coffee business strategies

…or so says this article from The Pitch, a Kansas City food blog that recently interviewed our friend from PT’s Coffee.
You may notice (above, left) the publicity photo for “Coffee Prince,” a hugely popular Korean drama television series. What you may not notice is that the WBC logo backdrop and trophy are [...]

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The company claims that the new shakes, priced at $2.49 for a 16oz and $2.99 for a 24oz serving, have a “sophisticated flavor that will appeal to coffee and shake fans alike.”
I have a couple of problems with this:
1) It is highly unlikely that any company can serve a product that maintains the flavor [...]

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I noticed a strange article about a coffee drive-thru business in the Kitsap Sun (wherever that is), which told a harrowing tale of innocent female baristas being harassed by customers. Straightforward enough, until you learn that the business is called Espresso Gone Wild, a name fashioned after the popular Girls Gone Wild series of [...]

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Bloggingstocks.com makes the observation that Starbucks’ recent excuse for the departure of Launi Skinner seems a bit contrived. Okay, it’s actually total B.S. I made the same observation, but didn’t have time to write about it this week. Zac Bissonnette of Bloggingstocks.com says it better than I would have, anyway:
Can Starbucks come [...]

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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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