by andrew | Jun 24, 2009 | hawaii, news, origin
Shawn Steiman, PhD serves up an insightful overview of Hawaii’s coffees and makes a few recipe suggestions for cooking with coffee in today’s Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper. From the Honolulu Star Bulletin: Coffee has become big business in Hawaii....
by andrew | Jun 8, 2009 | news, origin, retail, roasting
Merdeka Coffee in Indonesia announced today that they have opened a roasting facility in Auckland and will soon follow with two retail cafes. Congratulations to Alun and company for their good work and insight, as extending a company brand name into the retail market...
by andrew | May 12, 2009 | health, news |
As reported by the Boston Globe and summarized by UPI on Monday, studies continue to link coffee to lower rates of diabetes, liver cancer, cirrhosis and Parkinson’s disease. From UPI: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 11 (UPI) — Drinking coffee may be good for your...
by andrew | May 7, 2009 | news, retail
Cuppy’s Coffee adds yet another new chapter to its twisted tale with the March 31 arrest of CEO Dale Nabors. As you will recall, Mr. Nabors proposed to take Cuppy’s to the “Next Level” approximately one year ago after taking control of the...
by andrew | Apr 20, 2009 | competitions, events, news
Gwilym Davies of the United Kingdom has won the 2009 World Barista Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. National barista champions from 51 countries converged in Atlanta to compete for the ranking of world’s top coffee maker in front of a live and online audience...
by andrew | Feb 19, 2009 | economy, news, retail, starbucks
MSNBC looks at the quickly shifting business model at Starbucks: is it all “part of a long-term strategy,” as suggested by company spokespeople or a series of desperate attempts to increase profitability? Read Starbucks’ strange brew of business plans and...
