coffee business strategies

Um, the plant (to avoid any confusion and ensuing outrage).
I was actually drinking a cup of Esmeralda Especial from the same lot at the time that this release came in, it hadn’t even occurred that I should send out a press release. He’s good…
CHEF THOMAS KELLER’S THE FRENCH LAUNDRY AND PER SE [...]

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Alisa Morkides, writer and owner of Philadelphia and Delaware coffee landmark institution Brew-Haha! writes a nice article about our maturing specialty coffee market and even throws in a quote from yours truly.
Most consumers are unaware that levels of coffee quality and flavor exist beyond their wildest dreams, and well beyond those offered by the typical [...]

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Unknown to me until I randomly stumbled upon it online, the Honolulu Advertiser gave our coffee training event top billing in a mention last Sunday for the upcoming Kona Coffee Cultural Festival. Sherri Johns got the picture.

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Coffee Lab International and the Specialty Coffee Association of America is unveiling its new 5-day SCAA Cupping Judge class January 14, 2008 at the Coffee Lab facility in Waterbury, VT.
This 5 Day Intensive is designed to refine the sensory skills necessary to properly identify, cup and grade coffees from around the globe. Comprehensive [...]

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The Detroit Free Press checks in with Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw to discuss what’s been happening lately at this American food landmark and what might come next:
What’s cooking at Zingerman’s these days?
New ideas, that’s what, says Paul Saginaw, one of the founders of the amazingly successful Ann Arbor deli that has evolved into eight separate [...]

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