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"The best quality coffee"
Green Star, you are the best.....you have the best quality coffee in town and the most generous spirit helping so many non profits and good causes in this difficult time. We love you!
Jan Olivas
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Editorial
Flavorful, high quality, and warmth are just a few ways to describe Green Star Coffee.
Many companies say they're going for the most natural sources, but Green Star coffee is one of the few that brews all their coffees with only the finest organic ingredients, and, in the end, the state speaks for itself. Coming in a variety of delicious flavors, Green Star's 100 percent Arabica brew is one coffee people of any taste or attitude can enjoy.
The Green Star Coffee was founded five years ago, when Daniel Randall and and Kevin Donelly learned that most drinkers never learned what great coffee tastes like. They went about a plan of creating the best coffees and teas they could, bringing together the greatest ingredients they could find in a process that would be sure to leave customers satisfied.
Green Star is more than just a morning jump start, it's the kind of coffee you'll want to savor. Each of their varieties features full body and delicate taste, that's sure to leave you fluttering on cloud nine. It also has no artificial flavorings or colors, since everything Green Star puts into your cup is 100 percent natural.
In addition to their several lines of coffees, including Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, Morning Star, and Paradiso Blend, they also have a line of delicious teas, including several varieties of Green, Pekoe, and Jasmine, and many others.
With the importance of being green these days, many companies are jumping on the organic bandwagon, but Green Star has been making its organic coffees for years. Made with the best 3 percent of beans in the world, Green Star Coffee is the finest organic coffee on the market.
By combining the freshest, most natural ingredients and a lot of work, Green Star coffee has been able to create one of the best cups of coffee on the market, which can be found at stores around the world, or ordered online on their website.
Author: F. Woods, Coffee Franchise & Coffee Product Reviews
Read the article on the Coffee Franchise & Coffee Product Reviews website
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Green Star Coffee Press Room
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Exceptional service, top-notch products...
“Exceptional service, top-notch products, and a commitment to supporting sustainable coffee—these set Green Star Coffee apart from the rest. Without question, we are proud to serve their products.”
Jason Womack & Krista Fritzen, Owners of Coffee Cat in Santa Barbara, CA
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Editorial
NEW OWNER BREW UP SOMETHING DELICIOUS
Though the Roasted Bean in Santa Ynez has always been a hub of coffee-related activity in the small town, its new owner, Trace Eubanks, is adding items to the menu and striving to make the shop a true center for the community.
See how Green Star Coffee has helped Trace and read the rest of the article from the SY Valley Journal here
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I love Green Star Coffee!
I love Green Star Coffee! I went years without drinking coffee because it always bothered my stomach. I have no such problem with Green Star as it's well balanced, not acidic and consistently rich tasting. I have been a fan for years and continue to have it shipped all the way to Boston.
Tess Hartwell
Boston, MA
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I love that Green Star offers both coffee and tea!
I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but I love tea! The China Black BOP is my favorite. I love that Green Star offers both coffee and tea! If you haven't tried Green Star products, you are missing out.
Kitty Dougherty
Santa Barbara, California
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Fantastico!
Your coffee is the best! Thank you!
Marc Englert
SLO, CA
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Green Star Coffee ROCKS!
I would have major mutinies both at home and work if I ever try to change. Not only is the coffee delicious but they care about the world. I try to eat locally as much as possible but you just cannot get locally grown coffee in Northern CA. Green Star Coffee is the next best thing - Certfied Organic & Fair Trade! If you care about your coffee and care about the world - you must drink Green Star Coffee.
Colleen Lazanich
Sebastopol, California
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Editorial
Red Star Coffee Goes Green!
Friends of many years, roastmaster Daniel Randall and his business partner, Kevin Donnelly, opened Red Star Coffee in Santa Barbara County. With a combined 25 years in the specialty coffee industry, they built their business solely on exceptional coffee and service.
“We have never performed any marketing or advertising," Randall says. "All our business is based on word of mouth and referrals from our happy customers. Our product and customer service speaks for itself."
On April 20, Red Star Coffee became Green Star Coffee. “The Green Star Coffee identity is more in line with our core values of sustainability, eco-friendly practices and offering the highest quality certified organic and fair trade coffees and teas on the market,” Randall says. “For us, it is business as usual but with a new look and feel that reflect who we are in the marketplace.”
