It has finally paid off. In May 2008 Barefoot Coffee Roasters FINALLY will be moving into our long awaited Coffee Works! All of our coffee roasting, training, offices and staff will be moving there. Of course the Barefoot cafe will still be running strong on Stevens Creek Blvd and all Baristas and cafe teams will stay there.

The Barefoot Coffee Works building is in the heart of downtown San Jose. It is at 76 Sunol st San Jose, CA 95123. View Larger Map Sunol street is just off The Alameda about two blocks from the HP Pavillion and across the street from the new San Jose Whole Foods store opening later this year. It is a beautiful 4,000 square foot two story building. All coffee roasting and production will be out of this gorgeous new facility. And Monica and team will at long last have a true training center with two dedicated espresso machines, multiple espresso grinders, coffee brewers and tons of space to train and practice. Monica will be holding monthly mini jams at the Coffee Works starting in June.

Right now the plan is to move the roasters in the first week of June and start roasting in the new space that week. Wow! And starting June 1^st all mail and deliveries should now go to the 76 Sunol st address rather than the cafe.

In the new space instead of stacking two weeks worth of green coffee to the ceiling and having to crawl over it to get anywhere Eugenia and the roasting team will be able to have a few months worth of green coffee on hand. This should greatly reduce the times when we run out of a certain coffee for a few days while waiting for the next delivery because now we finally have space to store it all! You should also notice improved accuracy on your orders due to many new and improved systems going into the new Coffee Works. Eugenia and the production team have been working very hard on building new systems.

The new wholesale phone number of 408-293-7200 will be the main number at the Coffee Works and Our new Customer Builder Stephen Wade will be there to answer the phones and email and help you with coffee questions all day Monday through Friday 8 am to 6 pm.

The entire coffee team at Barefoot Coffee thanks you for your enthusiastic support of great coffee! We are honored to roast such great coffee and to be able to serve such amazing customers. 2008 is the year of the Foot! We love having you as a part of the Barefoot family!

]]> http://www.barefootcoffeeroasters.com/2008/04/28/making-sweet-coffee-love-coffee-works-style/feed/ http://www.barefootcoffeeroasters.com/2008/04/16/mini-documentary-about-fair-trade/ http://www.barefootcoffeeroasters.com/2008/04/16/mini-documentary-about-fair-trade/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:54:39 +0000 Barefoot http://www.barefootcoffeeroasters.com/?p=464 Found a cool little video mini documentary about the Face of Fair Trade on youtube. Check it out

It was a Santa Clara university film project. Gotta love the crazy tongue out the side pose that crazy guy struck.

Overall it was pretty balanced and reasonable. Some pretty funny quotes.

Lets all make history again this year and get so many votes that Barefoot Coffee wins again! Get out the vote!

Vote for ALL your favorite local places. If they are not born and raised and exclusively here in Silicon Valley then don’t vote for em. This is the Best of Silicon Valley,not the best of the chains. Break the chain!

You’ve been dying to tell someone about the best Silicon Valley steakhouse or the best spot for free WiFi? Don’t you want to share the name of the bar where you sipped a sublime martini the other night? Or even better, the best place to kennel your dog or take your daughter’s teen posse for her birthday party? Well, here’s your chance to let the world in on your favorite places and things in Silicon Valley. Tell us about the Best in Silicon Valley. Results will be published later this spring.

Name and contact number or e-mail are required (this information will not be published). Only one entry per person. Entrants must be 16 years or older. Voting ends April 21.

vote here

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Bring your own chair day!

so bring your own chair today cause we ain’t got none!

This new rule is a gross violation of both individual and business rights and strikes at the heart of the oppression we are covered in almost daily from the sticky hands of greedy government. It is an outrage and a travesty. We are forced to pay for a useless and meaningless action to appease special interest groups.  The ruling states that it is “Labor Friendly” so business owners are forced to use union labor to do this mindless task. So not only is it costing us $48.50 an hour for 10 “laborers” to clean and sanitize the chairs but they don’t even think they will be done until tomorrow! I HATE THE GOVERNMENT! Bring back Ross Perot!

So we deeply apologize but untill further notice there will be no chairs available at Barefoot Coffee Roasters cafe. Thank you for your understanding and patience and your strong horse stance.

Then on Saturday the San Jose Poetry Slam comes to Barefoot. Some slammers you know and love join some you’ve never heard of to tell you true things and gorgeous lies. Signups start a little before the show.