Archive for February, 2009

China makes breakthrough in coffee exports (People’s Daily)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

China will export coffee directly to the United States in April, according to a deal signed between the ECUM Coffee Group and Yunnan Hogood Co. Ltd.. In a statement Saturday, Hogood said it will export 240 tonnes of coffee beans per month to Atlantic (USA) Inc., a member of the Denmark-based ECUM Coffee Group. Before this deal, Chinese coffee reached foreign consumers via international coffee ...

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Coffee shop tastes success with bare basics (The Malaysian Insider)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

NEW YORK, March 1 – It’s a tough time for businesses, but one entrepreneur in the United States may have found the recipe for success. Male and female servers go topless at Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Maine. In a town with fewer than 4,500 residents, the topless coffee shop is booming with business. Paul Crabtree, the owner’s brother, describes business so far as “fantastic.” “It’s ...

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Coffee shop tastes success with bare basics (The Malaysian Insider)

Annapolis Coffee Shop Goes Green (CBS 13 Baltimore)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

A cup of black coffee is making one Annapolis cafe green.

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Best bets for coffee on the road (Chicago Tribune)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

While chatting with some of the nation's top baristas at a recent coffee competition in Chicago, it became clear that these coffee elite share a collective knowledge about where to find the best coffee in every major city in North America.

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Streetsmart to host coffee hour on economic prospects (NWAnews.com)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Streetsmart Data Services Inc. will host a real estate seminar called Streetsmart Coffee Hour that will review the second quarter market conditions and near-term prospects from 6:45-7 :50 a.m. at the Holiday Inn in Springdale. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

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Coffee shop to perk up Matt? (News 24 South Africa)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Lee Mears is standing by his banned England colleague Matt Stevens by going ahead with plans to open a coffee shop with him.

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North Town Coffee Featured in Magazine (KIMA Yakima)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

One Yakima coffee shop is getting big time recognition.

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Green Mountain Coffee Plans Solar Project (WCAX-TV Vermont)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Lots of us power our day with caffeine. And now a local coffee maker is looking to the sun to power its plant.

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Green Mountain Coffee Plans Solar Project (WCAX-TV Vermont)

Colle + McVoy named ad agency of record for Caribou Coffee (Finance and Commerce)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Brooklyn Center-based chain of coffee shops. “Colle + McVoy’s approach was very courageous. Their creative ideas

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Coffee Shop Reopening (KERO 23 Bakersfield)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A local coffee shop is reopening its doors to the public.

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Coffee Shop Reopening (KERO 23 Bakersfield)