The opening was a great success! We had chocolate tastings, coffee cuppings, baked goods samplings, demos, coffee brewing classes and… of course… the Gala reception with music, food, friends, family, and neighbors! Thanks for making it such a success! For those of you who couldn’t be there…. we invite you to brew yourself a cup of coffee (tea or hot chocolate) and enjoy these awesome photos of the event taken by Ashley Symons.
In the heart of the city…
226 Causeway Street
Brian O'Connell invites folks to the Opening
Cari Senefsky, Esther West & Lisa Valdez take the coffee to the streets
Inside the cafe, the celebration begins with demos, tastings, and classes …
Dary Goodrich, Chocolate Category Manager, does a coffee & chocolate pairing
Beth Ann Caspersen, Quality Control Manager, doing a coffee cupping
Co-directors, Rob Everts & Rink Dickinson enjoy a coffee break
Adena Killian & Rob Everts
And the party begins….
Rob Everts welcomes the crowd
Next time you’re in Boston, come by and visit us!
Small Farmers. Big Change. 
This is really making me want to take a trip to Boston just to check out the Equal Exchange cafe. Way to go folks! Looks great.
Best,
Zarah
Congratulations! What a fabulous space this is for community-building and further realizing the vision of Equal Exchange. What plans for an Equal Exchange Cafe here in Philadelphia??
Best wishes,
Esther
Pura Vida
Por lo que veo el lugar es muy acogedor, Espero que el lugar se convierta pronto en un sitio obligado de encuentro para amigos, en el que se puedan saborear cafés de primera… ¡por supuesto que no pueden faltar mezclas de Centro América. En especial de Costa Rica y Nicaragua!
This newly opened equal exchange cafe will be a school where consumers will get education about the coffee and the farmers who grow it
I wish you all good luck and growth in the business and having many customers
Oromia Farmers Coffee Co-operative Union
Ashley,
This is SO great! Congrats on the very exciting news! Now we have to come to Boston for vacation!! I was hoping to see someone wearing one of those cute indi hats your selling…perhaps in more photos hehehe
Felicidades a todo el equipo de Equal Exchange por este importante paso!!, esperamos sea una de las primeras cafeterías y que con el tiempo existan más en todo Estados Unidos! Adelante Equal Exchange, sus logros tambien son nuestros.!!
PRODECOOP, Nicaragua
We received words of congratulation from many of our producer partners and allies. The following were translated from Spanish:
“I’m thrilled that EE continues harvesting successes; this will be of huge benefit to the small coffee producers. I congratulate you for this new success and I wish you more.”
Carlos Murillo
“We send many congratulations to our friends at Equal Exchange for the inauguration of your Boston café. We wish you a successful start so that later we can celebrate, proudly alongside of you, the opening of many additional cafes: because ultimately, your accomplishments and pride are also our accomplishments and pride.”
Arnaldo Neira Camizan, Founding member, and former President, Cepicafe, Peru
“Congratulations to everyone at EE for this huge accomplishment which will give us a better positioning of our product and further strengthen our organizations.”
Jose Rojas, General Manager of Cepicafe, Peru
“… a thousand deep congratulations and KUDOS to everyone at EQUAL EXCHANGE!”
Marino Restrepo, Expocafe, Colombia
“Receive our most sincere congratulations and wishes for a successful future.”
Carlos Reynoso, General Manager, Manos Campesinas, Guatemala
Congratulation! This is great!
Sarath, Bio Foods, Sri Lanka
Dear Phyllis,
We are very happy for what you have achived and wish you all the best.
Best regards,
Nekemte
Oromia Farmers Coffee Co-operative Union
Rink,
I am so impressed with what you have done in this world. I have seen reference to your work and the Equal Exchange in a variety of places. Since we were teens back in the 70s, I always knew that you would do something smart and helpful to the world.
I wish you all the best.
Kit (Jones) Mohr
it appears i am a little late to the party, but this looks to be very exciting – hoping the success continues to grow and flourish…
all the best, and more!!
amy