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In addition to the unprecedentedly massive Coffee Pavilion at Fort Mason this weekend (and sorry to say all Taste Hall tickets have now sold out!), there are some other coffee related activities going on during Slow Food Nation. Worth noting are the Blue Bottle cart at Slow on the Go in front of City Hall, a taste session with chocolates as part of the Taste Workshops, and one last-minute event that Peter Giuliano of Counter Culture and I have put together for Saturday with support from the folks at the Long Now Foundation:

Saturday, August 30th
3:30pm-4:30pm

Long Now Foundation Gallery at Fort Mason

Producer Perspectives: The Present and Future of Quality Coffee

Globetrotting coffee buyer Peter Giuliano leads a roundtable discussion with coffee producers, contemplating the dramatic changes in the coffee market from a producer’s perspective. What are the implications when a highly crafted food product is created in a developing country, but consumed in the developed world? What does craftsmanship, sustainability, and quality mean from the coffee producer’s perspective? Plan on an engaging, freewheeling, and global discussion of coffee, culture, and economics.

Coffee from some of the participating producers will be served. A short Q & A session will follow.

Space is limited to 40 people, please RSVP by Friday at
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pZAMMDFBmsM-barEfN27SIQ

The Long Now Foundation gallery is in Building A at Fort Mason Center. Map available here
http://longnow.org/contact/

We’ll be recording the session and uploading video at some point following the event. If you’re in the Bay Area, please consider joining us.