Specialty Coffee Pioneers Join Forces

Specialty Coffee Pioneers Join Forces; Ethiopia's Network of Licensed Distributors Grows.

(CSRwire) Washington DC- May 2, 2007 -Ethiopia's specialty coffee sector celebrated this week as Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, a renowned and high profile fair trade and farmer-friendly coffee roaster and distributor, joined the Ethiopian new network of licensed distributors.

"Dean's Beans is a company that takes a lead on support and consideration for its developing world coffee suppliers and coffee farmers. We know they already have demonstrated their commitment to Ethiopian coffee farmers and their communities. The goal of our initiative is to raise awareness in Ethiopia of how special and unique their coffees are and to bring more sustainable economic benefits to farmers from their sale. We are very pleased to have Dean Cycon and his team join forces in our network at this early and formative stage," commented Getachew Mengistie.

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