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		<title>Blue Bottle Coffee &#8211; San Franciso, CA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found myself down in San Francisco looking for a good cup of coffee.  Andrew, of Element Coffee, suggested I head on down to Blue Bottle Coffee.  It took me a bit of searching with my iPhone GPS but I finally managed to find myself at 66 Mint Street looking at a small cafe and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks Reports Record Second Quarter Earnings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the green giant has done it again.  Straight from the horses mouth. Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 Highlights: Consolidated net revenues increased 9% to $2.5 billion Comparable store sales increased 7%, driven by a 3% increase in traffic and a 4% increase in average ticket U.S. comparable store sales increased 7%, driven by a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=688</link>
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		<title>Coffeehouse Machinations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here I sit at work with my new iPad, sipping tea, wondering just what future I have. Currently I am trying to become a assistant store manager because, well, I want to make more money and this is my current job. As a side job I am looking into to helping my parents in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=687</link>
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		<title>Verve &#8211; Helsar de Zarcero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Chase Coffee: Helsar de Zarcero Company: Verve Brewing Method: French Press Origin: West Valley, Costa Rica Description: “Complex, round body, honey, sweet.” Of the batch we tried I would say this was my favorite.  It is worth mentioning that it is 100% Caturra.  What does that mean?  Good question... Apparently that means "Caturra - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=642</link>
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		<title>Verve &#8211; Panama Elida Estate Natural</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Chase Coffee: Panama Elida Estate Natural Company: Verve Brewing Method: Pour-Over Origin: Boquete, Panama Description: “While cupping over fifty Costa Rican micro-lots last year with one of our importers, one of the few coffees on the table from Panama was this dry-processed gem from the Elida Estate. This Elida Estate is a well-known operation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=604</link>
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		<title>Starbucks &#8211; Pike Place Roast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Chase Coffee: Pike Place Roast Company: Starbucks Brewing Method: Coffeepot Origin: ? Description: “With a smoother finish and subtle flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts, this coffee can be enjoyed fresh all day, every day.” This is the every day Starbucks "House" blend.  It is their coffee that they serve in house every day. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=584</link>
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		<title>10 Minute Break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to wake up every morning at 4 AM.  I wake up before the sun, before most people.  Some people, myself in the past included, are just going to bed.  I've never gotten used to such an early time.  It's mostly mental, I know, but still I find it unpleasant. Yet if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=680</link>
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		<title>Ritual &#8211; Finca La Piñona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Chase Coffee: Finca La Piñona Company: Ritual Coffee Roasters Brewing Method: Pour-Over Origin: Honduras Description: “Sebastián Benitez grows these Pacas cherries on his small, 2-hectare farm, Finca La Piñona, 1615 meters above sea level near the beautiful town of El Cielito.Working the farm with the help of his wife and their 12 children, Sebastián [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=590</link>
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		<title>Verve &#8211; Sumatra Mandheling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dave Coffee: Sumatra Mandheling Company: Verve Brewing Method: French Press Origin: Aceh, Sumatra Description: “Orange peel, full bodied, earthy." It smells like a meal.  It isn't really bitter but it reminds me of.. Wine.  It tastes fruity at first.  The body just reminds me of wine . There is a hint of something, maybe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=610</link>
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		<title>The French Press &#8211; Santa Barbra, CA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dave Now pay attention, coffee fans, and see if you can’t spot the hidden lesson.  One day, the crew was walking around in downtown Santa Barbara, near Figueroa.  We came across a shop, Coffee Cat, which was brightly painted, packed full of happy looking customers, and seemed to exude delicious coffee aroma.  A cursory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bitter-brew.com/?p=614</link>
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