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Deck the walls - with built-in coffee makers - Wilmington Morning Star

Catching a buzz: Coffee shops featured in calendar - Kenai Peninsula Online

Sheetz Thanks Customers With Free Coffee on Christmas and New Year&’s - Yahoo! News (press release)

A great coffee place in Tehran - Payvand

Payvand

A great coffee place in Tehran Payvand, Iran - Dec 22, 2006 Dear readers, if you are ever in or near 7th Tir Karimkhan-Zand Ave., please go to Central Coffee at 129 South Kheradman and try probably some of the best …

World coffee production on the rise, but stocks remain low - Beverage Daily

Deck the walls - with built-in coffee makers - Wilmington Morning Star

Coffee shops galore - Bismarck Tribune

Popular coffee house for sale - The Union of Grass Valley

Sheetz Thanks Customers With Free Coffee on Christmas and New Year&’s - Yahoo! News (press release)

A great coffee place in Tehran - Payvand

Payvand

A great coffee place in Tehran Payvand, Iran - 16 hours ago Dear readers, if you are ever in or near 7th Tir Karimkhan-Zand Ave., please go to Central Coffee at 129 South Kheradman and try probably some of the best …

If the caffeine doesn’t kick in, maybe the price of these high-end coffee makers will give you a jolt (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The latest from appliance-makers? High-end, built-in coffee makers that range from $1,000 to $2,000 — plus installation costs.

Coffee break: Dec. 22 (USA Today)
This is the last ‘Coffee’ of the year. It’s a small one. Think ‘the year in review’ and you’ll get the theme. We’ll return on Jan. 2. Happy holidays and happy new year to all. Wall St. Journal– What did…

Coffee club chips in to fulfill local family’s wishes (Simcoe.com)
Ingrid and Jean of the Galleries Coffee Club wrap some gifts that were given to a local needy family. The members of the club donated a variety of items including food, clothing and toys.

Discover Rapunzel’s Coffee & Books, a Nelson County treasure trove of talented local musicians and devoted coffee lovers (Cavalier Daily Online)
A mere 35 miles south of Charlottesville on Rte. 29 is home to one of the most unique and inviting musical hot spots in the region. Rapunzel’s Coffee & Books is located in the small town of…

Entertainment to be provided at Copper Cup Coffee (Sioux City Journal)
CHEROKEE, Iowa — Cory Grimm and Erika Hydeen from Orange City, Iowa, will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 30 at the Copper Cup Coffee Shop, 425 E. Main. Grimm plays guitar and writes songs which he will be singing. Hydeen is a violinist.

Big Island lawmakers seek stricter definition of Kona coffee - KPUA

Exchanges battle over NY coffee, cocoa e-trade - Reuters

Makeshift coffee house draws 50 students - Township Journal

World coffee production on the rise, but stocks remain low - FoodNavigator.com

Brazil considers importing Vietnamese coffee - VietNamNet Bridge

Heads Above the Rest offers coffee, hairstyles (Fayette County Review)
Heads Above the Rest, a new beauty salon on Highway 64 in Eads, offers customers several kinds of espresso coffee along with the latest hairstyles.

Funeral home to add coffee shop in expansion (The Advocate)
NEWARK — Good coffee and grieving go together, according to Brucker & Kishler Funeral Home employees. That is the reason the 7,200-square-foot expansion of the Newark funeral home, at 985 N. 21st., will include a Seattle’s Best Coffee cafe, said owner Jim Brucker.

Deck the walls with built-in coffee makers that have lots of bells and whistles (King County Journal)
Quicker than you can say Starbucks, appliance-makers are heating things up in the kitchen with built-in coffee brewing systems designed for the homes of cappuccino- and latte-lovers everywhere.

Coffee cup on car helps spot above-average Joes (The Herald-Tribune)
WASHINGTON — Kenny Fried is cruising down K Street in his black Camry while drivers honk their horns at him and pedestrians wave their arms frantically, yelling, “You got a coffee cup on your car!” Fried ignores them.

