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India Trip
February, 2005

Bridgetown Coffee’s owners Sue & Don Jensen were provided an opportunity again to visit, evaluate, assist, and work with another exciting source of great green beans. All of us know the interesting history of India. Pictures of the Taj Mahal, tigers, political leader Gandhi, cattle walking around every place, King Cobra snakes, tea plantations, and lots of people all pop into mind. However, there is another story to be told one that has been little heard of, The Story of Indian Coffee. This is the story through Sue and Don’s eyes.


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At Sintercafe in Costa Rica last year, the Jensen’s were extended an invitation to be apart of the Eastern African Fine Coffee Association’s (EAFCA) 1st ever conference held in Nairobi, Kenya. Don will be the lead judge of the “cupping contest” for the best African coffees submitted by 9 growing countries. Also he will be making a presentation on what “roasters in the USA are looking for in Quality coffees”. Exciting and new coffees will be reviewed, and evaluated which very few roasters in the USA get the opportunity to purchase. Look more from Don & Sue in the near future about this trip.

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Sue & Don Jensen owners of Bridgetown Coffee were extended an invitation to be part of the “estate cupping” contest at Sintercafe 2003. This marvelous conference has been held for the last 14 years affording all growing countries of the world a forum to review the world market, harvesting changes, needs of roasters and growing technologies. The Jensen’s have attended
every other year to stay in touch with the changes going on with the growers. Also they have felt it is the best place to take key employees Ms. Debbie Davis sales, and Mr. Tom Finneran, Operations Manager were invited this year to further their education on coffee. Costa Rica is extremely beautiful, has a variety of phenomenal coffee, and a place to learn the problems of coffee growers. It was a great time especially since Don was one of the lead judges of the coffee-cupping contest.
 

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Sue & Don Jensen, owners of Bridgetown Coffee were extended a visit by the EXPOCACCER, Café Do Cerrado, in Brazil to be part of their “cup of excellence”. Arriving is San Palo, Brazil they became part of 20 individuals invited from around the world to visit Patrocinio and the surrounding growing comminutes to cup the best 130 coffees. We all know Brazil is the largest grower of coffee in world and has mechanized and streamlined the picking and processing of their coffee to produce a higher quality. This very large cooperative (3,000 growers) export their coffee mainly to Italy but the Jensen’s were able to procure some of the best Cerrado coffee for their customers. Don mentioned it was “extremely exciting to be part of this ensemble of Japanese, Europeans, and American roasters and compare notes as to what is the best character of Brazilian coffees”.

 

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Our mission at BRIDGETOWN COFFEE, AROMA COFFEE AND CROWN POINT TEA is to produce coffee and teas at a level of excellence unmatched in the coffee industry. In order to gage our success, we feel it is important to have our products critically evaluated through competition. Since our inception in 1991, we have entered numerous competitions and received a number of prestigious awards. We have found that our participation has not only been a tribute to our hard work, but also an extremely rewarding and informative experience. We have proudly participated in:
• NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SHOW
• SEATTLE COFFEE FEST
• PORTLAND CUP
• LA "ICE COFFEE COMPETITION"
• CHICAGO ESPRESSO COMPETITION
• NASCORE BESTS
• SEATTLE CUP