tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897Wed, 14 May 2008 10:02:02 +0000http://www.aboutcoffee.net/noreply@blogger.com (High Volume Sales Rep)Blogger1984125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-8103024047044274433Wed, 14 May 2008 10:01:00 +00002008-05-14T06:02:02.526-04:00Dunkin DonutsDunkin' Donuts Keeps America Running With Second Annual Free Iced Coffee Day On May 15 Free Iced Coffee Day Celebrates Berry Berry Flavor and $80,000 Donation to the National Police Athletic League Youth Leadership Program CANTON, Mass., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 15, busy people who keep America running can keep cool for free. Dunkin' Donuts, the world's largest coffee and baked goods chainhttp://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/dunkin-donuts-second-annual-free-iced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-5837364295337196442Thu, 08 May 2008 12:09:00 +00002008-05-08T08:10:15.032-04:00Home RoastingBy Jim Romanoff For The Associated Press Given the American love affair with coffee, it's surprising more people don't roast their own beans at home. Not only does home roasting ensure the freshest, most splendid cup of coffee, it's also a money saver and takes just minutes to prepare enough beans for several pots. "Almost everyone knows how exquisite fresh bread is," says Kenneth Davids, http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/fresh-roast-coffee-all-about-beans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-3616882580536648077Thu, 08 May 2008 12:08:00 +00002008-05-08T08:09:06.581-04:00Green Mountain CoffeeGreen Mountain Coffee and the Jane Goodall Institute Create Coffee to Save Chimp Habitat --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Green Mountain Coffee What: Members of the media are invited to join world-renowned primatologist and humanitarian Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, on Thursday, May 8 to sample a coffee created to help preserve chimp habitat. Who: Jane Goodall, Founder--the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/dr-jane-goodall-finds-common-ground-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-3738035987945252128Sun, 04 May 2008 12:44:00 +00002008-05-04T08:45:09.845-04:00Barista CompetitionThe National Barista Championship beginning Friday will showcase some highly sophisticated coffee preparation -- and for three local competitors, the experience is as rich and savory as a perfect demitasse of espresso. By KRISTIN TILLOTSON, Star Tribune Grind. Brew. Extract. Steam. Serve. Repeat. And repeat again, several hundred times, quickly and gracefully. Since early February, Adam Palmerhttp://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/great-barista-battle-is-brewing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-53099283838827313Sun, 04 May 2008 12:43:00 +00002008-05-04T08:43:45.110-04:00StarbucksStarbucks is hoping its new fresh-brewed Pike Place Roast will boost sales. Pike Place is a nostalgic brand for Starbucks and part of CEO Howard Schultz's plan to reconnect with the company's customers and return Starbucks to its roots. The new brew is named after Starbucks' original store-location in Seattle's famed fish market. Starbucks aims to offer fresher coffee, and Pike Place will be http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/struggling-starbucks-rolls-out-new-brew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-7980372981677808350Sun, 04 May 2008 12:42:00 +00002008-05-04T08:42:34.830-04:00coffee marketBOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Physical trade was slow this week in the Colombian cash arabica coffee market as cash differentials remained firm on the current tight supply, local and foreign traders and exporters said Friday. But traders said that after a slow start to the mitaca, or mid-crop, the first lots of fresh beans were now starting to reach the market and although differentials remained firm, http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/colombia-cash-coffee-diffs-stronger-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-1084832481950412694Sun, 04 May 2008 12:40:00 +00002008-05-04T08:41:29.235-04:00SCAASCAA Awards Innovative Sustainability Projects in the Specialty Coffee Industry The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), the world s largest coffee trade association, today announced the international recipients of its annual Sustainability Award. This award honors individuals, businesses and organizations in the specialty coffee industry that have created innovative projects to http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/05/scaa-awards-innovative-sustainability.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-3831314635664601342Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:37:00 +00002008-04-26T10:41:10.022-04:00personalDear Readers I do not usually write asking for donations but my wife asked me to do this, as it is an important event to our family. To show her that I am taking this seriously I am adding this to my blogs and asking you all for some assistance. My wife is participating in an event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day. It is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days. This event raises money for http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/sisters-of-sole.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-6175071872512569135Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:05:00 +00002008-04-25T07:06:10.569-04:00HealthScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2008) — Depending on which variant of a certain gene a woman has, a coffee consumption rate of at least two-three cups a day can either reduce the total risk of developing breast cancer or delay the onset of cancer. This is shown in new research from Lund University and Malmö University in Sweden. The effect of coffee is related to estrogens, female sex hormones. Certain http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/coffee-may-protect-against-breast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-3098360162282330755Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:14:00 +00002008-04-23T19:15:15.953-04:00BrazilBy Carlos Caminada and Shruti Singh April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil, the world's biggest coffee producer, may give arabica growers a subsidy at government-run auctions this year to ensure a minimum price after the harvest starts in June. The government may decide as early as April 29 on the values and amounts for the subsidized sales, Lucas Tadeu Ferreira, director of the Agriculture Ministry's http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/brazil-may-offer-subsidy-to-arabica.