Kona coffee jabs at pretenders (Honolulu Advertiser)
The Hawai’i County Council yesterday passed a resolution asking the state Legislature to require that any coffee labeled “Kona Coffee Blend” include at least 75 percent Kona coffee. The current law only requires 10 percent Kona coffee in Kona-coffee labeled java.

Smoothies: the new coffee wars? (BBC News)
Smoothie bars are appearing in shopping centres nationwide and may well reinvent the coffee shop wars of the 90s.

Dazbog coffee cafe coming to DIA (Denver Business Journal)
Denver International Airport (DIA) has signed a deal to get a Dazbog coffee cafe on Concourse C next year.

Malaysians buying Vietnamese brides in coffee shops, report says (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian men are acquiring Vietnamese brides for up to 30,000 ringgit (8,427 dollars) from agents who parade young, attractive girls in rural coffee shops, a newspaper said.

Epic battle between the USA’s coffee shops (USA Today)
USA TODAY’s Edward Iwata brings us a lengthy story this morning about allegations of monopolistic activity by top coffee retailer Starbucks. At its core, the lawsuit filed by a smaller coffee seller claims that Starbucks has used its market dominance…

‘Coffee’s on’ (Newport News-Times)
‘Coffee’s on’ Kathleen Miller and Cindy Harrison keep the hot coffee, tea and hot chocolate coming for their Lincoln City customers during the power outage that hit north Lincoln County following Thursday’s powerful windstorm.

Malaysians buying Vietnamese brides in coffee shops, report says (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian men are acquiring Vietnamese brides for up to 30,000 ringgit (8,427 dollars) from agents who parade young, attractive girls in rural coffee shops, a newspaper said.

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 creation simple, exacting (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
It was bound to happen sooner or later; I suppose the only wonder is that it took so long. After dinner a couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me for a cup of coffee. And that€™s when I realized I had no earthly idea how to make one.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-20 15:04 GMT: Coffee Republic says H1 sales down 30.2 pct ‘due to change to franchising’ (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (AFX) - Coffee Republic PLC said sales for the six months to Sept 24 fell to 5.4 mln stg from 7.7 mln due to a “change in franchising”, as it announced that it had completed its first international franchise deal, in Bulgaria.

Church coffee shops warm souls (The Arizona Republic)
The coffee revolution that has put a java shop on hundreds of thousands of American street corners has found religion: Coffee shops are popping up in the neighborhood church.

Uganda: Uganda Coffee On Sale in UK&’s Largest Supermarket - AllAfrica.com

Cops find pot hidden in coffee cans - Cincinnati Enquirer

Uganda premium coffee gets access to UK supermarkets - MarketWatch

Coffee Shop Squatters - Korea Times

New studies reveal the benefits of coffee - Canton Repository (subscription)

Nespresso to buy specialty coffee from Brazil - Reuters

Coffee futures won&’t cheer investors - Economic Times

Cafe in Japan serves &’coffee stout&’ - United Press International

Kenya: Globalisation is Different Thing to Different People - AllAfrica.com

Uganda: Ugandan Coffee to Sell in UK - AllAfrica.com

Jo’s Hot Coffee and Good Food (Austin American-Statesman)
Is it the location or the food? Both could be reasons for the popularity of Jo’s Hot Coffee and Good Food in the main block of Austin’s new Second Street shopping and entertainment district.

Coffee, fresh pastries, good company - but no permit (The Sacramento Bee)
Some of the area’s prominent politicos and business leaders will need a new place for their morning coffee and fresh pastries.

Cafe in Japan serves ‘coffee stout’ (UPI)
MITO, Japan, Dec. 17 (UPI) — A cafe in Mito, Japan, is serving “Coffee Stout,” a coffee-flavored beer, the Mainichi Daily News reported. The dark beer is made by mixing sweet wort — a derivative of barley — with coffee beans.

Cafe in Japan serves ‘coffee stout’ (EARTHtimes.org)
The dark beer is made by mixing sweet wort — a derivative of barley — with coffee beans. Although it looks like a regular beer, a sip of it reportedly releases the flavor of coffee.

Coffee decline worries experts (The Monitor)
UGANDA loses $9.6 million (about Shs17 billion) to the Coffee Wilt every year, officials have said.