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NEWS ABOUT: beverages

beverages stories: 16 news summaries

 Health Experts 
 Call for Soda Tax 

Critics say it won't reduce obesity

Sep 17, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health experts say a tax on sugary sodas would take a big bite out of the obesity epidemic, ABC News reports. Taxing "sugar-sweetened beverages is really a double-win," said the co-author of a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "We can raise much-needed... More »

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obesity epidemic • public health • beverages • sugar • healthy eating • soda tax

 Beer Prices Going Up 


Aug 25, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nation’s largest brewers plan to raise beer prices in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reports. Anheuser-Busch InBev—maker of Budweiser—and MillerCoors will further test the notion that beer is generally recession-proof. “The environment is very favorable, we think,” says an Anheuser exec. Both... More »

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beer • beverages • retail sales • price increases • MillerCoors • brewery • Anheuser-Busch • brewing • InBev

 High-Tech Mug Keeps 
 Coffee Just Right 

Mug absorbs heat, then releases it to maintain perfect temperature

Aug 20, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - German scientists have developed a coffee mug that gets your joe to the right temperature and keeps it there, Der Spiegel reports. The secret is phase-change material, waxy stuff used in home-building to maintain temperatures indoors. It's also stuffed inside winter jackets, and if these scientists have their way, it... More »

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coffee • science • temperature • beverages

(Newser) - In the boom times, people quaffed energy drinks and the industry bloomed to its current $896 million in sales. Naturally, the Washington Post reports, the recession has produced a new star: “relaxation beverages.” Loaded with a somewhat questionable “calming” ingredient also in green tea, the drinks... More »

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recession • energy drink • beverages • soda • relaxation • boom economy

(Newser) - A combination of penny-pinching and environmental concern has pushed bottled water sales off for the first time in at least 5 years, the Washington Post reports. In 2008, consumption of bottled water fell for the first time this decade. “It's an obvious way to cut back,” a... More »

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recycling • bottled water • recession • beverages • Nestle • oil consumption • environmentalists • packaging

OPINION

 The Worst Soft Drinks Ever 

Coke's Vio is only the latest in ill-conceived beverages

Aug 1, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coke is currently testing Vio, a carbonated-milk drink it hopes will capture the US market—but Time is a little skeptical. Here are some other misbegotten beverage ideas:
  • Coors Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water. Prominent placement of the Coors logo made the company’s spring water look a lot
... More »

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cocaine • list • beverages • soda • Thanksgiving • Molson Coors Brewing Co. • soft drinks • Coca-Cola • New Coke • Vio

 Coke Tests Milk Soft Drink in NY 

Trial period for 'Vio' will assess whether US is ready for carbonated milk beverages

Jul 27, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coca-Cola has launched a consumer trial of Vio, a “vibrancy” soft drink that combines skimmed milk with a carbonated fruit soda, the Guardian reports. Vio is available only in New York as Coke measures demand for the beverage. Milk-based soft drinks are popular in Asia but have yet to... More »

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New York • Coca Cola • beverages • soda • soft drinks • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Co • Vio

(Newser) - The French wine industry is in a tough spot, Mike Steinberger writes on Slate. “It is hemorrhaging market share abroad, domestic consumption continues to plummet, and thousands of vintners are in desperate financial straits.” What’s more, “the appellation system that regulates much of French viticulture is... More »

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alcohol • France • wine • beverages • vineyard • regional • terroir

FDA OKs
Natural, No-Calorie Sweetener 

Coke, Pepsi will have stevia products soon

Dec 17, 08 7:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Get ready for a barrage of soft drinks and foods using the term stevia. The FDA today gave its blessing to use of the zero-calorie natural sweetener derived from the leaves of a South American bush, the Chicago Tribune reports. Coke and Pepsi will have drinks on the shelves soon,... More »

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FDA • Pepsi • VitaminWater • stevia • beverages • sugar substitutes • Coca-Cola

Japan Cools Down with Fizzy Eel Energy Drink

Yellow-colored beverage made from head and bone extracts

Jul 29, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new fizzy, yellow-colored canned drink is hitting shelves in Japan this month, and it contains an unusual ingredient—eel. Unagi Nobori, or "Surging Eel," is made from the extracts from the head and bones of eel and five vitamins. "It's mainly for men who are exhausted... More »

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Japan • beverages • eel • Surging Eel

Dr Pepper Ads
Want You to Sip, Not Guzzle

New campaign says the soda tastes better when consumed slowly

Jul 28, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing flagging sales, 123-year-old Dr Pepper is capitalizing on “scientific” research that suggests it tastes better when you drink it slowly, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dr Pepper’s marketers are launching a campaign using “fake doctors to deliver this quasi science,” says an ad exec. Basketballer... More »

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beverages • soda • Dr Pepper • market-research • Kelsey Grammer

 Cup of Joe Getting Smaller 

Chicago coffee maker nixes 20-ounce drinks, for flavor's sake

Jul 9, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - One purveyor of fine coffee is drawing a line in the sand: Come Aug. 1, Chicago brewer and distributor Intelligentsia will phase out its 20-ounce option—or venti, per Starbucks lingo, the Chicago Tribune reports. Brewing such a large cup dilutes the proportions necessary for maximum flavor, Intelligentsia's CEO says,... More »

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Starbucks • Chicago • coffee • beverages • Dunkin' Donuts • excess • Intelligentsia

 Distillers Like Taste
 of Bourbon Boom 

Weak dollar, rising exports help fuel spike in sales

Jul 7, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kentucky bourbon is popular in the likes of Russia and China as drinkers worldwide flock to the US drink, the AP reports. A weak dollar, rising exports, and a bourbon trend among young Americans are also fueling the boom. "Younger consumers are interested in drinks that were, you might... More »

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alcohol • Kentucky • drink • exports • beverages • expansion • liquor • US exports • distillery • bourbon

 Gourmet Tea: The New Coffee 

$300-a-pot brews not uncommon as Americans get back to their roots

Apr 8, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cappuccinos are commonplace, but new gourmands get their caffeine fix from tea. After falling out of favor during the Revolutionary War, tea is experiencing a comeback in the US; sales have tripled since 1990 and gourmet tea can cost thousands per pound. Portfolio pours a cupful of tips for would-be... More »

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coffee • list • tea • beverages • puer • gourmet

$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

What Do You Get When You Mix Pizza and Beer?

He calls it pizza beer

Jun 18, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a garage in the exurbs of Chicago Tom Seefurth has labored quietly to develop, refine, bottle, and bring to market the ultimate beverage – pizza beer. With a head redolent with oregano, basil, tomatoes and, yes, garlic, he believes he has finally succeeded. And Seefurth has even found an... More »

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food • Chicago • alcohol • beer • drinks • beverages • Tom Seefurth • pizza beer

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