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Crunchy Granola

Posted in Green, Loco for Locavores, Recipes, Tips, real food, wwjd, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Literally.
Last night I made some granola bars.  This morning, I wanted to get to the roastery early, so I grabbed some of the granola off the baking sheet, put it in a Pyrex bowl, and off to the shop I went.
I like to share, so I put my granola out to share with customers who [...]

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On Roasting, Shipping and Carbon Footprints… Does Local Trump Food Miles?

Posted in Green, Loco for Locavores, Tips, coffee science, roasting, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Photo Source: http://www.freshandeasy.com/blog/2007_05_01_archive.html
I can’t wait to have one of these stores near me
I’ve been so busy roasting, cupping and adding new coffees that I haven’t had time to pontificate on deep and meaningful things in the space lately.  So here’s a little something to chew on…
I’ve been thinking about carbon footprints lately.  We’ve spent a [...]

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Happy Earth Day

Posted in Green, Tips, earth day, tagged , , , , , , on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today is an opportunity to think about your impact on the planet.  I thought I would jump on the bandwagon with maybe some “less obvious” suggestions to minimize your own impact on the planet.  Those who know me know that I like to think beyond the obvious, and this topic is no exception.  So here [...]

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The Rumors of my Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Loco for Locavores, New Coffee, real food, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I know, it’s been a while since I’ve updated the blog! But we’ve been busy!
In honor of Earth Day coming up this week, we had a team at my other Alma Mater, Duke University. They have quite a farmer’s market on Fridays and had an Earth Day theme for this market week; since we have [...]

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Great and eco-friendly

Posted in Green, tagged , , , on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So admittedly this post is at BEST tangentially related to our coffee business, in that the name of said business was inspired by our dogs. But we do like to do our part to minimize conspicuous consumption, so I’ve been meaning to mention the dog leashes Debbie found recently. From Krebs Recycle, these leashes are [...]

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The King is dead. Long live the King!

Posted in Green, Trade Shows, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

And in this case, corn is the new King. What in the world, you may ask, does that title have to do with coffee, or more importantly, you? We’ll get to that, I promise.

We spent the day today at CoffeeFest. If this sounds like fun, then I should explain that while it [...]

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Say Hello to My Little Friend

Posted in roasting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Do you think about the planet when you buy things?  Probably.  It’s almost impossible these days to be unaware, or not care, about issues related to global warming.  It seems natural to think about the planet when you buy a car, or a big kitchen appliance.  Some of us even think of the planet when [...]

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