All About Gourmet Coffee

Coffee Crutch (The Oregonian)
“SWCBO (Single White Coffee Bar Owner) seeks that perfect customer who will provide a strong shot to the heart.” Back story: former ski instructor Ryan Neumann settled in Portland nine months ago, opening Coffee Crutch, his dream coffeehouse, across from Central Library in mid-February.

Whole Foods stocking Stauf’s coffee (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Stauf’s Coffee Roasters is selling its specialty beans at Whole Foods Market in Dublin.

AT WORK: Coffee: The blood of commerce (Kansas City Star)
So there we were, griping that the coffee shops and gas stations we patronize had all raised their coffee prices in recent days.

Group advocates fair trade coffee (The Daily Targum)
The RU Fair Trade Project wants the University to wake up and smell the coffee. The newly formed coalition is urging the University to stop serving any coffee that was not obtained through fair trade. The group drew more than 30 students to Tillett Hall on Livingston Campus Wednesday night for an event called “Coffee for a Cause.

Coffee chain expands to east coast (News Interactive)
GET ready for another coffee chain, with Adelaide’s CIBO Espresso planning to tempt east coast cities with Italian-style pastries and coffee.

Whole Foods stocking Stauf’s coffee (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Stauf’s Coffee Roasters is selling its specialty beans at Whole Foods Market in Dublin.

P3M worth of stolen coffee recovered (INQ7.net)
TWO container vans with more than P3 million worth of coffee, reported stolen last Sunday in Manila, were recovered in a compound in Malabon City late afternoon the other day, the city€™s chief of police said.

Coffee: The blood of commerce (Kansas City Star)
So there we were, griping that the coffee shops and gas stations we patronize had all raised their coffee prices in recent days.

Caribou Coffee Helps Americans Survive Daylight Saving Time With Free Espresso Shots (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Caribou Coffee Company Inc. announced today that it’s helping the 70 percent of Americans who are not alert in the mornings survive Daylight Saving Time when their clocks jump forward this weekend.

Genetic engineers decaffeinate coffee (New Scientist)
Researchers create low-caffeine plants that they claim could produce cheaper and fuller-flavoured decaff coffee

Genetic engineers decaffeinate coffee (New Scientist)
Researchers create low-caffeine plants that they claim could produce cheaper and fuller-flavoured decaff coffee

Coffee may reduce liver cancer risk (New Scientist)
A 10-year-study in Japan found middle-aged and elderly people who drank coffee daily had half the rate of the cancer than those drinking less

Coffee trial survives insects, but not vandals (New Scientist)
Vandals have ruined the world’s first and only trial of genetically engineered coffee in French Guiana, but some results were salvaged

Genes decide if coffee hurts or helps your heart (New Scientist)
Coffee raises risk of heart attack in people predisposed to metabolise caffeine slowly €“ but reduces risk for fast metabolisers, new research suggests

Coffee craze fueling SWFL business (WBBH)
A jolt of java. A caffeine craving. Whatever you call it, if you’re like most people, you need that morning ‘cup of Joe.’ Coffee consumption is up for the third straight year, and businesses in Southwest Florida are paying attention.

Coffee-Throwing Culprit Robs UDF Store (WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News)
Detectives are looking for a robber who used coffee as a weapon during a heist at a United Dairy Farmers store.

Tripso opinion: Why is airline coffee so bad? (MSNBC)
Java, Joe, morning juice, black gold, an ex-junkie€™s last vice €” whatever you want to call it, coffee has a firm grip on this country€™s morning routine. The proof is in the long lines at the airport coffee stands every morning.

Kenya: Poor Season for Coffee Farmers (Page 1 of 2) (AllAfrica.com)
The coffee harvesting season for this year is over and Josiah Wanjohi is a worried man.

Brazil to help boost domestic coffee offtake (The Hindu)
COOLING TEMPERS?: Mr Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce, addressing coffee industry representatives in Bangalore on Tuesday along with Mr G.V. Krishna Rau, Chairman, Coffee Board.

