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You’re a coffee junkie, and you travel. The leisurely sipping of a cup of Joe while your linger over the morning talk shows is not an option in your lifestyle. But you […]
Bloomberg reports that global warming, the fear of which has already sent the alternative energy marketing to overdrive, may soon be affecting the coffee houses near you. Nestor Osorio, the head of the International […]
If you have a stove, and a frying pan, or, even better, a stovetop popcorn popper with a handle, you can dispense with buying roasted coffee, and start roasting your own. Home roasting is […]
The most recent in a series of studies examining the relationship between coffee consumption and diabetes indicates that, when it comes to health, coffee may have an edge over sugary juice. The report, published […]
In the days of the TV western ”Wagon Train”, Rawhide”, and Bonanza”, and more recently in movies like “Brokeback Mountain” or “Open Range”, cowboy protagonists huddled around the campfire, warming their hands on tin […]
Coffee, and wine. Besides appearing on the most wanted beverages list of many movers and shakers, what else do they have in common? Wines can run up to $23,929 per bottle, the price […]
If you are thinking you’ll just take the specialty coffees you get for the holidays and store them to enjoy all year long, think again. Depending on the form in which the coffee comes–green, […]
You’ve heard of Napoleon brandy. But did you know that when Napoleon, in exile on the island of St. Helena, lay dying, he instead requested a spoonful of coffee from the island’s coffee […]
When U.S. President George W. Bush attended November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, chances are good he was offered coffee brewed from Vietnamese coffee beans. One hopes the coffee was not brewed from […]
Coca-Cola, it appears, is waking up and smelling coffee. Coke’s India subsidiary, Coca-Cola India, reports Bhanu Pande of the Times News Network, has undertaken a study examining the feasibility of a chain of coffee […]
Tea and crumpets have been synonymous with British culture for so long that its history as the one-time greatest coffee producer has been long forgotten. But, were it not for a fungus called “coffee […]
While, in terms of its coffee consumption, Italy only ranks sixteenth in the world, coffee is still considered the national drink. And this is in a country whose wines are considered, along those […]
Lots of money, apparently. The government of Ethiopia, with the help of non-profit, anti-poverty group Oxfam, is interested in removing some of the “bucks” from Starbucks, and funneling them back to the coffee growers […]
You can spend hours, or days, or weeks, depending on your passion, learning the characteristics of coffee beans from around the world, the effects that different degrees of roasting has on each of them, […]
There is a reason why it’s the world’s rarest coffee. A very good reason. Kopi Luwak, when you can find it, will set you back a minimum of $120.00 per pound. This […]
So what does a barista have that you don’t have? An espresso machine, for starters. But if you’ve been caught up in the designer coffee craze, can’t get enough of your local coffee bar, […]
For years, you may have been relying on coffee to wake you in the morning, keep you awake in the afternoon, and even, when the occasion required, stave off a night’s sleep. But it […]
The Baby Boomer generation, born between the end of World War II and 1960,is now entering its sixth decade, and as it continues to age will be putting ever-increasing pressure on the American health […]
You’ve been lurking on the fringes of the coffee house culture for long enough, but you are feeling a little nervous about walking up to a barista and revealing your complete, abject ignorance of […]
Kraft, the Phillip Morris subsidiary which is also the largest food and beverage company in North America, had an image problem. Between 1999 and 2003, worldwide coffee prices collapsed. Small coffee farmers in […]
Have you ever been tempted to by a bag of freshly roasted coffee, but been too bewildered at the variety of roasts? Or considered roasting your beans at home, but had no idea […]
Juan Valdez: the smile, the mustache, the sombrero, the donkey. The Colombian mountains looming in the background. Juan Valdez: the smile, the mustache, the sombrero, the donkey. The contents of […]
How, and why, did instant coffee come to be? Quite simply, the world has instant coffee because, in the Depression years of the 1930’s, Brazil found itself with too much coffee and not enough […]
The Book of Isaiah prophesies that, in the “latter days”, God’s people will beat their swords into plowshares. In Saint Louis, Missouri, the fence surrounding the Busch family estate at Grant’s Farm is made […]
You’ve surrendered to the idea that fresh-ground coffee really is better than freeze-dried. But you don’t relish having the coffee ground and bagged at the store, because it’s much better when it’s brewed immediately […]
Legend has it that coffee was first discovered by Kaldi, a goat herder grazing his flock on wooded Ethiopian hillside. Noticing that the goats munching on certain bushes seemed more animated than usual, […]
Coffee: the beverage once as firmly rooted in the fabric of blue-collar America, as the coffee bushes that produce it are rooted in the hillsides of the temperate climes which grow them. “Cuppajoe” and […]
Are you someone who has no clue about coffee bar slang? Are all those expressions concerning espresso more than
you can keep straight? It’s really not as bad as it seems. The entire […]
The next time you pay a visit to your favorite coffee house, be it part of a mega-chain like Starbucks, or a neighborhood gathering place, stop and reflect on the discussion going on there. […]
Can you name the largest chain of coffee bars in the U.S.? Of course you can.
