PRESS RELEASES PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trabocca News & Information June 25, 2005 Trabocca BV co-organizing 'The Ethiopian Gold 2005' cooperative coffee competition Out of about 200 different lots an international Jury has choosen 12 unwashed lots and 14 washed coffees. Mr. Menno Simons was one of the international jury members during this exceptional competition. These coffee are going to be sold via an international internet Auction to be held on 30 June 2005. For more info please look at www.ecafefoundation.org. Trabocca is supporting the initiaters of this competition ECAFE by using their knowledge and scales how to get the best lots in a safe and fast way direct to the final buyers. We organize the preparation, finance and transport worldwide, just like we do with our usual shipments from the organic and conventional Coffee projects, which we have in Ethiopia and other african countries, like Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia and Kenya. Trabocca has the pleasure to announce that we have been awarded for our Project proposal by the Dutch Government called ''Upgrading Organic Coffee Quality in Ethiopia''!! We have worked on our project proposal '' Upgrading Organic Coffee Quality in Ethiopia"" for over a year. Now we have serious funds available to realise what we think is needed in Ethiopia. Main goal is upgrading quality, bringing in hightech hardware, and training farmers by experts, ecological responsibility and sustainability making a huge impact on the income of the farmers. Besides this we will explore new area's and process possibilities. We will raise a joint-venture in Ethiopia very soon and work closely with all our suppliers and their highly selected washing stations! Please feel free to contact if you have any questions! TRABOCCA Your Sourcing Company for Specialty Coffee, Conventional, Organic and Fairtrade Trabocca specializes in the sourcing and selling of Organic and non-Organic products from key countries such as Ethiopia, Tanzania, Senegal, Indonesia and the Dominican Republic. We deal only in the highest quality products and will be focussing mainly on Coffee, Spices, Hibiscus and Tea. Of course we also have possibilities for other products. www.trabocca.com Press contact: Menno Simons Trabocca b.v. Prins Hendrikkade 14 1012 TL, Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel:  +31-204074433 Fax: +31-204972100 menno@trabocca.com © Trabocca B.V.