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Buna Bean Coffee Roasters Open House
I received an email from the folks at Buna Bean Coffee Roasters in Ennis, TX to let everyone know that they are having an open house.
When: Thursday, October 16th, 5:15pm - 7:00pm
Where: Buna Bean Coffee Roasters
1505 S. Oak Grove Rd., Ennis, TX 75119
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We are having an Open House/Business After Hours on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 5:15 – 7:00 p.m. at our roaster located at 1505 S. Oak Grove Rd., Ennis, TX 75119, 972-872-2862 (BUNA).
We would love to have other coffee folks come to our event. Food served.
Thank you,
Brenda Haupt
Buna Bean Coffee Roaster
Thanks, Brenda!
Buna Bean Coffee is a fairly new roasting company in the DFW area roasting on a Deidrich. They are new, but they are off to a great start. If you are in the DFW area, give them a visit! I have been enjoying a Costa Rican from Buna Bean for the last couple of days with good results.
“The Perfect Cappuccino” Movie Screens in Texas!
Some of you may remember our blog post about this movie when the trailer was posted. (ignore the formatting.. the post is from an earlier incarnation of this blog)
Well, today I received an email from Amy Ferraris, the creator of the film, to let us know that it will be screening THREE TIMES in Texas. Be sure to watch the trailer if you haven’t already.
Don’t miss the screening if you can help it. I’m not sure I’ll be able to make any of them, honestly, which is a shame. So here’s hoping most of you can catch it and give us a write-in about it.
Amy writes,
Hi guys,
I’m a documentary filmmaker, and I’ve recently finished a film called “The Perfect Cappuccino.” I’m writing because it’s going to be screening a few times in Texas over the next couple months - the first time is this Saturday in Denton. And I was wondering if you would consider either posting something in one of your forums or creating a blog post to let your members know about the screenings? I think the crowd of people who frequent your site would definitely get a kick out of the film.It’s going to be screening…
–Saturday 9/27 at 11:00 am in Denton, Texas as part of the Thin Line Film Fest (www.thinlinefilmfest.com)
–At the Dallas Video Festival, which runs Nov. 6-9 (www.videofest.org)
–At the Real Films screening series in Houston in early November (www.realfilms.org) - I will be at this screening for a discussion afterward.I’m pasting the text of a press release re: the screening in Denton below. (Excuse the press release-ese, but it has some good info on the film in general…)
Thanks for your help in getting the word out!
All the best–
Amy
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Perfect Cappuccino
A documentary about coffee, consumerism and being American
screens in Denton, Texas on September 27, 2008Global Capitalism. One Man’s Fight for Survival. Delicately Foamed Milk.
One morning only!Filmmaker Amy Ferraris’ eucalyptus pictures presents the Texas premiere of THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 27, at the Fine Arts Theater in Denton, Texas. This quirky, first-person documentary screens as part of the 2008 Thin Line Film Festival (www.thinlinefilmfest.com).
THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO tells the story of thirtysomething Amy Ferraris’ lifelong obsession with the cappuccino, an Italian coffee drink that consists of espresso and foamed milk. Having first discovered the cappuccino on a trip to Italy in 1990, Ferraris comes back to the U.S. and is plagued by one seemingly unanswerable question: in the country that put a man on the moon, why is it so hard to find a decent cappuccino?! Ferraris’ quest to answer this question leads her all over the country and includes encounters with a wide variety of characters, including average coffee drinkers, espresso historians, cultural critics, political activists, and even one of the founders of Starbucks. Ultimately, the search leads her to the DoubleShot Coffee Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she finds not only sensational coffee but a community of fascinating characters as well. But her happy discovery coincides with a threat to DoubleShot’s very existence: a legal dispute with corporate giant Starbucks.
“Although this film is pretty wide-ranging in terms of time and geography, in the end, the DoubleShot story is really the film’s heart,” Ferraris notes. “The David-and-Goliath story of this tiny shop standing on principle and going up against a corporate behemoth really inspired me, and it really made me think.” Although it maintains a light-hearted tone, THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO raises some serious questions. Why is the Starbucks chain-store model a uniquely American approach to coffee? Is there something in our character, as Americans, that pushes us toward expansion and mass standardization? Is this human nature? Is it American nature? Are we a culture that values business enterprise? Or a culture that is ruled by it?