It’s Starbucks.
Can you name the second largest? Not so easy, is it?
It’s Caribou. And a distant second […]
Blackberries, two cups–low in fat and calories, loaded with anti-oxidants, a health food natural.
Green tea, two cups–low in fat and calories, loaded with anti-oxidants, a health food natural.
Starbucks’ Blackberry Green Tea Frappuccino® Blended Crème, […]
The coffee farmers of Ethiopia had a brief moment of optimism in November 2006, when Starbucks CEO Jim Donald met, in Addis Ababa, with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Their hope was that Starbucks would […]
How did we get the hot cup of coffee as we know it today? Credit one Sheik Omar. Beginning in around 900 A.D., Arab physicians, for over 300 years, had been including coffee, […]
The cradle of humankind, Ethiopia’s Rift Valley, was also the cradle of coffee. Legend attributes the discovery of coffee to an Ethiopian goat keeper who, tending his flock on a hillside above the Rift […]
Look out, Coke and Pepsi. The corner coffee house movement, with Starbucks in the vanguard, has been so effective as the 21st century version of the 1950’s soda fountain that coffee is, for the […]
Starbucks took on the U.S. carbonated beverage industry, and is winning. Coffee sales have, in 2006, caught up with those of the fizzy drinks for the first time in sixteen years. So Starbucks […]
Black gold. It’s a term which traditionally, and, with the continuing high price of oil, fittingly, has referred to crude oil. But the second most widely traded commodity in the world, behind crude oil, […]
French roast coffee beans, like French fries, do not come from France. But among U.S. coffee drinkers, the popularity of French roast coffee, usually Colombian, is akin to the popularity of French fries […]
If you don’t know the difference between a barrister and a barista, and are feeling more and more alienated from all your coffee-savvy acquaintances, here’s a primer on the absolute basics of the coffee […]
If you are seriously into athletic competitions, you know about carb-loading before an endurance event. But have you ever considered coffee–or caffeine-loading? The caffeine in your morning coffee can improve your physical endurance so […]
Drink it while it’s fresh. That’s the best advice you’ll ever get when it comes to maximizing the benefits of your coffee. The best selling-beverage in America, valued as a stimulant, is also a […]
Johnny Depp has given us Captain Jack Sparrow, and been nominated for an Oscar for his effort. Russell Crowe has given us Captain Jack Aubrey, and been nominated for an Oscar for his effort. […]
Should you be one of the billions of people already hooked, or in the process of becoming hooked, on freshly prepared coffee, you may be finding that buying coffee in 12-ounce jars off the […]
Are you a coffee junkie? Joseph Rupo, spokesman for the U.S. National Coffee Association, says that coffee is not an addictive substance,as defined by the American Psychiatric Association. So, if coffee is not addictive, […]
Throughout its history, it’s been cast as either the elixir of the gods or the devil’s brew. It’s currently being offered as a diabetes preventative and athletic performance enhancer, and simultaneously being cautioned against […]
You’re a coffee junkie, and you travel. The leisurely sipping of a cup of Joe while your linger over the morning talk shows is not an option in your lifestyle. But you […]
Bloomberg reports that global warming, the fear of which has already sent the alternative energy marketing to overdrive, may soon be affecting the coffee houses near you. Nestor Osorio, the head of the International […]
If you have a stove, and a frying pan, or, even better, a stovetop popcorn popper with a handle, you can dispense with buying roasted coffee, and start roasting your own. Home roasting is […]
The most recent in a series of studies examining the relationship between coffee consumption and diabetes indicates that, when it comes to health, coffee may have an edge over sugary juice. The report, published […]
In the days of the TV western ”Wagon Train”, Rawhide”, and Bonanza”, and more recently in movies like “Brokeback Mountain” or “Open Range”, cowboy protagonists huddled around the campfire, warming their hands on tin […]
Coffee, and wine. Besides appearing on the most wanted beverages list of many movers and shakers, what else do they have in common? Wines can run up to $23,929 per bottle, the price […]
If you are thinking you’ll just take the specialty coffees you get for the holidays and store them to enjoy all year long, think again. Depending on the form in which the coffee comes–green, […]