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-1049037256832515374Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:13:00 +00002008-04-23T19:14:08.250-04:00StarbucksBY POLLY CAMPBELL | PCAMPBELL@ENQUIRER.COM In the world of fine coffee, the hottest thing to come along since insulated coffeepots is the Clover coffee maker. A gleaming stainless steel piece of fancy engineering from a small Seattle company, a Clover makes brewed coffee one cup at a time. A Clover machine costs $11,000. The Clover company could cost Starbucks several undisclosed millions. http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/great-coffee-is-in-clover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-8216191436559437780Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:52:00 +00002008-04-18T16:55:51.823-04:00HealthReuters | Thursday, 17 April 2008 Caffeine acts as a sort of "sun screen" when given to mice before their skin is exposed to and damaged by ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, and this ultimately prevents the development of skin cancer, according to researchers. In the current issue of Cancer Research, the investigators also describe the mechanism that may be responsible for this protection. http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/caffeine-protects-mice-from-uv-induced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-1594083951048695900Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:07:00 +00002008-04-17T07:08:14.285-04:00StarbucksBy Elizabeth M. Gillespie, Associated Press SEATTLE — Hundreds of coffee-obsessed consumers chimed in moments after Starbucks launched a website asking customers to pitch changes the company should make to revive its struggling U.S. business. More >>http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/coffee-fans-frothing-over-starbucks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-983993717725596915Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:12:00 +00002008-04-13T16:56:56.156-04:00NewsBarista Exchangecoffee culturehttp://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/whats-up-on-barista-exchange.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (High Volume Sales Rep)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-1692413929293097098Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:02:00 +00002008-04-11T06:06:26.825-04:00coffee cultureCosta Rica Saul Bolanos invented Cafegrafia, or Coffee Art, the unique process of developing photographs using coffee instead of other chemicals. His photos are of Costa Rican Coffee processing from a century ago. In this lens you will learn how coffee is now produced at Cafe Britt in Costa Rica. So... pour yourself a cup of Cafe Britt Coffee. Check out the Cafegraphia or Coffee Art that Saul Bolanos http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/cafegrafia-coffee-for-developing-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-41060075223702271Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:41:00 +00002008-04-10T17:48:43.971-04:00FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com. FreeRice has two goals: 1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. 2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site. Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/about-freerice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-4968689297238996402Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:24:00 +00002008-04-10T06:25:36.016-04:00HealthWEDNESDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- A little caffeine every day could offer some protection from Alzheimer's disease for people with high cholesterol. Rabbits given the daily caffeine equivalent of one cup of coffee and fed a cholesterol-rich diet for 12 weeks suffered relatively little damage in their blood-brain barrier (BBB), which protects the central nervous system from the rest of the http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/caffeine-may-block-high-cholesterol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-8197631581591176417Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:43:00 +00002008-04-09T15:44:30.019-04:00HealthArticle from: AAP By Tamara McLean April 08, 2008 06:04pm COFFEE may help stop the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), experiments on lab mice suggest. US scientists have found they were able to protect rodents from the animal form of MS by feeding them the equivalent of six to eight cups of coffee a day. About 15,000 Australians have the disease, caused by immune cells that infiltrate http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/coffee-may-stop-ms-developing-study.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-5121979080900360532Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:00 +00002008-04-07T08:02:42.497-04:00By Sean Hauser s.hauser@krdo.com PUEBLO - A local business has created a way to roast coffee unlike anyone else in the world. They took a simple concept, similar to using a magnifying glass and the heat of the sun to heat things up...and took it one step further. Much Further. Two brothers, two different interests...with one big idea. They combined David Hartkops love for solar power with http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/pueblo-co-is-home-to-new-solar-coffee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-5905713670733512752Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:15:00 +00002008-04-06T07:15:30.236-04:00Costa RicaBy Manuel Valdes Special to The Seattle Times ALAJUELA PROVINCE, Costa Rica — Mauro Zelaga has been coming to Costa Rica from neighboring Nicaragua for 20 years to pick coffee beans. Last December was his sixth time coming to Rodrigo Vargas' farms. Harsh economic conditions in his country have fueled a massive migration to the more stable and prosperous Costa Rica. A guerrilla fighter in http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/opportunity-to-earn-honest-days-wages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-6914577568005510670Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:13:00 +00002008-04-06T07:14:22.635-04:00StarbucksCosta RicaBy Manuel Valdes Special to The Seattle Times SAN JOSÉ PROVINCE, Costa Rica — Roberto Naranjo and his wife, Victoria Zúñiga-Naranjo, shake their heads when they remember life during the coffee crisis in the late 1990s. The Naranjos had to choose between buying farming equipment and paying workers. They had to choose between maintaining their land and buying fertilizer. And debt mounted. Then http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/picking-coffee-beans-for-starbucks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-9089393670515904687Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:18:00 +00002008-04-04T06:18:31.572-04:00HealthCoffee and caffeine supplements might block the damaging effects of cholesterol and cut the risk of dementia — at least in New Zealand rabbits, according to research just published. Those findings support earlier studies looking at Alzheimer's disease. More >>http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/coffee-may-help-ward-off-dementia-study.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-548953499941164060Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:15:00 +00002008-04-04T06:17:25.440-04:00MexicoScience Centric | 3 April 2008 18:00 GMT If you get a chance to sip some shade-grown Mexican organic coffee, please pause a moment to thank the bats that helped make it possible. At Mexican organic coffee plantations, where pesticides are banned, bats and birds work night and day to control insect pests that might otherwise munch the crop. Until now, the birds got nearly all the credit. But a http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/drinking-coffee-say-thanks-to-bats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-7349566342749999968Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:44:00 +00002008-04-01T18:48:58.081-04:00CoffeeThe following was clipped from sciencedirect.com concerning metal and chemical content differences in green beans. http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/characterization-of-green-coffee-beans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (High Volume Sales Rep)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650897.post-8158475097818766818Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:14:00 +00002008-04-01T16:29:53.446-04:00Green BeansCoffee TipsAnd just think that I been putting my green beans in a brown paper bag without considering these storage factors pointed out on sweetmarias.com. http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2008/04/storing-green-beans-factors-to-consider.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (High Volume Sales Rep)