All About Gourmet Coffee

Coffee does not increase risk of high blood pressure (US News & World Report)
Go ahead, ladies, ask for that extra shot of espresso in your morning latte. The caffeine jolt might spike your blood pressure for a short time—until lunch, perhaps—but it won't have a lasting effect, according to a study out this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study followed more than 155,000 women for 12 years, asking them every couple of years about their

FASHION NOTES: Boutique changes name and focus (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
The store that was once Annata! (just months ago) and known for its vintage apparel is now called The Time. Though the boutique remains at 7298 Manchester Road in Maplewood, it has changed fashion lanes and now includes funkier selections of women’s clothing and accessories, all made by up-and-coming designers from New York, California and even parts of Missouri (including designs by j.marie,

Single Serve Coffee.com - Coffee Pod Reviews, Senseo, Home Cafe
We did find they fit in all the US single serve coffee brewers that take a 62 mm coffee pod and we also found the coffee to be good.

Coffee Makers and Espresso Machines
Home and Commercial coffee makers and espresso machines as well as gourmet coffee bean roasters and coffee grinders. Gifts and equipment from Capresso or

Espresso machines, coffee makers & grinders
800-Espresso offers espresso, espresso machines, coffee makers, coffee grinders and italian coffee.

Senseo® Home
coffee pod system at a store near you & experience it for yourself. New Senseo® Coffee Pod Varieties. Experience the feeling of Europe’s greatest cities

Coffee with Tom Votel (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
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A refreshing way to make a living (NorthJersey.com)
Judson Kleinman makes his living keeping the employees of other companies happy. And perked up. For what usually costs less than a dollar a day per worker, Kleinman sells businesses coffee, tea and other refreshments that bosses give to their employees for free.

Fair trade purchases give coffee farmers living wages (Advance Titan)
While 108 million people in the United States drink coffee every day, many of them are still unaware of the difference between the amount they pay for a jar of Folgers and the amount received by the coffee farmer.

Fill 'er up (with coffee)? (Northwest Indiana Times Business)
The radio ad had a folksy, comforting tone to it, as the "Store Manager" spoke in warm, friendly terms about the fresh ground coffee and the tempting baked goods in his establishment.

Cupofmoney.com Launches the World's First Healthy Coffee 'Puppy Pack' (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
(PRWEB) November 6, 2005 — Cupofmoney.com announced today the introduction of a new marketing program to market the world's first healthy coffee called "The Puppy Pack Healthy Coffee Package". In a partnership with Gano Excel, the leading provider of the world’s first known healthy coffee Cupofmoney.com offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to run international gourmet healthy coffee franchises

Coffee klatch kicks it up a notch (The Hawk Eye)
Craft fair continues today at Burlington Apartments. They meet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to drink coffee, talk about life and eat cookies in the Burlington Apartments ballroom.

Coffee drinkers learn a new language (INQ7.net)
CAFFEINE junkies who get their fix at the Deck Coffee, the newest coffee shop of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) canteen are learning a new form of communication.

All she wants is a cup of coffee (Herald Democrat)
What is going on with coffee lingo these days? I'll admit I am not a coffee drinker, but I know plenty of people who are, and I've heard it's only a matter of time in the news business before I am, too.

Action in coffee retail heating up (Rediff.com)
The cup of the domestic coffee retail industry - i.e. the industry's marketplace - is simply brimming

Peet's beats revenue projections (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. recorded a 24.3 percent increase in net revenue for the third quarter ending Oct. 2 from

Dr. Paulo’s ‘Ohana Kona Coffee Farms Launches, Makes Available Fine Gourmet Kona Coffee Beans and Premium Macadamia (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
(PRWEB) November 3, 2005 — Announcing the launch of Dr. Paulo’s ‘Ohana Kona Coffee Company, making available fine gourmet Kona coffee beans and macadamia nuts from the exclusive Kona District of Hawai’i.