You’ve heard of Napoleon brandy. But did you know that when Napoleon, in exile on the island of St. Helena, lay dying, he instead requested a spoonful of coffee from the island’s coffee […]
When U.S. President George W. Bush attended November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, chances are good he was offered coffee brewed from Vietnamese coffee beans. One hopes the coffee was not brewed from […]
Coca-Cola, it appears, is waking up and smelling coffee. Coke’s India subsidiary, Coca-Cola India, reports Bhanu Pande of the Times News Network, has undertaken a study examining the feasibility of a chain of coffee […]
Tea and crumpets have been synonymous with British culture for so long that its history as the one-time greatest coffee producer has been long forgotten. But, were it not for a fungus called “coffee […]
While, in terms of its coffee consumption, Italy only ranks sixteenth in the world, coffee is still considered the national drink. And this is in a country whose wines are considered, along those […]
Lots of money, apparently. The government of Ethiopia, with the help of non-profit, anti-poverty group Oxfam, is interested in removing some of the “bucks” from Starbucks, and funneling them back to the coffee growers […]
You can spend hours, or days, or weeks, depending on your passion, learning the characteristics of coffee beans from around the world, the effects that different degrees of roasting has on each of them, […]
There is a reason why it’s the world’s rarest coffee. A very good reason. Kopi Luwak, when you can find it, will set you back a minimum of $120.00 per pound. This […]
So what does a barista have that you don’t have? An espresso machine, for starters. But if you’ve been caught up in the designer coffee craze, can’t get enough of your local coffee bar, […]
For years, you may have been relying on coffee to wake you in the morning, keep you awake in the afternoon, and even, when the occasion required, stave off a night’s sleep. But it […]
The Baby Boomer generation, born between the end of World War II and 1960,is now entering its sixth decade, and as it continues to age will be putting ever-increasing pressure on the American health […]
You’ve been lurking on the fringes of the coffee house culture for long enough, but you are feeling a little nervous about walking up to a barista and revealing your complete, abject ignorance of […]
Kraft, the Phillip Morris subsidiary which is also the largest food and beverage company in North America, had an image problem. Between 1999 and 2003, worldwide coffee prices collapsed. Small coffee farmers in […]
Have you ever been tempted to by a bag of freshly roasted coffee, but been too bewildered at the variety of roasts? Or considered roasting your beans at home, but had no idea […]
Juan Valdez: the smile, the mustache, the sombrero, the donkey. The Colombian mountains looming in the background. Juan Valdez: the smile, the mustache, the sombrero, the donkey. The contents of […]
How, and why, did instant coffee come to be? Quite simply, the world has instant coffee because, in the Depression years of the 1930’s, Brazil found itself with too much coffee and not enough […]
The Book of Isaiah prophesies that, in the “latter days”, God’s people will beat their swords into plowshares. In Saint Louis, Missouri, the fence surrounding the Busch family estate at Grant’s Farm is made […]
You’ve surrendered to the idea that fresh-ground coffee really is better than freeze-dried. But you don’t relish having the coffee ground and bagged at the store, because it’s much better when it’s brewed immediately […]
Legend has it that coffee was first discovered by Kaldi, a goat herder grazing his flock on wooded Ethiopian hillside. Noticing that the goats munching on certain bushes seemed more animated than usual, […]
Coffee: the beverage once as firmly rooted in the fabric of blue-collar America, as the coffee bushes that produce it are rooted in the hillsides of the temperate climes which grow them. “Cuppajoe” and […]
Are you someone who has no clue about coffee bar slang? Are all those expressions concerning espresso more than
you can keep straight? It’s really not as bad as it seems. The entire […]
The next time you pay a visit to your favorite coffee house, be it part of a mega-chain like Starbucks, or a neighborhood gathering place, stop and reflect on the discussion going on there. […]
Can you name the largest chain of coffee bars in the U.S.? Of course you can.
