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		<title>It&#8217;s about the Art, dude!</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2009/06/04/its-about-the-art-dude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cafe Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Assume for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwashing with bottled water.</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/06/04/greenwashing-with-bottled-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bottled Water redux   Last year I posted on this blog about bottled water.  You can read this by clicking here.  I described a particular phenomena that I find absolutely horrifying.  The so-called Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.  The Patch is a huge mass of plastic crap that is circulating permanently in a natural current called the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Super-Long Coffee Orderer!  Myth or Monster?</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/05/21/the-super-long-coffee-orderer-myth-or-monster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you from the Pacific Northwest or do you live here (I mean in the vicinity stretching from Seattle to Portland and surrounding areas. . .  this region is sometimes referred to as Cascadia by sociologists, marketers, and even liberal separatists)?  If your answer is yes,  then this is not for you. This is for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity Available! Third Wave Cafe in Seattle.</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/04/30/opportunity-available-third-wave-cafe-in-seattle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Trade vs Coffee Certifications</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/03/13/direct-trade-vs-coffee-certifications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2008/03/13/direct-trade-vs-coffee-certifications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Stopping the Madness! Do you ever buy bottled water?</title>
		<link>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2007/11/03/stopping-the-madness-do-you-ever-buy-bottled-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slayerespresso.com/2007/11/03/stopping-the-madness-do-you-ever-buy-bottled-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Perkunder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialty coffee has long struggled to be a good environmental citizen, notwithstanding the advent of the Solo Traveler cup and lid. One reason is that the industry over time has become uncomfortably connected to a broad range of disposable paper products, items that are likely to end up in landfills and sometimes as litter. It [...]]]></description>
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