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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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McD's Perks Up Coffee, Menu

Burger chain, er, beverage destination adds gourmet coffee, frappes, smoothies

Nov 14, 07 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Vanilla lattes, cafe mochas, and caramel cappuccinos are coming to your local Golden Arches as McDonald’s Corp. positions itself to take a slice of the booming $12 billion specialty beverage market and become a “beverage destination,” reports the AP. McDonald’s will launch a sausage skillet burrito... More »

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McDonald's • coffee • fast food • gourmet coffee

Ethiopia Stirs Up Coffee Industry

Fair trade to get a lot more fair if trademark approved

Nov 10, 07 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Ethiopia is trademarking its distinctive coffee crop, a move that could bring $88 million a year to the impoverished country, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Coffee connoisseurs happily pay up to $10 per pound for beans from Ethiopia’s Yirgacheffe region, but less than $1 of that goes to farmers... More »

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coffee • Ethiopia • branding • developing world

Starbucks Serving Free iTunes

Customers will scoop up as many as 50 million free downloads

Sep 24, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - For more than a month beginning next week Starbucks will offer customers free iTunes downloads of songs by major artists like Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The freebie marks a new partnership between the coffee giant and Apple, Inc. Company executives expect Starbucks will give away... More »

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Paul McCartney • Starbucks • coffee • iTunes • Apple

Buck Your Starbucks Addiction

Your health and your wallet will benefit from a little moderation

Sep 4, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Starbucks' recent price hike averages just 9 cents a cup, that's still $50 a year for a java junkie with a five-latte-a-week habit. Save yourself with these tips from the Chicago Tribune:
  1. A 300-calorie snack in the afternoon is a healthier pick-me-up than coffee.
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food • health • Starbucks • coffee • list • caffeine • healthy eating

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

Starbucks to Get First Sip of Russian Market

Legal hurdles cleared, coffee giant aims at other US brands

Aug 30, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks will finally open its first Russian store next month, the Seattle Times reports, but the coffee giant will need a jolt of caffeine to achieve the brand recognition of Western rivals who've been in the market for years. Traditionally tea drinkers, Russians have warmed up to domestic coffee purveyors,... More »

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Russia • Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • Moscow • Soviet Union • St. Petersburg • consumerism

Coffee May Stall Memory Loss in Women

Drink up, and maybe you won't forget where you set your cup down

Aug 7, 07 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world’s most popular stimulant may slow age-related memory loss in older women, Reuters reports. Drinking three or more cups of coffee per day reduced verbal memory loss in French women aged 65 and up by 33% compared to women who drank a cup or less, researchers say. The... More »

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memory • health • women's health • dementia • coffee • women • caffeine • memory loss • Alzheimer's Disease

Price Jump Could Ice Coffee Sales

With another price hike and competitors on its heels, will Starbucks stumble?

Aug 1, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks recently hiked the cost of its coffee an average of 9¢ a cup—the seventh bump up since 1997. With a faltering stock price and learnings lagging after 15 years of solid growth, BusinessWeek wonders whether the premium coffee purveyor may have finally maxed out the market for the... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • tea • Dunkin' Donuts • price

Drinking Coffee May Fight
Colon Cancer

Japanese study finds benefits of 3 cups a day apply only to women

Aug 1, 07 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day can cut the risk of colon cancer in half—but the benefit manifests itself only in women. What's more, Reuters reports, the research was conducted in Japan, where men drink and smoke so much that scientists had trouble controlling for those... More »

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cancer • Japan • coffee • women • men • caffeine • research • colon cancer • antioxidants

Peppy Combo May Battle Skin Cancer

Caffeine and exercise show promise
in prevention

Jul 31, 07 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 1-2 punch of caffeine and exercise may help prevent skin cancer. Hairless mice fed caffeinated water who worked out on a running wheel showed an increase in destruction of skin cells damaged by UVB rays, the AP reports, and the secret appears to be the combination. Researchers caution, however,... More »

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cancer • coffee • caffeine • skin cancer • exercise

'Caffeinated' Workout May Cut Cancer

Combo of exercise and coffee can fight skin cancer

Jul 30, 07 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - New research suggests that drinking coffee, combined with regular exercise, speeds up the killing off of cells damaged by ultraviolet-B radiation. Researchers at Rutgers University specifically examined UVB apoptosis — the programmed death of cells that become damaged by ultraviolet rays – in hairless mice. This sort of cell-suicide helps... More »

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coffee • cells • caffeine • research • exercise • UVB apoptosis • Rutgers University

Starbucks Orders Up
a Price Hike

Second increase
in 10 months averages
an eye-opening 9 cents

Jul 23, 07 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the cost of energy and dairy soaring, Starbucks will hike prices for the second time in less than a year at the end of the month. The 3% jump means an average 9-cent increase for coffees, lattes, and Frappuccinos, the AP reports. The hike applies to company-owned stores; licensed... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • tea

$600 Coffee 'Processed'
by Civets

Java-lovers' treat plucked from droppings of animals who gorge on beans

Jul 13, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Starbucks. Hyper coffee connoisseurs are coughing up $600 for a pound of the world's priciest coffee, a blend plucked from the droppings of a civet, a small Indonesian mammal that forages for fresh coffee beans. Fans describe the taste of kopi luwak as earthy, with a note of... More »

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Indonesia • coffee • Hong Kong • kopi luwak • delicacy • drinks • beverages • civet • chocolate

Coffee's Perks Not in the Caffeine

Go for decaf: other chemicals in coffee
give health a jolt

Jun 25, 07 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have long championed coffee's health benefits, but a series of recent studies is waking them up to the fact that caffeine has nothing to do with it. Regular consumption of coffee or tea can provide protection against cancer, diabetes and heart disease, but researchers say other chemicals are responsible. More »

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cancer • health • diabetes • coffee • science • heart disease • caffeine • tea • stress • antioxidants

Students Brew Coffee Addiction

Docs abuzz over teens’ growing
use and abuse of stimulants

Apr 16, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Overworked kids are hopping up more and more on lattes and macchiatos, as well as even dodgier stimulants, according to U.S. News. Coffee consumption among 18- to 24-year-olds  has nearly doubled in three years, while increasingly popular energy drinks like Red Bull and the shockingly christened Cocaine pack multiple... More »

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ADHD • Adderall • psychiatry • coffee • caffeine • college • energy drink • stimulant • student

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