Caffe Vita, in response to great fanfare, has announced a second round of public brewing classes taking place in our bean warehouse where you can further your knowledge of coffee brewing methods including the use of Vita Pour Over, French Press, Vacuum Pot, Bialetti and more.

First Class: Sunday, November 8th 2009
Second Class: Sunday, December 6th 2009
10AM @ Caffe Vita Capitol Hill

$20 Includes: Caffe Vita Public Brewing Course
$45 Includes: Caffe Vita Public Brewing Course, 1 Vita Pour Over Brewer, one of our Farm Direct Coffees and a Vita Diner Mug.

To Register Please Contact: Andy@caffevita.com or call 206.709.4440 * 177

Join the Bus, Approve Referendum 71 and No on I-1033 on Saturday on, October 31st to Trick or Vote in support of equality and a better Washington. Like equal rights for domestic partners? Us too. We’re going to be telling voters all about R-71. And like a state that can actually fund little things like education, health care and environmental protection? We’re going to be making sure everyone knows about the impacts of I-1033.

Trick or Vote 2008 saw over three hundred young people in costume, knocking on doors all across King County, and making sure young people voted in the election. This year, we’re going even bigger. And dare we say better.

So what do we need? You! And your friends. In costume. Ready to knock on some doors, get some candy and remind folks to turn their ballots in.

We’ll be meeting up in our awesome (and dare we say spooky) Georgetown location (the Old Rainier Cold Storage – 5840 Airport Way South) in the afternoon, going out to Trick or Vote, and then returning for the afterparty. Yes, it’s free. Yes, it’s all ages. And yes, you get to eat all the candy you can handle! That’s what we call real politics.

To reserve your slot rsvp online here. We’ll see you there!

Continuing what is becoming a popular tradition, Theo Chocolate and Caffe Vita will hold a free public cupping and chocolate tasting on the first Friday of each month. 10AM @ the Capitol Hill Caffe Vita.

Expect to cup Vita coffees from our Farm Direct partners around the globe and sample chocolates from the award winning chocolatier.

Holiday Dates include:
November 6th
December 4th

Why Music presents a diverse lineup of over 25 of Seattle’s extraordinary musical talent in jazz, R&B, hip hop, classical, indie rock and musical traditions from around the world. In the spirit of service, these musicians have come together to demonstrate the power of music and support a bold new national initiative happening right here in Seattle.

Often referred to as a musical Peace Corps, MusicianCorps is a new musicians-in-service program created by Music National Service and launched locally in partnership with Seattle’s own Arts Corps. This initiative is building a national model for the Artist and Musician Corps championed by President Obama.

Tickets: $20 General Admission, $5 youth tickets (under 18) available at the door

Buy your tickets: here

Featured artists slated to perform:
EriAm Sisters, Massive Monkees, Evan Flory-Barnes, Darrius Willrich, Clarence Acox and Felicia V. Loud.

For more information please visit: Art Corps website: here.

Just got word that Brian Parks the new chef at Quinn’s and former sous chef from Casa Mono/Bar Jamon in NYC (Mario Batali + Andy Nusser’s amazing Spanish food mecca) will be joining the kitchen for this dinner. And our good friend and James Beard winner John Sundstrom from Lark and Licorous is in as well!

We are incredibly fortunate to have Rafael De Utrera joining the Vita Table directly from Sevilla for an evening of flamenco song, dance, and conversation. Rafael will be joined by his hosts and local flamenco heroes Eric and Encarnación from Children of the Revolution. Expect Spanish cuisine from One Pot + a crew of the cities best chefs – and an experience that should transport us directly to the streets of Seville. Those of you who joined us for the Master Musicians of Jajouka dinner can attest that the intimacy and sheer power of these small gatherings = a damn good time. All of the funds raised from the dinner with go directly to Flamenco Seattle in their ongoing effort to bring us remarkable performers and artists from Spain. $75/person. Price includes dinner, vino, music, salvation. Click Here to Grab Seats.

