{"id":3369,"date":"2009-11-17T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T08:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=3369"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:00:59","slug":"quid-pro-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/quid-pro-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"quid pro joe?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPortland’s own Badbeard’s Microroastery<\/a> will be offering a new signature blend called Symphony<\/strong><\/a> – for every one pound bag of freshly roasted coffee that you purchase direct from Badbeard himself (in fact local cellist and coffee geek extraordinaire Justin Kagan, a frequent performer with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Cello Project, Red Sneakers, and more) two dollars will be kicked back into the Oregon Symphony’s coffers.<\/p>\n

Here ’tis fresh from the horse’s keyboard:<\/p>\n

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In support of my\u00a0fellow local musicians in the Oregon Symphony Orchestra….call it “quid pro joe”….Badbeard’s has crafted SYMPHONY<\/strong>, a bold blend of our finest\u00a0Panama, Sumatra and Ethiopian coffees.\u00a0 Two dollars for every 1 lb. bag sold will be kicked in to the orchestra’s coffers…thinking ahead to the OSO’s slated debut in Carnegie Hall in NYC in 2011.\u00a0 Having performed with these superb musicians over the years Badbeard’s roastmaster wants to give back in kind.\u00a0 We have stepped up efforts with donations in fundraisers for the OSO and will continue to do so in these tough times.\u00a0 We have a thriving yet struggling arts scene here in Portland and want to keep the trail blazing!\u00a0 Thanks for all your help!<\/p>\n

For those of the no-buzz persuasion, a decaffeinated version of this coffee forthcoming in the next two weeks….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portland’s own Badbeard’s Microroastery will be offering a new signature blend called Symphony – for every one pound bag of freshly roasted coffee that you purchase direct from Badbeard himself (in fact local cellist and coffee geek extraordinaire Justin Kagan, a frequent performer with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Cello Project, Red Sneakers, and more) two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[153,140,2042,25,2],"tags":[3668],"class_list":["post-3369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cello","category-coffee-food-drink","category-featured","category-portland","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Sl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3403,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/24\/todays-latte-art-badbeards-coffee\/","url_meta":{"origin":3369,"position":0},"title":"today’s latte art + badbeard’s coffee","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Not my best work, but it was worth a shot (get it?). 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