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Event The Biggest Coffee Tasting in the History of Bridgewater ... keeps getting bigger James Hayes-Bohanan , Ph.D. Coffee Maven and Geographer Bridgewater State College Updated March 28, 2013 My coffee obsession began when I started to understand the plight of many thousands of farmers who work very hard to produce fine coffees and earn very little for their efforts. |
 Thank the farmers!
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PLEASE BRING A CUP!
| Thursday, April
4, 2013 Second-year Seminar: Secret Life of Coffee in cooperation with Social Justice League's Just Trade Fair Both events in the Grand Ballroom of the Campus Center Just Trade Fair: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tasting and Poster Exhibit: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
 This event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted to Coffee Kids, which supports education, health, and other projects in coffee-growing communities worldwide. Detailed information will be available at the event. |
Thanks to the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Department of Geography, and the Social Justice League Thanks to the dedicated staff in CESO and the Campus Center Thanks to the wonderful students who have helped this event to grow year-by-year Most of all, of course, Thank the Farmers from every coffee-growing corner of the planet! |
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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 - noon |
Final
Hour -- 2:00-3:00 pm |
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DECAF No
CO2 FROM PERU WILL BE
AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT All of the carbon dioxide emitted in the production, roasting, and transportation of this coffee is offset by the planting of trees in Peru. |
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The timing of this year's event is going to be a bit different than in recent years. We are starting earlier but ending at the same time. A more limited selection of coffees will be available during the interim, but students will not be presenting posters between noon and 2:00. NOTE: Where two coffees are listed, both have been ordered but preparation plans have not yet been finalized. |
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| Burundi |
Mpemba |
Brazil |
Santos or Fazenda São Benedito |
| Costa Rica |
La
Amistad |
El Salvador |
Finca
Guachipilin or Finca Siberia Bourbon |
| Ecuador |
El Batan |
Ethiopia |
Amaro
Gayo |
| Hawaii |
Kona & Vanilla
Macamia |
Guatemala |
Antiguas |
| Jamaica |
Blue
Mountain |
Indonesia |
Telong
or Abyssinia |
| Yemen |
Genuine Mocha |
Madagascar |
Sama
Estate |
| Nicaragua | Selva
Negra |
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| Venezuela |
Venezuelan |
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 These students were part of the 2007 tasting. See photos from the subsequent tasting events on Flickr.  |
 Photo & quip: Jane Doherty When you cannot make up your mind…brew them all! |