Thank you for supporting Big Night For Abruzzo!
The collective efforts of all our sponsors, supporters, participating restaurants and chefs raised more then $64,000 for the victims on the April, 2009 L’Aquilla earthquake. These much needed funds have been allocated to rebuild a devastated recreation sports facility that was destroyed in the quake.

This tragic earthquake hit 6.3 on the Richter scale and devastated the central Italian region of Abruzzo on April 6th 2009 @ 3:25AM, taking close to 300 lives, hospitalizing over 25,000 and displacing more than 60,000.

Proceeds have been given directly to: Polisportiva Paganica Rugby and will be used to help rebuild the sports and recreation facility lost in the devastated town of Paganica, the epicenter of the earthquake. Currently, hundreds of displaced youth in Paganica and neighboring communities have no organized sports or facilities because of the destruction resulting from the earthquake.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Caffe Vita, Stoneway Concrete, Viovi Wines, Rosella’s Produce, Peroni Beer, V.I. Wines Distributing, Finamoré, Dinerware, Gravity Payments and Ferrari of Seattle.

Special thanks to all the participating restaurants:
Barolo, Bella Italia, Bella Napoli, Branzino, Cafe Lago, Caffe Fiore, Caffe Umbria, Caffe Vita, Calabria Ristorante, Cantinetta, Ciao Vito, Europa Bistro, Firenze, Gaspare, Hunt Club @ The Sorrento Hotel, Il Bistro, Il Terrazzo “Carmine”, La Rustica, La Spiga, La Vita é Bella, Mamma Melina, Marcello, Mio Posto, Mondello, Paradiso, Piccolino, Pizzeria Guido, Pizzutos, Procopio, Pulcinella, Restaurant Zoe, Ristorante Luciano, Salumi, Salvatore, Sorrentino, Tavoláta, The Mark, The Pink Door, Trinacria, Troiani, Tulio, Tutta, Bella, Via Tribunali and Vince’s

A very special thanks to: Armandino Batali of Salumi, Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita, Seattle Public Opera and DJ Derek Mazzone of KEXP!

We are incredibly fortunate to have Rafael De Utrera joining the Vita Table directly from Sevilla for an evening of flamenco song, dance, and conversation. Rafael will be joined by his hosts and local flamenco heroes Eric and Encarnación from Children of the Revolution. Expect Spanish cuisine from One Pot + a crew of the cities best chefs – and an experience that should transport us directly to the streets of Seville. Those of you who joined us for the Master Musicians of Jajouka dinner can attest that the intimacy and sheer power of these small gatherings = a damn good time. All of the funds raised from the dinner with go directly to Flamenco Seattle in their ongoing effort to bring us remarkable performers and artists from Spain. $75/person. Click Here to Grab Seats.

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE DINNER – CHECK OUT THE GALA PERFORMANCE!

Flamenco de Raiz: RAFAEL DE UTRERA
& Eric and Encarnación from Children of the Revolution
November 7, 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM $30.00. Take Link To Buy Tickets.

Rafael and Juanma are top level flamencos coming directly from Sevilla, Spain. Rafael is one of the most respected and in demand flamenco singers in the world today. He is excited to return to Seattle and will be coming off his current tour with Vicente Amigo to join Eric and Encarnación. This will be a “flamenco puro” performance featuring cante jondo(deep or profound song), dance numbers, and original flamenco compositions.

THE VITA TABLE and One Pot have been lucky enough to bring some of the leading thinkers, writers, musicians, cultural leaders, academics, and filmmakers to our table.: Gore Vidal, Bill Mckibben, Marco Pierre White, Cameron Sinclair, Mark Roth, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, DJ Spooky, Jennifer 8 Lee. This is a series about provocative ideas, dangerous ideas, musical ideas, culinary ideas; in short: the ideas that form our culture. In the spirit of the SYMPOSIUM, we think that the perfect place to hold this dialogue is over food and drink and at a common table.

There will be several more additions soon – but this should get you started. The Compilation goes live on Nov. 17th! Stay Tuned for Details…

100% of sales go directly to Arts Corps and Seattle food banks.