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NEWS ABOUT: coffee roasting

coffee roasting stories: 6 news summaries

 San Francisco Coffee Scene Heats Up 

Next-gen roasters brew plans to tap premium market

May 16, 08 6:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Small-Town Coffee
Purveyor Goes Grande

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is climbing, financially and socially

May 9, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Civet-Digested Beans
 Yield $99 Espresso 

Rarest cup of coffee blends Jamaican, Indonesian products

Apr 17, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Starbucks to Pour Freebies

Execs hope new 'everyday' blend will boost soft sales

Apr 7, 08 8:59 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

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

'Clover addict' thinks it could change how we think about our joe

Mar 13, 08 7:18 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

He Taught Starbucks How to Make Coffee

Alfred Peet, America's coffee king, dies at 87

Sep 2, 07 2:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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