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Cleaning Coffee Maker with Vinegar
Cleaning your coffee maker will help it brew better and tastier coffee.

For many people, the most used appliances in their kitchen is the coffee maker. Whether you drink coffee or not, you probably use this appliance more than any other in the kitchen. With all this [...]

By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hot coffee sales at McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) may be eating into results at Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research), which is expected to report another period of lower profits when it posts quarterly results on Wednesday.
Traffic to U.S. Starbucks stores also has softened [...]

My Buttery Espresso – Coffee Terminology Explained
Have you always wanted to know what the term ‘acidity’ in coffee means, or, are you baffled when somebody describes a coffee as being "rich, medium-bodied, very smooth with moderate acidity, and a slightly smoky flavor"? Well, this is the article for you. It is time for you [...]

Illegal Coffee Crops Threaten Endangered Animals

Coffee drinkers have been unknowingly consuming a brew made from beans grown illegally in one of the world’s most important natural parks, a report revealed today.
The conservation charity WWF said beans grown in the Bukit Barisan Selatan national park in Sumatra, Indonesia, were being bought by local [...]

Starbucks, the Coffee Beans and the Copyright Row That Cost Ethiopia 47m

Starbucks, the giant US coffee chain, has used its muscle to block an attempt by Ethiopia’s farmers to copyright their most famous coffee bean types, denying them potential earnings of up to 47m a year, said Oxfam.
The development agency said the [...]

Starbucks Takes a Coffee Break
Starbucks to shut its 7,100 company-owned stores in US for a few hours on Tuesday for a nationwide barista training session
Americans will have to cope without blended Frappuccino and blueberry coffee cake for a few hours on Tuesday as Starbucks shuts its 7,100 company-owned stores for a [...]