Barefoot Coffee Roasters And Global Blends Coffee Give Back To The Community
Coffee lovers and cause minded individuals can now support several great Bay Area causes by drinking at Mountain View's Global Blends Company. Through its "Cause and Effect" program, Barefoot Roasters is raising awareness and providing sustainable support for local causes and charities such as Emergency Housing Consortium (EHC) and Ballet San Jose. And now peninsula residents can enjoy world class and espresso drinks and support their community causes at the same time.For every pound of Casa Segura or Tanzania Ballerinaberry sold at retail at Global Blends Company, Barefoot Roasters and Global Blends will combine to donate $1 to the respective cause. In addition to retail sales, Barefoot Roasters will donate $0.50 for each pound of these Cause and Effect coffees that Global Blends brews up in the café for customers.Casa Segura and Tanzania Ballerinaberry are available for purchase in whole bean by the pound as well as served on the bar as filter at Global Blends Company at 650 Castro St in downtown Mountain View, CA. It is also available at Barefoot Roasters located at 5237 Stevens Creek Blvd.

in Santa Clara. "The Cause and Effect program gives us an excellent opportunity to serve great and help a cause at the same time, two of my favorite things to do." Grinned Patsy Price, owner of Global Blends Company. "We always encourage our customers to think globally and caffeinate locally, Barefoot allows us to take that to the next level."While Barefoot Roasters provides sustainable support to the global community by purchasing directly from farmers and buying Fair Trade coffees, the creation of these special blends highlights the company's commitment to bring that support to the local community. "All of us have great intentions to support local causes and help our communities." says Andy Newbom, CEO of Barefoot Roasters. "The Cause and Effect program raises awareness about some great programs in our local community and allows all of us to vote with our dollars and actually make positive change.

Coffee and community are intertwined. Community leaders and visionaries like Patsy Price at Global Blends are the future of sustainable support for the community." Eugene Lee, a happy Global Blends fanatic and customer was please to be able to support great local causes. "It's good to know that I am drinking the best in the area and I am happy to be playing a part in contributing to art in the community, by helping the Cause and Effect program."Restaurants, cafés or other businesses interested in providing sustainable support for the homeless, the arts or any of the other Cause and Effect charitable support programs can contact Barefoot Roasters at 408-687-3692 or e-mail protected from spam bots for more information.Global Blends Company is a community oriented independent shop located in downtown Mountain View at 650 Castro St. Combining old world craftsmanship and new world customer service and ambiance Global Blends is carving a niche for itself in the Bay Area scene. Global Blends supports the global community by buying Fair Trade and farm direct coffee.

Global Blends also supports the local community by participating in local fund raisers and community events. Global Blends is a participating member of the Specialty Association of America.Barefoot Roasters is a full-service and espresso bar and artisan organic wholesale roaster located at 5237 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Santa Clara (at the corner of Lawrence Expressway near Bed, Bath and Beyond). All coffees are roasted fresh in the café by skilled artisan roasters using old-world, small batch roasting techniques to coax the best flavor out of every coffee. Barefoot Roasters actively practices and promotes sustainability in both products and practices.

Over 85% of Barefoot Roasters coffees are organic, shade grown and fair traded, resulting in not only better but better living and working conditions for the farmers and their children for successive generations. The café features computers for Internet access, as well as Wi-Fi Internet access, and serves high-quality coffees, teas, pastries, desserts and chocolates. Barefoot Coffees are served and enjoyed in many fine cafés and restaurants throughout the Bay Area. Barefoot Roasters is proud to be a participating member of the Specialty Association of America, the Roasters Guild and a founding member of the Barista Guild of America. For more information, please call (408) 248-4500, visit www.barefootcoffeeroasters.com or simply drop by..