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Thermal Coffee Makers – Warming Up to Thermal Coffee-Makers

Every time we think we have the secret to a good cup of coffee, somebody moves the bar. First we traded our robusta for arabica. Then we started grinding our own beans. Now vendors are forcing the next question: glass or thermal? Experts say the standard drip coffee maker – with a glass pot sitting [...]

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Starbucks Coffee Shop – Starbucks to Open Shops in Brazil

Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffee shop chain, agreed to open its first stores in Brazil to further bolster its presence overseas. Starbucks formed a joint venture with Cafes Sereia do Brasil Participacoes SA, a Brazilian holding company led by local retailers, to form Starbucks Brasil Comercio de Cafes Ltda. Locations will be opened throughout [...]

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Coffee Cupping – Does Coffee Make you Crazy?

Fortune Elkins, a 44-year-old Web designer, sat down with three friends around a lazy Susan in midtown Manhattan one recent afternoon to perform her favorite relaxation ritual: coffee cupping. First, Elkins tenderly roasted and ground the beans, steeped them in water and cleared each brew of stray grounds. She then poured the coffee into neatly [...]

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Caribou Coffee Ranked #1 in the US by ‘Consumer Reports’

A test performed for the December 2004 issue of ’Consumer Reports’ found Caribou coffee the best among 42 regular and decaffeinated Colombian and Kona coffees. Caribou whole beans Colombian coffee was ranked better than any other of the 41 types of coffee analyzed in a test performed by Consumer Reports’. Caribou coffee was the only one [...]

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Capresso Coffee Maker – That Old Drip Coffee Maker’s Days are Numbered

(PRLEAP.COM) Lafayette, Indiana-based JL Hufford Coffee and Tea Company is the first to announce the introduction of the Capresso ST600 drip coffee maker. Although the past several years have seen innovation primarily in espresso machines, particularly with the advent of so-called “super-automatic” coffee centers from Capresso and Saeco, it now appears that the drip coffee [...]

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US Barista Championship Winner – Interview with Matt Riddle

Richard Wolak Interviews Matt Riddle, the USA Barista Champion for 2006. What lead you to joining Intelligentsia Coffee? I moved to Chicago with my girlfriend in 2002. We were both fresh out of college and looking for work. My degree is in Photography, so I was looking for a web design job. I quickly found [...]

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The Self Heating Coffee Cup Finally Invented

The San Diego based company OnTech Delaware Inc. launched a 10 ounce, self heating coffee cup, that addresses the ‘on-the-go’ consumers. The heating mechanism is not based on a electrical system, but on a chemical reaction between water and crushed limestone (calcium oxide). The can is covered by an aluminum foil at the bottom. By [...]

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Starbucks Coffee Recipe – Starbucks Turns Red Only Once A Year

Starbucks Coffee Company turns red today and the traditions we’re celebrating are nothing to blush about. “The holidays at Starbucks are all about enjoying traditions and connecting with friends and family,” said Jim Alling, president of Starbucks North America. “For our customers, that means gathering at their local Starbucks coffeehouse to connect over a hot [...]

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Specialty Coffee – Deal to Give Queens Coffee Maker Double Shot

Fast-growing Shock Coffee partnered with one of the nation’s largest roasters and distributors in a deal to help the Queens-based company expand. Best known for its “hyper-caffeinated” coffee brewed in convenience stores and specialty coffee shops, Shock tapped Concord, N.C.-based S&D Coffee Inc. to roast and distribute its beans because of its vast distribution network, [...]

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Norway Tops in Coffee Drinking

Nearly 41 tons of coffee was imported to Norway last year, meaning the country of just 4.5 million people is in the top ranks of coffee consumption on a per capita basis. Perhaps it’s the cold winters, or simply tradition in a country where it’s common to invite people over simply for cake and coffee. [...]

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Nespresso Essenza, the New Espresso with Style

With its stylish, awarded look and topnotch functionality, Nesspresso Essenza is the vanguard of espresso machines today. Nesspresso Essenza comes in two “flavors”: the Essenza D90 and the Essenza C90. They’re both equally good at serving espresso and sell for the same price of $179 (SRP). Only their design makes the difference. Essenza D90 has more feminine, curved lines [...]

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Nestlé Develops Foaming Coffee Beer System

Nestlé has filed patents all around the world for a new, foamy coffee drink that is made and looks like beer but contains no alcohol, in a sign it is exploring new product avenues. Nestlé’s technical innovation arm, Nestec, has developed the new system for making fermented coffee and is looking for patent protection in [...]

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Man Wants to Open Coffee Museum in Italy

An Italian journalist — a coffee connoisseur and collector — wants to create a coffee museum in his home town of Trieste. Gianni Pistrini said he already has a small coffee section in his small historical collection. But a recent donation of a 100-year-old roasting machine, and interest in coffee makers and espresso machine manufacturers [...]

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