We're happy to announce that Barefoot Coffee will send their Daterra Redcab to the DTCC members for the March 2010 shipment. Redcab is one of the Relationship Coffees offered by Barefoot.  This is a special single farm custom blend offered by Barefoot. Cupping notes: Beguiling fruit sweetness opens for thick and sticky lava cake with almond brittle. Hints of marzipan layered with stone fruit marmalade in the middle. Deep bass power chords resound in the gooey, chocolatey, brownie and cream finish. The slightest kiss of dried strawberries and citrus tickles your palette. A world exclusive coffee created for Barefoot Coffee. Three lots, two varietals and two processing methods. Awesome sweet. The DTCC team tasted this coffee the other day and it's fantastic!  Should be a tasty treat for members.

Today we are proud to announce that Barefoot Coffee Roasters has joined the Direct Trade Coffee Club as a roaster.  They will help us spread the word about Direct Trade and supply our members with the finest Direct Trade coffees.

Barefoot will be the roaster of the month for March.  In the upcoming week we will announce the coffee they will ship to members in March.

Here is a little information about Barefoot – read on and I think you will be as excited as we are to have them aboard!

Barefoot Coffee is all about relationships. It is the hand that crafts the coffee that makes the biggest impact on both the flavor of the coffee and the positive impact that it has around the world. Coffee has a dramatic effect on many thousands of lives in its journey from the finca to the french press. Barefoot is committed to making the impact a positive one. Positive environmentally, socially, financially and personally. We believe in doing business by shaking hands and working on a win-win solution for everyone. The best products are always reserved for friends. Coffee is no different.

The Barefoot Coffee Way:

• Great coffee is the result of the many hands that craft it from the seed on the farm to the cup in your hand.
• Making great tasting coffee takes a lot of hard work, training and commitment.
• You must have the best coffee equipment that is well maintained and clean.
• Every espresso and coffee you make should be the best it can be to honor all of the hard work that went before it.
• Customers deserve and expect the best tasting coffee made by skilled, caring people.

The Partnership:

• Barefoot Coffee is deeply committed to developing long term relationships with our coffee producers at origin and our coffee partners here at home.
• Barefoot practices sustainability in every area. We buy sustainably grown coffee from conscientious growers including Relationship Coffees, Shade Grown, Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance and many other certifications. We recycle, reduce and reuse as much as we can.
• Barefoot takes coffee very seriously. We work very hard to apply leading edge techniques, science, equipment, theories and passion to hand craft the best cup of coffee or espresso. It is hard work pursuing perfection. It’s worth it.
• Barefoot makes the entire connection from farmer to cup transparent and open. Our wholesale customers and their consumers know in detail exactly who grew the coffee, where and how it was grown, the varietals and elevation and all of the flavor nuances.
• Barefoot uses only the best quality, industry leading equipment to roast and prepare our coffee. That means Probat roasters, LaMarzocco, Nuova Simonelli Aurelia and Della Corte espresso machines and grinders, Fetco brewers, Mazzer and Mahlkoenig grinders and Everpure and Cirqua water filtration.

Please join us in welcoming Barefoot Roasters to the club by following them on Twitter and joining their Facebook Fanpage.