Coffee 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.
A geograher and
                his cafezinho
Thank the farmers!
I have expanded this site's information about coffee shops, coffee roasters, coffee tours, health effects,
and coffee preparation, and have moved that information to other pages. Please explore!

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.
Coffee Kids

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!

Coffee Tasting 2012

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!

First Hour -- 11:00 am - noon
Final Hour -- 2:00-3:00 pm
 
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.



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.
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
Venezuela
Venezuelan


Studtent-led coffee tasting - Bridgewater
                      State College

These students were part of the 2007 tasting. See  photos from the subsequent tasting events on Flickr.

Straight outta Peru!
When you cannot make up your
                    mind…brew them all!
Photo & quip: Jane Doherty
When you cannot make up your mind…brew them all!



Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan
Coffee Maven and Professor
Department of Geography -- Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Massachusetts USA / EEUU / EUA
508-531-2118
jhayesboh @ bridgew.edu