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Is Ethiopian commodity exchange good for the growers?

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) was established with an ambitious goal of eliminating food shortages and hunger in Ethiopia by creating an efficient marketing system for agricultural commodities. Barely two months after its launch, the highly praised exchange platform found itself caught in the midst of the complex global coffee trade, an undertaking that is entirely different and farther from its original vision of "revolutionizing" the inefficient domestic commodity… Continue

Added by samuel on August 5, 2009 at 6:54am — No Comments

Barista Exchange Podcast - #1

Woohoo! We now have our 1st Podcast available! I am very excited to start doing these podcasts every month or two, and will be inviting guests who have insight on the specialty coffee industry from a baristas perspective and more.





This first Podcast features Christopher Nicely Abel… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on September 2, 2008 at 11:41am — No Comments

oh mUh g4Wd, BuHR335ta 3xCh4nG3!!(#*&^@

online community sites are funny.... every one attracts some sort of crowd and if its around long enough you can catch the trends.... the cool profiles vs the really lame ones...

Something I noticed while browsing through friends, and friends of friends, is, like myspace with the angles and high contrast, there are a few particular styles of photos people like to keep in their albums on bexchange...

of course there is the latte art (*guilty*)

then the ones sipping on a mug of… Continue

Added by K-SAKI on August 30, 2008 at 11:59am — 4 Comments

Cross Country Coffee Adventure

So, I'd like to ride my bicycle all the way from Athens, GA to Seattle, Washington and back stopping along the way at numerous coffee-minded locales.



Ideally, I'd find work at some of these places for several days to a week.



While there, my hosts and I would exchange bits of our respective wisdom and know how. The goal is to tear down barriers that have been created by geography or overly-capitalist drives and to bring the focus at our businesses back to… Continue

Added by Zechariah White on June 29, 2008 at 9:31am — 2 Comments

bX - Upcoming release on Thursday, June 5 from 9-9:15 p.m.

A message to all members of Barista Exchange!



I wanted to let you know that we are rolling out a new release to the bX network this Thursday, June 5, from 9 to 9:15 p.m. bX will be offline during this brief window.



There are a number of features in this release, including:



1) Forum Improvements. In addition to a redesigned forum, you will now have the option to choose between two styles of threads: "Flat," where replies are shown in chronological order, or… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on June 4, 2008 at 9:12am — No Comments

Barista Exchange Opportunity in Puerto Rico

Hello baristas! My friend and past ABC School graduate has a very successful coffee business in Puerto Rico. She is opening her second coffee bar and is looking for a barista to come and spend 3 days or so on site with her and her staff. Here is the email she sent to me in regards to the exchange. Feel free to email her for more info, could be a really fun experience.



- Matt



Here is a picture of Enid (far right) and her… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on April 24, 2008 at 10:48am — 2 Comments

Barista Exchange Featured in Imbibe Magazine

Happy to see that BaristaExchange.com has been featured in Imbibe Magazine's "uncorked" section in their Mar/Apr Issue. If you havn't already checked out Imbibe, it's a great addition to everyones beverage magazine subscriptions also including Barista Magazine and Fresh Cup.



Imbibe is the… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on April 3, 2008 at 9:25am — No Comments

Barista Exchange does a Podcast!

It has been a while but we did another Bellissimo Podcast yesterday, and Bruce decided to do it on ... drum roll ... Barista Exchange :)



After you listen to the PF.net podcast, feel free to check it out, it's 20 minutes on bX and what I have planned for the future ... Click here to listen to the Bellissimo Podcast.





Enjoy!



-… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on March 28, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Barista Exchange Meet Up & Dance Party - Ithaca, NY

We are proud to announce the next Barista Exchange Meet Up will take place Friday, April 11th in conjunction with the NERBC. The party is sponsored by the American Barista & Coffee School



Here are the details:



Friday, April 11th, 2008

8pm - 1am

Ithaca, NY

The Chanticleer Loft (corner of Cayuga St. and State St.)



Barista… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on March 5, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Global Barista Exchange- Noe Castro Cacao at Barefoot

February is the month of coffee and love with Valentines day and Specialty Coffee month sharing the stage. And that coffee love is blooming at Silicon valley's Barefoot Coffee Roasters. Barefoot is hosting Guatemalan National Barista Champion Noe Castro for the month of February. Noe Castro was the Guatemala national Barista champion and went on the compete in the 2006 World Barista Championships in Tokyo nabbing 28th place. Noe recently took third place at the 2007 Guatemala Barista… Continue

Added by Andy Newbom on February 13, 2008 at 4:38pm — No Comments

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