http://weibo.com/midifestival
Fairtrade Coffee in China – Youdai Coffee at 2014 Beijing MIDI Music Festival – 5.1 Prizes Giveaway!
Youdai Coffee—Music for the Soul!
Arabica Roasters and DJ Youdai are coming to the 2014 Beijing MIDI Music Festival this week to give free coffee to music lovers. We will be hanging out free coffee to friends who come by the MINI Cooper tent (near the Qing Stage), so stop by and get a cup of Youdai Coffee to keep you rocking!
Source: MINI CHINA Weibo http://weibo.com/minichina
5.1 + MIDI = YOUDAI COFFEE GIVEAWAY!
To celebrate this year’s MIDI Music Festival, Arabica Roasters and DJ Youdai will be giving away prizes to music and cof...
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA – U.S.
assistance to coffee rust affected countries
By Desk1 / September 10, 2013 / No Comments
NEW YORK – Central America, southern Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean are experiencing one of the worst recorded outbreaks of coffee rust.
It is a devastating disease for coffee plants, threatening the livelihoods and food security of smallholder coffee farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that coffee production in Mexico and Central America will decline by seven percent this year and may fall even further next year. The United States is working closely with affected governments, international organizations, civil society, coffee associations, and the private sector t...
20 Unusual Uses for Coffee
Can you imagine life without coffee? We'd all stumble around like drones for hours every morning, lost without our precious fix. We love coffee for its flavor, its aroma and of course its pick-me-up, but there are at least 20 more compelling reasons to stay stocked up. These tips will give you surprising and unusual uses for fresh coffee beans or grounds that have gone stale, the pounds of used grounds you toss out every week and the dregs at the bottom of your cup.
Kill fridge odor Wouldn't you rather smell coffee than two-week-old leftovers, half-rotten produce and spoiled milk? If your fridge is a nightmare of foul odors, place a bowl of fresh, unused coffee groundsinside and leave it for a day or two. The coffee wil...
Healthy Lifestyle Green Luxury Events: Spring in Sanya
Hainan Rendezvous
At last month’s Hainan Rendezvous, Arabica Roasters worked with Italian boatyard SOLARIS, maker of high-end custom-made sailing yachts. Their gorgeous ships are a perfect meeting of speed and comfort, built for competition as well cruising with some friends aboard. Including our friends at SOLARIS, over 130 yachts from over 20 nations were in attendance at this year's events.
Source: SOLARIS (WeChat: SOLARISYACHTS)
原图来自公众微信:意大利索拉利高级定制帆船
We provided coffee for guests to enjoy as they perused the event’s countless luxuries, while promoting Arabica Roasters’ Green Luxury Coffee—high-end lifestyle th...
Why Now Is the Time to Start Drinking Fair Trade Coffee
Kelsey Timmerman // Huffington Post
Jose Antonio Benevides
--4th generation Colombian coffee farmer, 1st generation FT farmer
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairtradecertified
Being a coffee farmer isn't easy.
This was one of the thoughts racing through my head as I straddled a shivering coffee tree on a steep, crumbly volcanic mountainside in Colombia's Narino district. However, mostly I was thinking: "Don't die! Don't die!"
The "grande gringo" as I became known to my coffee farmer hosts did not fall to his death, but, following my visit, coffee prices did.
In 2012, while I traveled to Honduras and Colombia researching my latest bookWhere ...
It's all coming back to me now: Researchers find caffeine enhances memory
For some, it's the tradition of steeping tealeaves to brew the perfect cup of tea. For others, it's the morning shuffle to a coffee maker for a hot jolt of java. Then there are those who like their wake up with the kind of snap and a fizz usually found in a carbonated beverage.
Regardless of the routine, the consumption of caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions to wake up or stay up. Now, however, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University have found another use for the stimulant: memory enhancer.
Michael Yassa, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins, and his team of scientists found tha...
Coffee and Health Event: 2014 Pilates Method Alliance China Chapter Conference
Arabica Roasters was happy to sponsor coffee for event-goers at this year’s PMA Conference. Coffee and healthy lifestyles go hand-in-hand and our Shanghai team was happy to keep participants caffeinated and excited to learn about new and traditional ways to stay healthy and fit. Many of the participants were coaches at local gyms, so the knowledge they learned will be passed onto their students throughout Shanghai and China! If only caffeine were the same way!
For the full event-write up and more information about Pilates in China, please see our friends’ website at:
http://www.pilatesmethodalliance.org
From PMA’s website:
2014 PMA - C...
Environmental Protection through Coffee — Wishing Jane Goodall a Happy Birthday in April!
Dr. Jane Goodall has been championing wildlife since she first ventured deep into the African jungles. Now, celebrating her 80th birthday (4/3/34), she continues to spread the message of environmental stewardship.
Jane Goodall Yunnan Coffee Giveaway!
To celebrate Dr. Goodall’s 80th birthday month, Arabica Roasters will be donating coffee as gift prizes to promote Roots & Shoot’s Weibo topic “Jane Goodall and Me”. Participants are asked to share their experiences on Weibo about how Dr. Goodall has impacted their lives.
Dr. Jane Goodall with Arabica Roasters’ GM Stuart Eunson in China
Each day, ...