Described by one viewer as Super Size Me meets This American Life, THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO was a crowd-pleaser at its festival premiere in August 2008, at the Hardacre Film & Cinema Festival in Iowa. Ferraris has pieced together a smart, witty meditation on what our coffee habits say about us, as individuals and as a nation. “The central idea behind this film,” comments Ferraris, “is that when you talk about a ‘perfect’ cup of coffee – or any food, for that matter – you are really talking about much more than how it tastes. Taste is part of it, but there are these other intangible things too – the environment in which you drink it; community, or the people who’re with you when you do; the business practices of the entity who sold it to you… there’s so much to consider.”
Tickets for the event may be purchased in advance at www.thinlinefilmfest.com.
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To view a trailer of the film, please visit http://cappuccinomovie.com
Media Contact: Amy Ferraris at cappuccinomovie@gmail.com
Production still photos available for publication.
Press copies of the film available for review.
For press inquiries on the Thin Line Film Festival in general, please contact festival director Joshua Butler at joshuabutler@texasfilmmakers.org
The Fine Arts Theater is located at 115 N. Elm Street, Denton, Texas 76201
Cafe Gallo (and Brown Coffee Co.) mentioned in the San Antonio Current.
I happened upon this just today, so don’t shoot me for being a month late!
Amuse-BOUCHE
(tasty little dish)
By Elaine Wolff
Café Gallo proprietor Jason Garcia – an alum of Le Rêve and Biga – would like to shake up some of your locally grown food assumptions: Coffee doesn’t have to be roasted within an inch of its life to be flavorful, e.g., and bolillos don’t have to be white. more…
Very Cool!
I’d like to see more local journalists highlight the best coffee businesses in their area. I know Austin has done something kind of like this (with a rating, though not really much in the way of columns).
Even though I’m a month late, congrats to the Gallo! (and to Brown).
Texas Coffee People + Barista Exchange = <3
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T exas Coffee People now has a group in the Barista Exchange community. Even if you don’t want to have anything to do with Texas Coffee People… you should at least join Barista Exchange. It’s such a great networking and community resource for such a small and budding industry.
TX-Coffee.com… now in Barista Magazine
With the TX-Coffee.com Mug. (yyyup)
For those of you who are familiar with Barista Magazine probably already know about his little blurb we got.
If you’re NOT familiar with Barista Magazine, you should be!
It’s the only trade magazine with content that actually matters for folks serious about their business (or barista skills.. or just hands-on coffee in general).
If you’ve seen it, you probably also know that the Champ is on the cover.
Congrats James!
I hope this FOAM section helps bring new readers and new enthusiasm for great coffee in Texas.
Texas Coffee People on Myspace.com
And
Together at last.
New Coffee Map for Texas Coffee People
“If you look out to your right…”
You may notice a map of the state of Texas. Do not be alarmed.
This map is available as a reference of coffee houses in the state of Texas.
If you know of one that is NOT already on the map
(and as of right now, it’s pretty empty),
you can add your favorite shop (even if it’s YOUR shop) to the map, so others can find it.
Included is a rating system. Please, do NOT rate your own shop!
The ratings system is in place to allow consumers and visitors to rate the quality of the products being made by any retailer listed on the map. This helps to make things less confusing when trying to determine where to go while visiting a particular town in Texas.
If you would LIKE to have your shop rated, I will be happy to make an announcement requesting that someone visit, and RATE your shop.
Let’s try to keep this going on the honor system.
Let’s fill up the Map!
“Nestle Stirs Up Storm in Coffee Cup”
http://www.foodweek.com.au/main-features-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=588
Oh boy.
“Coffee™ ” part 2?
Has Nestle not been paying attention to the Starbucks vs. Doubleshot suit?
It’s ridiculous. Who do these businesses think they are, anyway?
“Nestle Stirs Up Storm in Coffee Cup”
http://www.foodweek.com.au/main-features-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=588
Oh boy.
“Coffee™ ” part 2?
Has Nestle not been paying attention to the Starbucks vs. Doubleshot suit?
It’s ridiculous. Who do these businesses think they are, anyway?
“Nestle Stirs Up Storm in Coffee Cup”
http://www.foodweek.com.au/main-features-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=588
Oh boy.
“Coffee™ ” part 2?
Has Nestle not been paying attention to the Starbucks vs. Doubleshot suit?
It’s ridiculous. Who do these businesses think they are, anyway?
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