It’s Starbucks.
Can you name the second largest? Not so easy, is it?
It’s Caribou. And a distant second […]
Blackberries, two cups–low in fat and calories, loaded with anti-oxidants, a health food natural.
Green tea, two cups–low in fat and calories, loaded with anti-oxidants, a health food natural.
Starbucks’ Blackberry Green Tea Frappuccino® Blended Crème, […]
The coffee farmers of Ethiopia had a brief moment of optimism in November 2006, when Starbucks CEO Jim Donald met, in Addis Ababa, with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Their hope was that Starbucks would […]
How did we get the hot cup of coffee as we know it today? Credit one Sheik Omar. Beginning in around 900 A.D., Arab physicians, for over 300 years, had been including coffee, […]
The cradle of humankind, Ethiopia’s Rift Valley, was also the cradle of coffee. Legend attributes the discovery of coffee to an Ethiopian goat keeper who, tending his flock on a hillside above the Rift […]
Look out, Coke and Pepsi. The corner coffee house movement, with Starbucks in the vanguard, has been so effective as the 21st century version of the 1950’s soda fountain that coffee is, for the […]
Starbucks took on the U.S. carbonated beverage industry, and is winning. Coffee sales have, in 2006, caught up with those of the fizzy drinks for the first time in sixteen years. So Starbucks […]
Black gold. It’s a term which traditionally, and, with the continuing high price of oil, fittingly, has referred to crude oil. But the second most widely traded commodity in the world, behind crude oil, […]
French roast coffee beans, like French fries, do not come from France. But among U.S. coffee drinkers, the popularity of French roast coffee, usually Colombian, is akin to the popularity of French fries […]
If you don’t know the difference between a barrister and a barista, and are feeling more and more alienated from all your coffee-savvy acquaintances, here’s a primer on the absolute basics of the coffee […]
If you are seriously into athletic competitions, you know about carb-loading before an endurance event. But have you ever considered coffee–or caffeine-loading? The caffeine in your morning coffee can improve your physical endurance so […]
Drink it while it’s fresh. That’s the best advice you’ll ever get when it comes to maximizing the benefits of your coffee. The best selling-beverage in America, valued as a stimulant, is also a […]
Johnny Depp has given us Captain Jack Sparrow, and been nominated for an Oscar for his effort. Russell Crowe has given us Captain Jack Aubrey, and been nominated for an Oscar for his effort. […]
Should you be one of the billions of people already hooked, or in the process of becoming hooked, on freshly prepared coffee, you may be finding that buying coffee in 12-ounce jars off the […]
Are you a coffee junkie? Joseph Rupo, spokesman for the U.S. National Coffee Association, says that coffee is not an addictive substance,as defined by the American Psychiatric Association. So, if coffee is not addictive, […]
Throughout its history, it’s been cast as either the elixir of the gods or the devil’s brew. It’s currently being offered as a diabetes preventative and athletic performance enhancer, and simultaneously being cautioned against […]
