coffee business strategies

I almost fell out of my chair when I read the following:
Stew’s Announces Cof-free Hours When Starbucks Stores Close
NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Starbucks recently publicized that all 7,100 company-owned stores will close between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. local time on February 26 to retrain more than 135,000 employees in an effort to create [...]

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San Dimas, California (Market Wire) February 19, 2008 – Coffee Klatch Roasting’s two retail coffee shops in San Dimas and Rancho Cucamonga will offer free coffee to customers on Tuesday, February 26th from 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM PST in celebration of Starbucks’ planned 3-hour closure for espresso training.
Described by Starbucks CEO Howard [...]

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Local newspaper “West Hawaii Today” picked up my SCAA cupping judge story from the other week:
Andrew Hetzel, a Waimea-based coffee consultant, has become the first Hawaii resident to be certified as a coffee cupping judge by the Specialty Coffee Association of America. He is shown here with coffee making equipment. - Special To West Hawaii [...]

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SAN JOSE, CA, US - February is the month of coffee and love with Valentine’s Day and Specialty Coffee month sharing the stage. And that coffee love is blooming at Silicon valley’s Barefoot Coffee Roasters. Barefoot is hosting Guatemalan National Barista Champion Noe Castro for the month of February. Noe Castro was the Guatemala national [...]

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I happened upon an interesting article in the Trinidad & Tobago Express that discusses a theory proposed by Dr. John Agard that Jamaica Blue Mountain is loosing its characteristic flavor as a result of climate change.
Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee losing its taste
I suspect that climate change is playing some role in the shift and that [...]

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