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Almost 3 months ago we united a team of international baristas and roasters as Coffee Common to engage and serve a spectacular audience at TED2011. During our radio silence, we’ve been busy balancing day jobs, barista competitions, and personal lives with the intention to move Coffee Common forward in the best way possible, not the fastest.
As we began planning our first public event for the end of this summer, staff from TEDGlobal approached us with a proposition we couldn’t refuse. After considering our goals for Coffee Common—to introduce and share the joys of exceptional coffee with people through unique experiences—we realized just how well they align with those of TED. Working together at TEDGlobal in July will not only bring the Coffee Common message and experience to an international audience, but also one that has gathered specifically for the purpose of challenging their preconceptions and learning something new.
TEDGlobal will be taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time and it is the only other event organized by TED aside from the primary, annual Long Beach conference. We’re honored to be the exclusive coffee representation for both events and have the knowledge and craft of coffee, as we understand it, be considered just as relevant as the other conversations taking place at TED.
Following our debut at Long Beach, we are being given even greater opportunities to engage with the audience at TEDGlobal. Not only will we be serving delicious, carefully-sourced coffees, and the stories behind them, but we’ve been given nearly 2-hours on the schedule to develop and lead workshops with TEDGlobal participants. Each participating roaster will also have the opportunity to include samples of their coffee in the famous TED gift bags, which go home with every member of the audience.
Though this event won’t be open to the public, we plan on capturing and broadcasting as much as we can for everyone at home to enjoy. Ideally, we will compliment the TEDGlobal experience with an event that will be open to public participation. It will mirror some of the experiences we provide at TEDGlobal and take place the following weekend in London. (Stay tuned for more details)
Thank you for all your past support as we look ahead to new experiences and new friends in the UK.
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Lastly, if you’re interested in working with us—sponsorship opportunities (we need generous in-kind sponsors, smallwares, cups and the like), providing coffee, working with us on TEDGlobal or other projects, please contact us.TEDGlobal2011 / Coffee Common
Edinburgh, Scotland
July 11–15
ted.com
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Jason Chatfield: I need to catch a cab. →
I woke up this morning in Emergency at the Alfred Hospital. The right side of my head throbbing, not able to open my jaw, my drawing arm shredded up from my shoulder to my wrist and my hips shooting pain up my spine as I tried to move my legs- and I’m told the first thing I was saying was “Shit,…
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Grab tasty coffees & help our friends in Japan @marketlanecoffee 28/03
On March 28th, Toshi and Masa will be running Market Lane Coffee to generate some much needed donations for the earthquake and tsunami victims of Japan. If you are free anytime during Monday, and would like an epic cup of coffee goodness while helping out with the charity, please come along to Market Lane.
For any further information, please email toshi@marketlane.com.au
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Coffee Common: Barista Report: Matt Perger →
[We sent a few questions out to the baristas who participated in the launch of Coffee Common at TED2011, here’s what they had to say…]
Matt Perger, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Axil Coffee Roasters
Why did you come to the Coffee Common event at TED?
I’ve been a massive fan of TED for…
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Coffee Common: Barista Report: Emily Oak →
[We sent a few questions out to the baristas who participated in the launch of Coffee Common at TED2011, here’s what they had to say…]
Emily Oak, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Australian Independent Roasters, AIR Coffee, Sydney.
Why did you come to the Coffee Common event at TED?
It’s…
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Coffee Common: What we're drinking now: talk to your barista. →
So we’re drinking different coffees at different times today. By now, TED attendees have become accustomed to the fact that pretty much every time they come to the bar, they’ll be drinking a different coffee. I’ve been keeping up along the way, posting on this blog which coffees we’ll be drinking.
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Making Dreams Come True
- Mom: I had my colonoscopy today. My butt is fine.
- Me: that belongs on when parents text
- Mom: Don’t you dare.
- Me: no one would know
- Mom: It would be funny to see if they took it. I would be famous.
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“I knew there was a reason I was friends with this girl. (I realize that this is the opposite of the stuff you post here on stfub, but I figured anyone who followed this blog would appreciate this.)”
True story.
(Thanks http://jimmyjosh.tumblr.com/)
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A direct quote from Scott Morrison MP, Member for Cook, taken from his website:
My Christian faith remains the driving force for my family, beliefs and values. My family and I are members of ShireLive Church, at Sutherland.
What type of Christian denies people the right to grieve for loved ones at the cost of a few measly plane fares - in one case for an 8 year old child? The type of Christian who has a fundamentalist belief that only his own kind deserve a place in our world.
You’re the fundamentalist zealot Mr Morrison, you’re the danger to our ‘Australian values’
Photos: Brisbane Times and ABC News - hope it was OK to reproduce these!
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