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P U L L : E V E N T S CAFÉ IMPORTS' LEGENDARY COFFEE-PRODUCER TOUR DELIVERS AN UNPRECEDENTED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ON ITS REPUTATION as one of the best resources for exceptional coffee education, Café Imports produced a nationwide, open-to-all, free opportunity to meet and learn from some of the most celebrated coffee producers in the world, in late February. True to the name, this affair was legendary: Café Imports brought three families of coffee producers—Francesca Chacon and her 15-year- old son, Oscar, from Costa Rica's Finca Las Lajas; Finca Nueva Linda patriarch Juan José Miguel, and his son, also Juan José, who is implementing new practices to the family business; and Jacques Carneiro hailing from Carmo Coffees in Brazil. (Also scheduled to attend were Elkin Guzman and Jairo Ruiz from Banexport in Colombia, but visa issues prevented them from traveling.) The epic adventure began in the state of Washington, with all the producers arriving from their home countries and meeting up with a team from Café Imports led by Jessica Brotzler, Luis "Lucho" Arocha, Omar Herrera, Joe Marrocco, and Noah Namowicz. After a quick tour of Seattle, the producers were squired to Olympia Coffee Roasting in the state's capital for the first of three stops on the Legendary Coffee- Producer Tour. A capacity crowd gathered for the daylong event, and the Olympia Coffee Roasting staff graciously assisted with numerous coffee tastings. The following day, the crew flew off to Minneapolis, where producers were welcomed to Café Imports' expansive headquarters and sophisticated At top: Café Imports' Noah Namowicz (le ) and Luis "Lucho" Arocha welcomed a endees to the fi rst stop on Café Imports' Legendary Coff ee- Producer Tour at Olympia Coff ee Roasting in Washington State. Below: To celebrate the tremendous a endance of and enthusiasm for the second stop on the Tour, Minneapolis a endees partied down at Café Imports' green- coff ee warehouse. PHOTO BY ANDY REILAND PHOTO BY HONOR FORTE FIRST-EVER AN EXTREMELY RARE COFFEE PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR AWARD-WINNING COFFEE 1 ST PLACE GREEK BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 Private cupping sessions will be held at LA PALMA & EL TUCÁN´s BOOTH - SCAA Atlanta Please RSVP: info@cafetaf.gr - Limited spots available 36 barista magazine