December 2009

  1. Coffee Coolness - Wave Magazine gets all gushy

    12/23/09 - press

    Need a place to study or relax with friends? Here are a few coffee spots perfect for anyone in need of a caffeine jolt or a change of scenery from coffee shop chains: Barefoot Coffee Roasters

    Brewing their own coffee for over five years, Barefoot offers coffee tasting classes and open mic Wednesday nights for poetry readings and live music. With a chill vibe, artwork-adorning walls and comfy couches, it’s the perfect place to unwind and sip on a cup of Joe.

    See the article

  2. Good Magazine: United States of Coffee

    12/16/09 -

    Good Magazine

    The country’s top 10 small-batch coffee companies are brewing blends that do more than wake you up.

    You might feel like you’re living in a Starbucks-dominated world, but there are countless boutique roasters across the country that are devoted to being much more than just modes of caffeine delivery. These are the 10 best, and they’re giving the black-gold industry a much-needed makeover.

    1. Barefoot Coffee Roasters Founded: 2003 Home base: San Jose, California Most coffee businesses aren’t started by people who despise the drink. But Andy Newbom—who set up shop in a strip mall in what he calls “the middle of cultural nowhere”—didn’t have his epiphany until he had the perfect sip of espresso years after the 1980s coffee-shop boom. That one specimen paved his pursuit of brewed goodness. “There’s no magic—it’s the hard work,” Newbom notes. For the employees of Barefoot, that means everything from pulling the perfect shot in their hippie-minded cafe to becoming gurus of their growing regions—a goal they’re working to achieve by focusing on beans from three countries: El Salvador, Ethiopia, and Guatemala.

  3. Wine and Spirits Magazine top 100

    12/15/09 - press

    Wine and Spirits Magazine top 100 wines event!!!!

    Get yourself there! Barefoot Coffee will be served all night to sober you up and blow your mind.

    http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/top100/

  4. Panama Hacienda Esmeralda Geisha , now accepting reservations

    12/12/09 -

    Panama Hacienda Esmeralda Geisha Pascua auction lot 5

    Barefoot Coffee is proud to have been the high bidder for the deservedly world famous Esmeralda Geisha from Panama. This coffee is like a velvet M80 firework of gently explosive jasmine and lemon florals with luscious tangerine marmalade and a sultry creamy mouthfeel. This coffee has it all from sweet and bright acidity, complex mid tones and sweet creamy mouthfeel. It is seriously delightful. It is also seriously exclusive and very limited. Barefoot only managed to get our hands on 75 pounds of this rare coffee!

    To make it more accessible to everyone we are now accepting pre-orders for this coffee. We will only be roasting this coffee when we get enough orders to roast a full batch which should be about every 2-3 weeks.

    The Esmerelda Geisha Pascua is packaged in a sweetly approachable 250 gram size. Each and every batch is hand roasted by Christian Rotsko our Roast Master and is labeled and signed just for you. Own a piece of coffee culinary history and blow your taste buds away at the same time. Order your limited edition, hand crafted, hand roasted, signed and numbered coffee box today for only $60. Trust us, it’s more than worth it.

    email Justine at justine@barefootcoffee.com to reserve your bag today. It will be up on the online store this weekend.

  5. Edwin's honey processed Michicoy

    12/12/09 -

    Edwin Martinez’s Honey processed Michicoy arrives next week…. Christain roasting it up for cupping… there might be a slot for a special someone to get first taste on it… you gotta want it bad. Tell us how bad you want it…

  6. Terra Madre Month at Barefoot

    12/12/09 -

    Visit the event page for detailed info

    Thursday, December 10th, marks the 20th anniversary of the Slow Food movement, a group of farmers, food artisans, producers and thinkers that work towards agricultural sustainability and the preservation of traditional foodways and forms. In commemoration and in support, Barefoot is celebrating Terra Madre Month, a collection of workshops, film screenings and fundraising, benefiting the CAFF’s Farm to School Program in Santa Clara.

    Events scheduled are as follows:

    THIS THURSDAY December 10th, 7pm @ The Barefoot Cafe: A viewing of the film “Mr Bene Goes to Italy” (about a Brazilian smallholder farmer and his visit to the Terra Madre Summit in Italy) and an explanation of Slow Foods endevors in the food world. Slow Food South Bay will be in attendance!

    Tuesday December 15th, 7 pm @ The Barefoot Cafe: Veggielution co-sponsored viewing of “The Garden” (about the South Central Community Garden in Los Angeles and the political fight around it), with Q&A afterwards

    Thursday December 17th, 7pm @ The Barefoot Cafe: Viewing of “Food, Inc” (a history and examination of food policy in the United States), with a Q&A afterwards with Barefoot. speaking about farming, purchasing, and sustainabilty practices, and how they fit in with the Slow Food mission.

    Saturday December 19th, 11am @ Full Circle Farm (if sunny!) or the Barefoot Cafe (if rainy!), compost discussion and workshop with Full Circle Farms!

    Tuesday December 22nd, 7pm @ The Barefoot Cafe: An explanation about Community Supported Agriculture programs with Full Circle Farms!

    Throughout the month, we’ll be taking donations, and a proceed of our sales will be donated to the Farm to School Program (seen here), and information for and about Slow Food USA, Veggielution and Full Circle Sunnyvale, as well as their individual projects, will be available at the cafe throughout the month of December.

  7. Imbibe Magazine Drink of the Week

    12/11/09 -

    Imbibe Magazine Drink of the Week:

    imbibeIf your family is anything like the rest of ours, chances are you go through a lot of coffee during relative-packed holiday weekends. And with parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all clamoring for a cup, it can be hard to find one that makes everyone happy. Which is why we recommend trying Barefoot Coffee’s Brazil Daterra Monte Cristo. Smooth and chocolaty, with loads of cocoa powder, super light acidity and a buttery finish, this shade-grown coffee is a fail-safe option for even the fussiest palates. $12/12 oz., barefootcoffeeroasters.com

    Posted by Imbibe Magazine at 8:50 AM

  8. CoffeeReview Awards Barefoot 3 90+!

    12/10/09 - press

    Coffee Review awarded Barefoot Coffee three over 90 coffees!

    CoffeeReview article
    CR93medallionOur beloved Ethiopian Amaro Gayo Scored an impressive 93 points!
    CR91medallionOur friends at Guatemala El Socorro scored a stong 91 points!
    CR90medallionand our favorite lady in coffee Gloria at El Salvador Finca San Jose scored a sweet 90 points!

    rock on