by andrew | Jul 3, 2012 | business, marketing, news
Rock star baristas from around the globe will return to Moscow this September for a second consecutive year to demonstrate their coffee-making skills on Red Square during the annual Spasskaya Tower international military tattoo and music festival. The Spasskaya Tower...
by andrew | Jun 4, 2012 | business, featured, ideas, news, quality, retail
The May 2012 issue of Specialty Coffee Retailer magazine included an article on the topic of effectively implementing a single origin coffee program (or single source, as they call it) in retail coffee shops. The full article is included here, as are my notes from the...
by andrew | Oct 24, 2011 | business, competitions, events, marketing, news
Last week while paging through the October 2011 issue of Bon Appetite magazine, I nearly fell off of my chair. Staring right back on page 25 was the smiling face of a friend, Italian Barista Champion Francesco Sanapo. Francesco is the face of an advertising campaign...
by andrew | May 25, 2011 | business, events, marketing, news
For the first time this August 31 through September 4, barista champions will have the opportunity to demonstrate their craft in front of a live audience of thousands on Red Square at the annual Spasskaya Tower festival. I can’t think of a more fitting way for...
by andrew | Mar 30, 2011 | business, hawaii, news, origin
Massimo Zanetti, the Italian-based mega coffee roasting company best known in the USA for brands including Chock Full ‘O Nuts, Hills Brothers, Chase and Sanborn, MJB and Segafredo Zanetti today announced the acquisition of the Kauai Coffee Company from Alexander...
by andrew | Mar 12, 2011 | business, retail
Nespresso is Western Europe’s dominant single serve coffee system and also the most reliable decent cup of coffee available in some emerging specialty coffee markets. I had the pleasure of commenting on Nestle’s fastest growing brand for Time Magazine,...