Retail coffee market stirring up (Agencyfaqs!)
The cup of the domestic coffee retail industry is simply brimming. After Costa Coffee’s entry last month, US speciality coffee chains - Barnie’s and Gloria Jean’s - announced their plans to set up shops in India.

Coffee and Espresso Information and Tutorials
Coffee information source for coffee professionals. Over 300 pages about espresso and coffee.

Coffee / Tea
A site for coffee, tea and hot cocoa lovers. Weekly articles, recipes, collection of links and a newsletter too.

The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
Coffee and coffee-related reviews done by Kenneth Davids and others.

10/31 Action Cam - A Sweet Tooth at Espresso World (KNDU)
This morning we got our sweet fix with Sam, the manager at Espresso World, who made us a Pumkin Spice Latte. I tried it and it was great! A perfect touch to this Monday.

Long Judicial Record Leaves Little Doubt Where Alito Stands (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
When Ward Coffee Co. near Samuel Alito Jr.'s chambers in Newark, N.J., named a designer espresso "Judge Alito's Bold Jus

This is soda pop? (Chicago Tribune)
Rich, creamy root beers, spicy-hot ginger ales, pithy citrus drinks with real tang, complex, herb-scented colas–they're all out there, along with surprising one-of-a-kind fizzies in flavors as diverse as spruce, Key lime and espresso. This is the new golden age of soda pop.

Starbucks lures Brits from tea to coffee (Miami Herald)
There are eight Starbucks coffee shops within three blocks of St. Paul's Cathedral here, and all were bustling one recent lunchtime.

Six killed in Ethiopian post-election protests (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Six people were killed and at least 36 wounded in clashes between riot police and opposition supporters in the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday, a sign of persistent political tension in Africa's top coffee grower.

Rehabilitation of Coffee Plantations Depends On Government (AllAfrica.com)
The rehabilitation project of coffee plantations in the country might start as soon as the Angolan government confirms, in a statement, the acceptance to provide the USD 3 million that initially should have been given by the European Union, said Wednesday, here, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development consultant, Vick Mateso.

Uni-Mart Now Offering Customers Freshly Brewed Cups of Green Mountain Coffee (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Today Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. announced that Uni-Mart, one of the nation's leading conve

Uni-Mart Offers New Brew (CSNews Online)
WATERBURY, Vt. — Convenience store chain Uni-Marts Inc. is now offering its customers cups of freshly brewed Green Mountain coffee.

Suppliers Tack Fuel Surcharges on Materials Shipments (Builder Online)
SYRACUSE - The price of fuel has further increased the already- high cost of construction materials, industry experts say.Suppliers are tacking on transportation surcharges to all material shipments, says Rebecca Meinking, president, Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) - Empire State Chapter.In the past week alone, Steve Khanzadian, of Steve Khanzadian Construction & Repair, has received

HOT (San Jose Mercury News)
Michael Stadler Espresso Garden and Cafe, San Jose Michael Stadler celebrates the release of his new CD, “North Country,'' on the local Fiddling Cricket Label. Stadler is one of those amazing pickers who can play anything with strings — guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki. Stadler is scheduled to perform solo and with his band — Mary Gibbons on guitar, Jon Mitguard on dobro and pedal

Chi-chi lunches spotty at East P.A.'s LuLu (San Jose Mercury News)
Timing is everything at LuLu Petite No. 3, the gourmet sandwich shop in East Palo Alto's high-rise University Circle. At lunchtime, lawyers and office workers stream in and mostly get food to go. There can be a backup. Timing also is an issue with prepared foods. When salads wilt, it's time to send in fresh recruits.

HOLIDAYS (San Jose Mercury News)
HALLOWEEN/DAY OF THE DEAD THROUGH SUNDAY Nick or Treat at Great America. Trick-or-treating with Nickelodeon characters for children 12 and under. Noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Included in park admission: adults $49.99, seniors $39.99, children 3-6 $33.99. 4701 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara. (408) 988-1776, www.pgathrills.com.

www.smh.com.au (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sydney's diversity has been immortalised in many a song. Debbie Kruger asks four of our most respected musicians to share how the city inspired their music. -