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  • May 2008

    • San Francisco Coffee Scene Heats Up

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 16, 08 6:10 PM CDT

      San Francisco Coffee Scene Heats Up

      (Newser) - Plans for tapping the premium coffee market are percolating in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Chronicle reports in an in-depth look at the new generation of roasters. Emphasizing freshness and preparation, next-gen roasters are building Northwest-inspired businesses that offer patrons ground-to-order $8 cups, or $9-$11 pots prepared by a $20,000 halogen-powered siphon from Japan. More »

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      San Francisco  • Starbucks  • coffee  • gourmet coffee  • coffee roasting  • Peet's Coffee

    • Small-Town Coffee Purveyor Goes Grande

      Barre-Montpelier Times Argus  |  May 9, 08 9:00 PM CDT

      Small-Town Coffee Purveyor Goes Grande

      (Newser) - A success story is brewing in tiny-town Vermont, where a coffee roaster is supplying beans to 600 McDonald's restaurants across 50 states and 25 countries. The creator of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Bob Stiller, never imagined such a feat—nor the $121 million in sales last quarter—when he started the business in 1981. "This vision of today was not in his mind," Green Mountain exec Jon Wettstein said. More »

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      coffee  • McDonald's  • gourmet coffee  • coffee roasting  • social responsibility  • business models

  • April 2008

    • Civet-Digested Beans Yield $99 Espresso

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 17, 08 5:19 PM CDT

      Civet-Digested Beans Yield $99 Espresso

      (Newser) - You might look for a $99 espresso shot in a crowded Italian café before the second floor of a London department store. Yet it's the latter where you'll find the cup brewed from two of the world’s rarest coffee beans, one of which is sniffed out and, er, digested by an Indonesian civet, the Guardian reports. But is the java foodie paradise or marketing racket? More »

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      food  • gourmet coffee  • gourmet dining  • coffee roasting  • espresso

    • Starbucks to Pour Freebies

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 7, 08 8:59 PM CDT

      Starbucks to Pour Freebies

      (Newser) - Starbucks will pour a new blend for free tomorrow (Tuesday) in an effort to rekindle customer love, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The company is keeping the blend's ingredients—“subtle, rich flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts"—under wraps, and hopes it will boost sales as Starbucks faces fresh competition from Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's, MSNBC reports. More »

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      Starbucks  • coffee  • gourmet coffee  • Howard Schultz  • coffee roasting  • barista

  • March 2008

    • Why Fork Over $11,000 for a Coffee Machine?

      Slate  |  Mar 13, 08 7:18 PM CDT

      Why Fork Over $11,000 for a Coffee Machine?

      (Newser) - A cup of coffee brewed with 16 ounces of water at 203 degrees for 44 seconds? Coming right up. The brouhaha over the $11,000 Clover 1s—the ultra-high-tech machine that brews one cup at a time—makes sense, Paul Adams writes in Slate. After two hours test-driving the built-to-order machine, which regulates temperature, water, and brew time with staggering precision, he considers himself “a Clover addict.” More »

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      coffee  • luxury goods  • caffeine  • gourmet coffee  • coffee roasting  • barista  • Clover

  • September 2007

    • He Taught Starbucks How to Make Coffee

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 2, 07 2:45 PM CDT

      He Taught Starbucks How to Make Coffee

      (Newser) - The Dutchman who gave America an early jolt of caffeine culture died Friday at his home in Oregon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Before there was Starbucks, Alfred Peet opened Peet’s Coffee & Tea in 1966, distinguishing his coffee with high-quality beans and pioneering a roasting system that Starbucks would later adopt with the entrepreneur's help. More »

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      obituary  • San Francisco  • Starbucks  • coffee  • gourmet coffee  • coffee roasting  • Peet's Coffee

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