See the full article on NOOZHAWK
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Press Release
Green Star Coffee Commercial
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Your philosophy is Awesome.
I just got off the phone with Daniel and was telling him how wonderful the coffee was at Trattoria Grappolo and was told it was from Green Star Coffee. I was there on business and was so impressed with the coffee. I was telling Daniel that I use to own coffee shops back east and think your philosophy is Awesome.
Rene Fleming
Carlsbad, California
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Editorial
Trends - Green Star Coffee
Thursday, April 17, 2008
By Alastair Bland, Santa Barbara Independent
“We have a social responsibility,” he said. “We want to change our business practices to become more green, and we’d also love to be a model for other companies to follow, to leave a lighter footprint.”
The sweeping change in the product line allows customers to trust that any cup of Green Star Coffee really is green. One-hundred percent of the company’s coffee is organic, and 80 percent is fair trade: deeply relevant to the health of the environment where the coffee is grown and the health of farmworkers who harvest the beans.
“Growers, farmers, and their families are getting blasted with chemicals,” said company co-owner and roastmaster Daniel Randall, a 16-year veteran who is considered an artisan of his craft. “They also receive very little money, and we’ve made an effort to cut out a few of the middlemen so that more of the money goes to the farmers without raising the price of a cup of coffee.”
Much of Green Star’s coffee is shade-grown, as well, a farming technique that preserves surrounding rainforest, protects the growing beans from over-exposure to the sun, and provides habitat for pest-controlling birds.
Green Star is the only roasting company in Santa Barbara County that is a TransFair USA Licensed Partner — a good thing. The company’s coffee, which consists of 20 varietals, 15 blends, and four roasts, can be found at SpiritLand Bistro, Chamomile Café, Wine Cottage Bistro, Coffee Cat, and Roasted Bean, among others. Green Star Coffee will be present at the South Coast Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 20, at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens.
Read the rest of the article at Independent.com
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Editorial
Red Star Coffee Goes Green for Earth Day
BY ERIC LINDBERG
DAILY SOUND STAFF WRITER
After five years as a mostly organic coffee roasting company, Red Star Coffee is changing its colors.
On Sunday, coinciding with Earth Day, the Santa Barbara-based company will be newly branded as Green Star Coffee. Its owners see the switch as a better reflection of their sustainable philosophy.
“We have been thinking about making this change for many years,” co-owner Kevin Donnelly said. “We’ve been Red Star Coffee, but we always thought that having a name that was a little more ‘green’ fit better with our core values.”
Admittedly, the company has always been on the forefront of sustainability and eco-friendliness, Donnelly said, with about 85 percent of its coffee beans roasted and sold as organic and standing as the only local roaster licensed by fair trade certifier TransFair USA.
But along with the name swap, Donnelly and his partner, roastmaster Daniel Randall, have dedicated themselves to selling only 100 percent organic coffee and will buy from just the top 3 percent of the specialty coffee market.
“For us, it is business as usual but with a new look and feel that reflects who we are in the marketplace,” Randall said in a prepared statement.
Other roasting companies typically sell about 5 to 10 percent of their stock as organic, Donnelly said, admitting that while it might be a challenge to go exclusively organic, the duo’s 25 years of experience in the specialty coffee industry give them an edge.
“We know how to get our hands on those coffees,” he said.
As far as the fair trade aspect, the company writes a check quarterly — about 15 cents per pound of fair trade coffee it sells — to TransFair USA, the nation’s only non-profit fair trade certification organization.
TransFair uses those funds to support coffee farms and neighboring communities by setting a minimum floor price, ensuring fair labor conditions, eliminating middlemen, investing in scholarships and training programs, and prohibiting pesticide use, among other policies and programs.
“It doesn’t give them fish, it teaches them how to fish,” Donnelly said.
The pay-off comes when Donnelly and Randall turn out a batch of slow-roasted coffee and put it up for sale at their Calle Real store, he said, and when customers compliment them on the low acidity and rich taste.
He said one customer, a dedicated patron of the coffee shop, came in one day with tears in his eyes, telling Donnelly that his coffee-loving wife had been unable to drink coffee for years due to stomach problems.
