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		<title>It&#8217;s about the Art, dude!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Reading this, I think Ethan makes one good point: no one is perfect and  unfortunately we do live in a time and place where even posting a comment to the Cloud is emitting tundra-melting CO2.  In this sense, we are all hypocrites and posers. However, I also think Ethan misses a larger point.
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		<title>Opportunity Available! Third Wave Cafe in Seattle.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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Are you opening a cafe or planning to in the near future?  if you are, then I may have the perfect location for you:  right next door to Starbucks! 
Pictured here is a location that is actually available right now.  It offers the opportunity to go head-to-head with the industry&#8217;s Goliath&#8211;and your new store is smack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Specialty Coffee.  Is It Still The Affordable Luxury?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me the question of affordable luxury leads down a winding, scrambling, path of discussion around the word &#8220;luxury&#8221; itself. Like any conversation about coffee this discussion is also hopelessly mired in considerations of culture and society.  The United Nations defines the &#8220;forced isolation&#8221; of human beings as a form of torture, in certain cases.  Extended periods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Trade vs Coffee Certifications</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of accompanying my brother (Russ) on a Direct Trade sourcing trip to Nicaragua. Being the espresso machine geek I am &#8211; I&#8217;m generally in Italy, so this was a treat for me. Something that I wanted was a first had experience of Direct Trace sourcing vs Fair Trade [...]]]></description>
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