by andrew | Apr 8, 2007 | ideas, news, retail
World renown specialty coffee expert Sherri Johns’ coffee recipe book Coffee Cafe is now available in the USA at Amazon.com. Coffee Café presents a delicious selection of coffee-based drinks for all occasions. Starting with the main ‘types’ of coffee –...
by andrew | Feb 1, 2007 | news, retail, starbucks
Reprinted with the permission of Nation’s Restaurant News Espresso, historians tell us, was given to the world by Italians in the early 20th century. It would take a quirky Seattle retailer with New Age proclivities to move it into storefronts, malls, airports...
by andrew | Jan 25, 2007 | business, news
Alex Fisenko, known in the coffee industry as the “godfather of espresso,” and founder of his popular Espresso Business Success Program passed away on January 21st, 2007. We remember Alex for his role as a pioneer in our industry, having inspired and...
by andrew | Jan 18, 2007 | competitions, events, news, origin, quality
After eight years of conducting the Cup of Excellence program the Brazil winning farmers saw their average price per pound rise up to over $5.00lb. Yesterday’s online auction took many by surprise as all 28 coffees had bids within the first 25 minutes, and a record...
by andrew | Jan 16, 2007 | industry, news, quality, restaurants, retail
The word is out …and it’s about time! In 2006, we started to see the wheels of the foodservice industry turn to take notice of consumers demands for better specialty coffee. There’s still a long way to go, but clearly coffee is now in the minds of...
by andrew | Nov 28, 2006 | industry, news, sustainability
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has pledged to serve Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee on all its flights, a first for any European airline. KLM, which serves more than 22 million cups of coffee every year, will get at least 30 percent of its beans from coffee farms that...