“All that has changed since she tried Green Star coffee,” Donnelly said. “She now enjoys her morning cup with her husband.”
The coffee-roasting pair will be on hand at the South Coast Earth Day Festival this Sunday at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, handing out brewing samples and explaining their philosophy.
Donnelly said the company, which until now had developed support by word-of-mouth, will be airing commercials, taking out advertisements, and using every method they can to tell local residents why their product is unique.
“I don’t know anybody else who is 100 percent organic,” he said. “We’re breaking ground, at least in the county.”
Read the full article at Santa Barbara Daily Sound
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Editorial
All’s Fair in Trade - Holiday Gifts for Conscious Shoppers
Red Star Coffee Technically, these guys are coffee wholesalers, but Daniel Randall, managing partner and roastmaster, said it is possible for the average Joe to buy a not-so-average cup of joe from the company’s online store. Randall recommends the dark roast Organic Fair Trade Italian Roast as the best gift grind. (It’s what he brought to Thanksgiving.) Randall promotes fair-trade (and organic) coffee because “it’s good for you and better for the planet and for the farmers.” And, as a 15-year veteran of the coffee industry, Randall sees it as an investment in the future. “If farmers can’t afford to grow coffee, they’ll tear it out and grow another crop.” To keep the beans growing and the java flowing, Randall votes fair trade. Visit redstarcoffee.com; call 683-2555 Read the rest of the article at independent.com
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Green Star Coffee has ruined my average coffee experience
"I'm writing to testify that Green Star Coffee has ruined my average coffee experience. I used to be able to drink the coffee I normally picked up at the grocery store, satisfied with my "pretty good" brew. It was enough. I was happy. Then I tried the Firehouse Blend from Green Star and every coffee since has paled in comparison. No longer can I enjoy "pretty good" coffee. Now I'm forced to enjoy the BEST darn coffee I've ever had! After I wind this up, I'm ordering more Firehouse Blend. A pox upon you for your fabulous coffee! I'm hooked!"
Love,
Erika Isaly, Ventura, CA
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These guys know more about coffee and tea than anyone else and you can taste it in their products...
"Working with Green Star Coffee for the last 5 years has been and absolute pleasurable and profitable experience. They have single handedly put Red's Espresso Bar and Gallery on the map! Their Organic and Fair Trade coffees are expceptional and their incrediably friendly and personalized service is the best in town by far. I feel great about the fact that they are the only Trans Fair Licensed Roaster around, ensuring that farmers and their families are given their fair share." "These guys know more about coffee and tea than anyone else and you can taste it in their products. I would highly recommend them to all family and friends." Dana Walters
Owner of Red's Espresso Bar and Gallery
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Without a doubt, the best coffee I have ever tasted.
"I am writing to compliment you and Green Star Coffee on your outstanding product and service. Since switching from our previous supplier, we have received nothing but compliments from our guests (and employees) regarding the quality of your coffee. They are even more impressed when we let them know that your beans are Certified Organic and purchased then roasted under Fair Trade guidelines.
On a personal note, Green Star coffee is without a doubt the best coffee that I have ever tasted. I drink it at the restaurant and I drink it home."
Brad Wood, General Manager
Ruth's Chris Steak House
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We are proud to serve Green Star Coffee products
“We have been serving Green Star Coffee's Certified Organic and Fair Trade Italian Roast and Paradise Tea since we opened our doors. Our coffee and tea selections were made as carefully as we make our wine and food selections, with the thought of taste, quality and supporting our local producers. We are proud to serve Green Star Coffee products. The customer support has always been stellar as well.”
Rebecca & Aimee
The Wine Cottage Bistro
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Editorial
Santa Barbara Independent: Bean Counting
By Sam Kornell
When Dan Randall first started coffee roasting 15 years ago, it was with one intention - to create the kind of gourmet, organic coffee he loved. His girlfriend at the time was unimpressed. “She didn’t like my stuff,” Randall said recently. “Her idea of a good cup of coffee was Farmer Brothers. If it didn’t taste like a brown paper bag brewed through a gym sock, she didn’t like it.”
Read the rest of the article at independent.com
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