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Too bad Starbucks bought the company...

That's right, in celebration of the Yarmouth Clam Festival, and to show appreciation to the residents of Yarmouth, we'll be serving the rarest of all coffees, Kopi Luwak, at the regular brewed coffee price all weekend.

Flavor:

The world's most exotic and expensive coffee delivers an adventurous flavor that's rich, complex, earthy and a heavy body. Once you try this unusual cup, you'll never forget the experience.

Facts:

Owing to a production method that is clearly limited in volume, Kopi Luwak is a rare coffee that demands by far the highest price of any coffee on the world market -- currently around $300 per pound retail roasted.

Why is this coffee so much more exotic than any other? Because the unusual flavors are attributed to the natural fermentation the coffee beans undergo in the Asian Palm Civet, or luwak's, digestive system. it is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavor by breaking down the proteins that give coffee its bitter taste.

The Freaky Bean is proud to support the Portland Green Streets initiative. Portland Green Streets is a grassroots effort to encourage the use of alternate transportation - and is comprised of people who commute through, live, work, study, or send children to school in Greater Portland.

On the last Friday of each month, supporters are encouraged to

* Wear Green (shirt, pants, socks, whatever!)
* Get Around Green (walk, bike, bus, carpool, telecommute, etc.!)
* And then to Celebrate (by signing in for freebies, discounts, & raffle items from local businesses).


The Freaky Bean and Maine Roaster locations will be offering a free small cup of coffee to participants who bring in their own travel mug.

Great coffee and a great cause. What could be better?

On Monday night, Jon Stratton had the honor of being the final speaker of the night for the ceremony announcing Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program. The program, founded with ACCION USA, the country's leading not-for-profit micro-lending organization, has a mission to partner with low and moderate income microentrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry to provide the tools they need to help them grow and succeed.

During his speech, Jon spoke about the exhilaration you feel starting your first business, and the trials you face trying to find money as a small business. He also spoke about the issues with funding the Freaky Bean faced while first starting out, and how ACCION's belief in supporting small businesses helped the company to get off the ground.

For more information, please follow this link for the press release