All About Gourmet Coffee

Oakland is Latest Focus in Fayette Boom
Memphis Daily News,  USA - Jan 19, 2006 ribbon cuttings he attends, such as one scheduled Monday for another coffee shop in But while Oakland is the fastest growing town in Fayette County with such

EDITORIALS : Aaa-nd . . . they’re off!
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - 17 hours ago 143: When the day starts with a couple of political speeches, coffee will be e-corridor, whatever that is, and for (as he inevitably put it) Growing Our Economy

WHITE HOUSE: President Highlights Importance of Small Business in
noticias.info, Spain - 13 hours ago And, yet, you're growing. In other words, we've got an economy that is robust. No, there is a good one, The Coffee Shop — I mean, Coffee Station, excuse me.

Vending gains ground
Financial Express, India - 5 hours ago Like with a number of growing industries, the unorganized sector has its fair In tea and coffee, for instance, FMCG majors Hindustan Lever and Nestle jostle

Baking business on the rise
Middletown Journal, OH - 13 minutes ago Both businesses have been growing and the couple has expanded services to include catering customers travel from all over the area for a cup of coffee, a loaf

Churches, libraries wake up and smell the coffee (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Not only are coffee bars cropping up in nontraditional locations such as churches, but a few local libraries have added coffee bars as well.

Coffee (Pulse-Journal)
West Chester Twp. has seen its share of commercial competition. A host of banks, restaurants and retail shops have been springing up at Union Centre, the Voice of America Shopping Centre, the Streets of West Chester and elsewhere in recent years. Are the coffee wars next?

USB Coffee Warmer (Lifehacker via Yahoo! News)
Do you drink coffee while you work? Boy have we got the gadget for you.

Meet the Spring 2006 Opinions Columnists
Daily Illini, IL - 12 hours ago Growing up, she flourished in her small town of 500 people, however, she always of sorts, he's been to the original Starbucks but aghast, doesn't drink coffee.

Batavia milk co-op buys Diehl unit (Rochester Business Journal)
By KATHRYN QUINN THOMAS Rochester Business Journal January 16, 2006 O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative Inc. in Batavia has purchased Diehl Inc.’s evaporated milk division.

Kicking coffee is Jim Carrey's health mantra! (Hindustan Times)
Funnyman Jim Carrey has revealed his mantra for fitness, and says it lay in making drastic changes to his diet, and more importantly getting over his coffee addiction.

McDonald's Expected To Tweak Its Menu (10 News San Diego)
SAN DIEGO — Expect some menu changes under the golden arches this year, 10News reported. McDonald's is going to tweak its menu. The restaurant chain says it's seen an increase in chicken sales while burger sales have been flat, so it's planning new chicken products.

Clean Up with Cleaning and Storage Products (The Gourmet Retailer)
MAY 01, 2002 — Since Americans are cooking and entertaining friends in their kitchens more often than in recent years, the appearance of those kitchens has become paramount. Two of the keys to a pristine, yet welcoming appearance are hygiene and organization.

Daily World EU News (Turks.US)
Don't have an account yet? Sign up as a New User Lost your password ? Denso Corp. (J.DNO or 6902) will begin selling in Turkey starters and alternators in January 2003, and producing thermal products in February 2004, to meet increasing demand for car air conditioning in Europe.

KISS coffee spot in works for Broadway (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
The band KISS is adding one more ingredient to sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: coffee. The rockers, known for slapping their brand on everything from coffins to coasters since their heyday in the 1970s, will show a more mature side this spring when the first KISS Coffeehouse makes its debut at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach.

The week: L'amour, coffee and tea for two (Guardian Unlimited)
The week: Nicolas Sarkosky re-formed France's highest-profile political pairing in time for presidential elections.

‘SHOP FOR FREE!’ RETURNS TO JACKY’S (CPILive.net)
Dubai: Jacky’s Electronics, a strong participant in the Dubai Shopping Festival since its inception, returns as a support sponsor at DSF 2006 with offers that satisfy those who enjoy sports, jewellery and coffee.

Marketing farmers' markets (News 8 Austin)
Farmers and ranchers from throughout North America are in Central Texas to learn about marketing their crops and products and promoting their small business.

NEW PRODUCTS (The Charlotte Observer)
The Craftworks refrigerator looks at home in your garage — because it looks like a mechanic's toolbox. It provides 4.4 cubic feet of space, plenty of room for beverages of all sorts. It will handle half-gallon and 2-liter bottles and features a can-stacking dispenser. It sits on locking, heavy-duty casters and is 37 inches tall. The red-and-black refrigerator is auto defrosting and Energy Star

Small coffee company can keep "Charbucks" name (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
In a rare setback for the company that made "Frappuccino" a household word, a federal judge ruled that a small New Hampshire coffee roaster can keep selling its "Charbucks" brand coffee beans, following a nearly decade-long legal battle with Starbucks Corp.

Eating through the alphabet (The Observer)
Fis for the Fairtrade mark, the international logo found on some brands of coffee, cocoa, tea, honey, sugar and bananas. It guarantees the confused shopper that the producers, who are often poor farmers in developing countries, have not been exploited by conventional trade systems.

Nestle backs coffee-based sustainable farming system (Sun Star)
TURN that coffee plantations into multiple-crop producing farms. Erstwhile idle rows in between coffee trees, if used adequately, could become another gold mine for farmers growing the crop.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-01-13 17:57 GMT: Coffee Republic says Trevor Brown cuts stake to 3.96 pct (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (AFX) - Coffee Republic PLC, the coffee and deli bar operator, said Trevor Brown now holds just over 16.9 mln shares in the company, equivalent to a stake of 3.96 pct.

Words of wisdom
Kansas City Star, MO - 21 hours ago T here is evidence of a growing respect for language and a resurgence in Style, the bible of good writing, was released in an illustrated coffee-table version

Rising Coffee Prices Give Farmers Hope
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 11, 2006 coffee in his store. This situation is the same in other coffee growing areas like Masaka, Mubende, Bunyoro and the Mt Elgon region.

Starbucks to promote movie, sell DVDs
Metro Toronto, Canada - 14 hours ago announced its first movie promotion deal on Thursday, and plans to add DVDs to the growing list of merchandise sold at its coffee shops. REUTERS/Toru Hanai.

USDA Monthly World Weather Highlights
AgWeb - 14 hours ago Below-normal temperatures prevailed in December across winter growing areas, but In central Vietnam, heavy showers delayed coffee harvesting and prevented

Vietnam's Coffee Prices Surge On Strong Demand (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Robusta coffee bean prices in Vietnam surged in local trading in anticipation of rising demand from domestic distributors and exporters faced with significantly reduced supplies this year.

Nestle backs coffee-based sustainable farming system (Sun Star)
TURN that coffee plantations into multiple-crop producing farms. Erstwhile idle rows in between coffee trees, if used adequately, could become another gold mine for farmers growing the crop.

State Minister Stresses Enhancing Efforts to Earn More From Coffee Dev't (AllAfrica.com)
State Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development underscored the need to further strengthen efforts to earn additional foreign currency from coffee by addressing problems that affect its development.