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	<description>an evolution through coffee that reflects on how each element ties back to it&#039;s respective root. coffee, community, agriculture, action.</description>
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		<title>WRBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One week ago I was in Los Angeles for Western Regional Barista Championships. Weeks of training boiled down to a one performance. After 15 minutes it was over it was obvious I wouldn&#8217;t move forward to the finals. I walked away from my performance very proud of how I did and I had a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Look and a Look Forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve followed the blog at all you&#8217;ll notice a new look. rootcoffee is heading in a new direction from it&#8217;s conceptualization, that was never achieved. For the next year the writing will probably be more daily life and personal experience. While I hope the writings of this blog will help to elevate coffee as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/blog/anewlookandalookforward</link>
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		<title>Standards in Product</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem is that more often than not the coffee world is just as guilty of these after thought solutions within the cafes.]]></description>
		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/cafes/standards-in-product</link>
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		<title>Ben Kaminsky wins 1st US Cup Tasting Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the final round Ben Kaminsky of Barismo Coffee identified all 8 cups correctly in just under 4 minutes. He will be representing the U.S. in May in Cologne, Germany for the WCTC. Congratulations Ben.
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		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/events/usctc</link>
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		<title>Gwilym Davies wins World Barista Championship in Atlanta</title>
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2009 WBC Champ Gwilym Davies

Congratulations Gwilym, for those that have not met him he truly deserves it. Also congrats Sammy Piccolo who placed second and to my friend Michael Phillips who placed third. For more info about the WBC go to www.worldbaristachampionship.com or twitchey.org.
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		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/barista/wbc</link>
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		<title>Reinventing the Role of the Barista</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The past couple decades have seen an evolution among coffee growers, roasters, and importers, with changes occurring faster than they themselves can keep up with. The industry as a whole is seeking a means to decommoditize coffee, to create a truly sustainable coffee infrastructure &#8211; one that is sustainable for the land, the growers, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/barista/reinventing</link>
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		<title>US Cup Tasters Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 marks the 21st Annual SCAA Exposition and Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia held April 16-19. A big competition year hosting both the 2009 World Barista Championship and the first ever United States Cup Tasters Championship. The winner will represent the U.S. at the 6th Annual World Cup Tasting Championship in June taking place in Cologne, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/events/uscuptasters</link>
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		<title>Exploring our love of the bean from the grounds up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tara Duggan, Chronicle Staff Writer


From Gold Rush beginnings, when Folgers and Hills Bros. opened in San Francisco, to the North Beach&#8217;s coffeehouse scene of the 1950s, to Alfred Peet opening his first store in Berkeley in the late &#8217;60s, the Bay Area has long been a center of coffee culture.


Today, there are countless roasters making [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/press/chronicle1</link>
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		<title>Congratulations Michael Phillips!!!!</title>
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Michael Phillips of Intelligentsia Coffee Roasters is this years USBC champ with Nick Griffith, also from Intelligentsia, taking second and Scott Lucey of Alterra Coffee Roasters taking third. Congratulations guys.
Read more USBC happenings at http://twitchy.org/
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		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/barista/phillips</link>
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		<title>Tying it all together-Bloom Coffee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Bloom puts coffee first and foremost they have made it an objective for the cafe to thrive as a living member of the community.]]></description>
		<link>http://rootcoffee.com/cafes/bloom</link>
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