After a one year hiatus, the Cup of Excellence competition returns in November to Brazil, the origin where there first COE was held in 1999.
You can read all about it in the organization’s press release:
MISSOULA, MT - The Brazil Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA) announces with excitement the 2008 Cup of Excellence® schedule, bringing the successful [...]
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Cup of Excellence Returns to Brazil
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Retail Coffee Industry
Tags: Andrew Barnett·coe·cup of excellence·specialty coffee association
Kent Bakke opens chocolate store
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Retail Coffee Industry
Yes, I realize that it is not about coffee, but there is a connection. Kent Bakke (shown left) is a co-owner of La Marzocco…. and also happens to be one of the nicest and most respected fellows in the business.
From The Seattle Times
One of the biggest names in Seattle coffee has opened a chocolate [...]
Tags: chocolate shop·Claudio Corallo·coffee·Kent Bakke·La Marzocco·seattle
Coffee Quality Institute Q-Graders featured in LA Times
August 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Retail Coffee Industry
The article Coffee’s trained tasters know their beans and brews in the LA Times today features Los Angeles area Q-graders, including our friend Jeff Chean of The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters, John Gozbekian of LA Mill, Rocky Rhodes of Rocky Roaster and others.
Dora Jaramillo slides off the top of a wooden box to reveal 36 [...]
Tags: CQI·cupping·grade coffee·John Gozbekian·la times·Michael Gaviña·quality·Rocky Rhodes·Rocky Roaster·scaa·sensory tests·supreme bean
Starbucks: Big Investors’ Divorce Grounds
August 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Coffee Shop News, Retail Coffee Industry, starbucks
BusinessWeek features the story of big investors dumping their interest in Starbucks in a new feature article; I’m Johnny-on-the-spot.
RESTORING LUSTER
But Schultz faces a tough battle in bringing back the company’s traditionally prolific growth. As recently as 2004, Starbucks’ stock traded at an eye-catching 68 times earnings for the trailing 12 months, according to S&P [...]
Tags: Andrew Hetzel·businessweek·cafemakers·investors·specialty coffee·starbucks·Wall Street
Turkish Coffee World featured in LA Times
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Retail Coffee Industry, Tips
Congratulations to Mustafa Arat on his excellent LA Times article coverage this weekend. Being a fan of Turkish coffee, I was very pleased to see it receive attention — hopefully a sign of more to come.
If Turkish coffee gets hot, he could get rich
By Utku Cakirozer, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 18, 2008
Mustafa Arat [...]
Tags: coffee·turkey·turkish coffee




