Coffee Smells|So GOOOOOD

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 [...]

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 [...]

08.06.08, 3:12 PM ET
BRAZIL – * Report said to foresee quality problems in Ivorian cocoa crop * Expectations of tightening supplies help bolster sugar * Coffee consolidates down (Writes through with closing prices for all markets, adds analyst comment, Colombian strike, byline, dateline) By Marcy Nicholson and David Brough NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) [...]

Coffee Growing – From the Plantation to Your Morning Cup
Too few of us ever consider how that coffee we drink each morning, got there. In this article we will look at coffee from the plantation to your cup!
Every morning people around the world turn on their espresso makers, or drip style [...]