Fonte Coffee Roaster's Third Annual "coffee For A Cause" - Helping Families In Need

Beginning November 18, through the end of December 2011, Seattle's Fonte Coffee Roaster will donate all proceeds from sales of its "Limited Edition Holiday Blend" to The Pike Place Market Child Care and Preschool (PPMCCP). The profits from every pound purchased will help the organization reach its goal to make high quality child care and preschool programs available to children in need. This year's Holiday Blend will be available for $16 per pound at Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar, located in downtown Seattle across from the Seattle Art Museum or online at www.fontecoffee.com.

Since 1982, The Pike Place Market Child Care and Preschool has annually served 90 - 100 families with children ages 18 months to five years, approximately 75 percent of whom receive tuition assistance. They have helped nourish children of all economic backgrounds by giving them access to high quality early learning programs; fostering a passion for knowledge by ensuring an opportunity to quality early education in a diverse urban environment.

"Every November at Fonte, we start off the holiday season with the release of our annual Holiday Blend; a special limited coffee we enjoy sharing with our customers, friends and family," said owner Paul Odom. "This will be our third year to share the proceeds with a local charity, an annual tradition that has become very dear to us. Fonte has selected the Pike Market Child Care and Preschool-it's our way of giving back to those in need and investing in our community."

Fonte's Master Roaster Steve Smith created this year's Holiday Blend with some of their favorite coffees from the world's 2011 crop. Featuring the creamy sweet Brazils next to rare cedar toned aged Indonesians, form a foundation supporting the lively interplay between a stunningly bright Kenya and the clean fruitiness of the natural Ethiopia Yirgacheffe. The resulting cup is complex, but straightforward, featuring a smooth aged aroma that blossoms at first sip, dissolving into bright citrus notes and then reappearing in a wonderfully balanced aftertaste with distinctive cedar and sweet fruit aromas.


About the Pike Market Child Care and Preschool
The Preschool's program is nationally accredited, and is about one in ten percent of schools who have received this recognition for quality early education. Children in the program receive healthy meals, excellent care and build the social and learning skills necessary to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. Families in their program have the opportunity to work, job search or go to school, confident with the knowledge that their children are safe and nurtured. PMCCP believes that development prospers in a program that supports children's choices and play. www.pikemarketkids.org

About Fonte Coffee Roaster
Fonte Coffee Roaster, one of Seattle's premium independent roasters provides single origin and specialty coffees and tea for cafes, retailers, restaurants and hotels. The company was founded in 1992 by Seattle native Paul Odom to create coffees that would please the most discriminating enthusiast. Font?'s Master Roaster Steve Smith is committed to exceptional cup quality. He sources the best handpicked beans, blends compatible aromas and flavors with artisan quality, and roasts by hand with masterful expertise. Smith manages a rigorous roast to order production process that involves shipping on the same day of roasting, ensuring to-the-minute freshness. For more information about Fonte's finely crafted coffees, please visit www.fontecoffee.com

About Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar
After 20 years of roasting from its headquarters in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, Font? Coffee Roaster opened its flagship retail store in Seattle, Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar, in August 2009. The cafe is committed to serving the highest quality food, wine and coffee. The comprehensive menu bo