Coffee's Third Wave

Coffee's Third Wave

Alisa Morkides of Delaware's Brew HaHa! chain writes about Coffee's Third Wave in the January 2008 issue of Delaware Out and About. Jim is a bit of a geek, and his multiple tattoos and piercings are somewhat unsettling to customers. But he knows his espresso. Today,...

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Starbucks making a turnaround

Starbucks making a turnaround

In the past few short weeks, Starbucks has made a dramatic turnaround with Howard Schultz at the helm. First, they added a small-cup program, axed breakfast, then added free WiFi, announced a company-wide retraining (although only a token 3 hours, it sends a good...

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Rwanda: Improving Coffee Tasting Skills

Rwanda: Improving Coffee Tasting Skills

Over thirty coffee tasters from different corners of the country have completed a three day training course on advanced coffee valuing techniques. The training which attracted thirty six tasters, called cuppers in the coffee industry, was organized by OCIR-Café....

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Tully's Coffee calls off IPO

Tully's Coffee calls off IPO

Tully's Coffee Corp. today scrapped its beleaguered plans to go public. Frankly, I was amazed that they were going to attempt to go public now anyway; good to see that I was not the only one that considered taking a money-losing company that has had a string of...

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