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	<title>Equator Coffees &#38; Teas</title>
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		<title>Finca Sofia &#8211; The Road Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from a month on our farm, Finca Sofia, in Panama.  I have been writing about the progress on the worker housing as well as good news we received about the health of our coffee trees. Things are looking good.

My last week in Panama saw significant progress to the worker housing &#8211; much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Farm Looks Great&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, my second of three on the ground in Panama,  we had a visit  from Edgardo Miranda, a well respected Panamanian agronomist and coffee  producer.  Edgardo has been visiting Finca Sofia since the day we bought  it, and has been involved in the development of it from an unplanted  piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finca Sofia Update &#8211; Week One!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been on Finca Sofia for just over a week and have seen amazing progress with the worker housing we are building.

When I arrived the foundation and one or two walls had been completed.   This in and of itself was a great achievement.  Now, despite a lot of rain, sick employees, and delayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vac-Pac, Grain-Pro or Jute? A New Test!</title>
		<link>http://www.equatorcoffees.com/blog/?p=141</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to store green coffee after it has been processed and prepared for export.  Traditionally coffee was put in &#8220;jute&#8221; &#8211; a fiber like burlap.  Due to concerns of the &#8220;bagginess&#8221; of coffees stored in jute too long, coffee exporters have been experimenting with other forms of packaging.  We have reported in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finca Sofia &#8211; Snake Bites!</title>
		<link>http://www.equatorcoffees.com/blog/?p=124</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago our field supervisor, Angel, was bitten by a venomous snake.   He was rushed to the hospital in David by Kelly Hartmann, farm manager, and given the antidote immediately.
  
Kelly said Angel was looking quite ill when they arrived, and his arm had already begun to swell, but by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCAA Perspectives &#8211; Ecuador Perla Negra and Decaf Colombia</title>
		<link>http://www.equatorcoffees.com/blog/?p=122</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am just back from SCAA in Anaheim.  This wonderful event highlighted some spectacular advances in coffee quality.  In particular I had the pleasure of cupping coffees from Ecuador and Colombia that &#8220;reset&#8221; my expectations for these origins.
Nico Velez, a coffee farmer/exporter/roaster and native of Ecuador, has started a boutique-grade coffee renaissance in his country, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama &#8211; Finca Sofia Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from a wonderful trip to Finca Sofia, Equator&#8217;s fledgling coffee farm in Panama.  This trip was focused on three aspects of the farm: worker housing, getting Angelica, a girl on a farm with a deformed leg, on a plane to the US  for surgery, and checking on the status of our coffee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equator 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Year brings with it some exciting developments at Equator. 
For starters, this is the beginning of our 15th year in business! From day one we felt we were embarking on a long journey, but for some reason, 15 years still seems like a significant milestone to us. 
And by some serendipitous coincidence (perhaps as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 2009 News and Featured Coffees &#8220;Central America&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.equatorcoffees.com/blog/?p=103</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are in full &#8220;Central America&#8221; mode this month, with many exciting arrivals. Overall quality is on par or up from last
crop, surprising us because of the lousy weather Central America experienced. Conditions were cool and we were
told many regions were noticing inconsistent growth. While some of the earlier samples we received were perhaps a
little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Central American Arrivals</title>
		<link>http://www.equatorcoffees.com/blog/?p=101</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pohl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to announce the arrival of our new micro-lot and top-grade Central American coffees!  They will be rolling into our warehouse, fresh from the ship, over the next few weeks.  
To order please call: 1-800-809-7687 until we have updated our website.  
For the week of June 8 will be able to offer: 
Costa [...]]]></description>
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