1000 Faces Coffee - a coffee revolution in Athens, GA

This is just a taste from the wonderful website of 1000faces coffee roasters in Athens, Ga.


take the time - read the site - order some coffee - or better yet find it in community near you

1000faces coffee - MANIFESTO
Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
We want you to know the story behind the coffee you consume and to learn how buying locally roasted coffee benefits YOU. We want to encourage you to think about the gas we can save, the community we can create, and the freshness that should be experienced.
Challenge us as we challenge you! Let us be a community of open dialogue! Let’s do this together!!!
Ask us what price we are paying to the farmers with whom we work. Ask us to take you to the farms. In a business shrouded with secrecy, our model is founded on total transparency. Ask other coffee vendors and roasters how much they are paying for their beans and how that money is being distributed. We want you to understand what happens in small farming communities when vendors and roasters approach coffee as a commodity rather than an artisan creation. We think you’ll find out why we are trying to do what we are doing.
Resisting bad coffee is an act of what the poet Hakim Bey would call “overcoming tourism”. We demand that you overcome the passive distraction of bad coffee. We demand that you overcome the cheap representational living that comes with drinking bad coffee. We demand that our fellow Athens citizens embrace good coffee!!!
Keep your brewing equipment like your dojo; clean and ready for action. Use freshly drawn filtered or bottled water. Coffee peaks within a week of the roast, so try to get it within that time frame. Use the right grind setting and for god’s sake, grind your coffee just before brewing. do not buy ground coffee!
If you are using a natural paper filter, rinse it with hot water before use. Use the right amount of coffee, two tablespoons per six-ounce cup. Brew your coffee at 195-205 degrees Fahrenheit. Store brewed coffee off the heat, as it will burn. Don’t reheat coffee; return cold coffee to the earth. Store a week’s supply of coffee in an airtight container and keep it room temperature and out of direct contact with the light.