Hell and a proposal to bring better coffee to BSU. |
 Thank the farmers!
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We offer two courses on
coffee at BSU
GEOG 295: Geography of Coffee is a study tour in Nicaragua each January. It may also go to additional destinations in the future. GEOG 298: SYS: Secret Life of Coffee is the seminar that organizes this tasting. It is offered every spring and summer. |
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PLEASE BRING A CUP!
Note: All coffees are listed below.
| Thursday, April
30, 2015 Second-year Seminar: Secret Life of Coffee Tasting and Poster Exhibits in Two Sessions 11 am - 12:15 pm & 2 pm - 3:15 pm This event is free and open to the public. |
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| Thanks
to the wonderful students who have
helped this event to grow
year-by-year Thank the Farmers from every coffee-growing corner of the planet! |
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POSING WITH THE 2012 PRESENTERS
Both sections of my
Second-Year Seminar -- GEOG 298: The Secret Life of Coffee
-- are organizing single event: a coffee tasting in the
Campus Center Ballroom on Thursday April 4, 2013. More
than forty students will organize the tasting, including
one who has actually been to coffee farms. Students will
prepare coffees from at least eight countries. More
importantly, they will prepare posters and handouts and
will be prepared to answer your questions about the coffee
they are serving. Former students have volunteered to help
manage the event, or are involved in the companion Just
Trade Fair.
Students will also be prepared to discuss various aspects of coffee from the field to the cup, such as organic growing, how to prepare coffee, coffee on campus, the fair trade movement, and competing models for treating farmers justly.
If you are attending, please bring your own cup. You will save a few trees and the coffee will taste better.
Guests will be asked to vote for their favorite coffees and the best posters!
Coffee will be served at most of the posters, and information about that coffee will be available on the poster and from the student presenters. This course is in two sections, so a different mix of posters -- and coffees -- will be available during the 11-12 and 2-3 hours. Most countries are represented by a coffee sample; "no sample" appears next to the names of countries from which coffee is difficult or impossible to purchase; in these cases, the students will be able to explain why. Coffee selections are still being determined for those marked "tba." Check back in a few days, or just come to the event to see what we are serving!
Students will also be prepared to discuss various aspects of coffee from the field to the cup, such as organic growing, how to prepare coffee, coffee on campus, the fair trade movement, and competing models for treating farmers justly.
If you are attending, please bring your own cup. You will save a few trees and the coffee will taste better.
Guests will be asked to vote for their favorite coffees and the best posters!
Coffee will be served at most of the posters, and information about that coffee will be available on the poster and from the student presenters. This course is in two sections, so a different mix of posters -- and coffees -- will be available during the 11-12 and 2-3 hours. Most countries are represented by a coffee sample; "no sample" appears next to the names of countries from which coffee is difficult or impossible to purchase; in these cases, the students will be able to explain why. Coffee selections are still being determined for those marked "tba." Check back in a few days, or just come to the event to see what we are serving!
| First Hour -- 11:00
am - 12:15 |
Final
Hour -- 2:00-3:00 pm |
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BYRON'S MARACATURA WILL
BE AVAILABLE BETWEEN TASTING HOURS |
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| Nicaragua |
Byron's
Maracatura |
Colombia |
Gevalia |
| Peru |
Dean's Beans Pangoa |
Ethiopia |
Dean's Beans Oromia |
| Tanzania |
Coffee AM Peaberry |
Mexico |
Higher Grounds Trading Maya Vinic |
| Brazil |
Coffee AM Santos |
Jamaica |
Coffee AM Blue
Mountain Reserve |
| Costa Rica |
Cafe Britt CR Light | Guatemala |
Rao's
Huehuetenango |
| Costa Rica |
Andrews Bakery
La Minita |
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To bring good coffee to BSU on a regular basis, support the Ben Linder Cafe. Read the proposal.
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