January 2010
 Welcome to all!
Stop start conditions might have slowed a few things down in the past few weeks, however while some Mozzo Masters have needed to dig themselves out of snow drifts in the depths of the countryside, others seem to have found some better climates…
Before we move on though, check out the Latte Art creations coming out of Mozzo World recently- is it a bird, is it a plane???
 The Blue Mountains of all places…
With the certain perks our man Stretch receives from a very nice lady (namely his wife, Jen) he found himself on a plane on Christmas morning heading out to Jamaica for a few days. We have to say, it takes some dedication to be such a coffee nut that you spend your Christmas doing more things coffee!
Stretch headed up to the Blue Mountains to find out what the Jamaican coffee farmers get up to…
They’re currently implementing reforestation with an aim to have all of their plants 100% shade grown. This will encourage a more natural habitat with greater organic matter being created, thus replacing the depleted nutrients in the soil with less need for chemicals.We like the sound of that.
Did you know that 85% of Blue Mountain Coffee is exported to Japan??
 Wrap up warm!
By all accounts most people we’ve spoken too recently have either had power cuts or frozen pipes. Brrrrrr! Those beautiful espresso machines are probably enjoying it the least so remember to wrap them up in a nice big duvet when they’re not doing their thang. Frozen burst pipes might make great icicles outside but a frozen machine will be very unhappy when she gets turned on the next day.
 Greening it up…
Power stations are working over time at the moment to keep toes warm and coffee brewing. We put our ears to the ground for some tips and heard a story about the ultimate energy savvy couple. Let’s call them Mr and Mrs Coffee Bean…
They run their bath of hot water and from their one bath, have a scrub first, wash the dog, then water the plants, do the washing up, wash the car and finally give the drive way a good scrub. We would not of course recommend driveway scrubbing this week- the water may turn to ice and you might slip over and hurt yourself.
Who can beat that for ingenuity?? Don’t be shy!
 Wrap your ears around this…
Something slightly different for you music fans this month. Ólafur Arnalds is a modern classical musician with sounds that sit perfectly with the landscape at this time of year.
Download his 7 song series ‘found songs’ for free. Contemplative…
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