Coffee Talk (The Mass Media)
Coffee is an essential component of any college student’s day. After scoping out all the beaneries on campus, we decided that this is what you should know. Below we have compared and rated all the coffee on campus. We have used the four star system to show where you can have the best coffee experience

Yes, I&’ll fight the little Hitlers in coffee bars. No, I won&’t … - Times Online

Kirubi€™s death likely to affect the coffee sub-sector - Standard

Coffee Wars Continue To Brew - W*USA 9

USA Today

Coffee Wars Continue To Brew W*USA 9, DC - 20 hours ago … end of the market that it&’s easy to forget that "regular, cream, no sugar" still accounts for a significant chunk of the $8.3 billion in annual US coffee sales … Java competition is getting heated Florida Today all 5 related

DJ Asian Coffee: Prices Mostly Unchanged; Supply Tight - TMCnet

More than just coffee - IT Week

Kirubi€™s death likely to affect the coffee sub-sector - Standard

Coffee Wars Continue To Brew - W*USA 9

USA Today

Coffee Wars Continue To Brew W*USA 9, DC - 8 hours ago … end of the market that it&’s easy to forget that "regular, cream, no sugar" still accounts for a significant chunk of the $8.3 billion in annual US coffee sales … Java competition is getting heated Florida Today all 5 related

San Diegans Preview Coffee-Flavored Coke - KFMB

ARAMARK Acquires Coffee Services Business of Country Club Coffee … - Finanzen.net

Club-wielding man robs North Park coffee house - San Diego Union Tribune

From scoops to scones, Iran journalists run coffee bar (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a small cafe in Tehran’s smog congested downtown, two disenchanted Iranian journalists have taken a break from their media jobs to serve up strong coffee and milkshakes to former colleagues.

Tulsa coffee company eyes Springfield (Springfield Business Journal)
Java Dave€™s is looking to brew success in the Springfield market. After 26 years in business, the Tulsa, Okla.-based coffee retailer and wholesaler employed a new business model three years ago, leading to more than 300 percent store growth and about 20 percent annual wholesale sales growth.

April Fools ‘Coffee & Skeet’ morning (Manxnet)
April Fools Day fun comes to Ramsey this Saturday. The Friends of Robert Owen House are holding a €˜Coffee & Skeet€™ morning in the Methodist Church Hall in Waterloo Road from 9-30am.

Coffee shops give teens a place to connect (Grand Forks Herald)
It’s 3:40 on a Friday afternoon, and the jeans-and-plaid crowd begins to march in at ChocoLat? Coffee in northeast Atlanta. Faith Khalik, 16, a sophomore at St. Pius X Catholic High School, orders a frappe, a concoction of ice, milk, coffee and syrup that looks like a bubble bath in a plastic cup by the time it’s served to her.

Coffee Company opens at USM (Leavenworth Times)
The new University Coffee Company in Berchman€™s Hall on the University of Saint Mary campus offered students, staff and community members a chance to try some of the menu items on Tuesday during the business€™ grand opening celebration.

Tulsa coffee company eyes Springfield (Springfield Business Journal)
Java Dave€™s is looking to brew success in the Springfield market. After 26 years in business, the Tulsa, Okla.-based coffee retailer and wholesaler employed a new business model three years ago, leading to more than 300 percent store growth and about 20 percent annual wholesale sales growth.

Coffee Shop Perks (The Charlotte Observer)
Let’s agree on two things about upscale chain coffee shops:

Study shows gene ups risk for coffee drinkers (Contra Costa Times)
An extra cup of coffee increased the risk of a first heart attack in people with a defect in the gene responsible for breaking down caffeine, researchers report.

Taste test: The little joes take on Starbucks (USA Today)
Hope is brewing for us caffeine-craving commoners who have overdosed on upscale java jive of the past decade. So much attention has been paid to the fancy end of the market that it’s easy to forget that “regular, cream, no sugar” still accounts for a significant chunk of the $8.3 billion in annual U.S. coffee sales.

Canadian investors wake up to hot coffee stock (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The initial public offering of iconic coffee chain Tim Hortons perked up the New York and Toronto stock exchanges, with its stock gaining 30 percent in morning trading.

COFFEE SHOP PERKS - Charlotte Observer

If life is a doughnut - Toronto Star

Best Gourmet Coffee - From Espresso To Exotic - LiveArticles.org

Blending east and west in a cup of coffee - INQ7.net

TIMBIT NATIN - Toronto Star

Four arrested over coffee shop brawl - NEWS.com.au

Editorial | Starbucks&’ Rwandan Coffee There&’s goodwill in every … - Centre Daily Times

My Round: Raise a glass to blending grape varieties - Independent

GDC 06: Hot Coffee Fallout - IGN

Senator Is Summoned to Court on Coffee-Throwing Charge - New York Times

North Country Gazette

Senator Is Summoned to Court on Coffee-Throwing Charge New York Times, United States - Mar 23, 2006 … Thursday for State Senator Ada L. Smith of Queens, ordering her to appear in criminal court here next month to answer charges that she threw hot coffee in the … Lawmaker Accused Of Throwing Coffee In Staffer&’s Face ClickonSA.com NY State Senator Accused Of Harassing Employee All Headline News Queens Assemblywoman Charged With Assaulting Aide North Country Gazette Newsday - Forbes - all 80 related