A quarter of the country might be buried in snow, but it was still another hot week in coffee land. This week there was a new coffee blog popping up on to the scene, Coffee Nate was featured in a newspaper and the amazing super powers of coffee are again proved with a study released about coffee reducing the risk of diabetes.
Coffee Blogs
Coffee Obsessed What Is Your Favorite Brand And Blend Of Coffee
We have a new coffee blog on the block. The author is Robb Sutton who runs blogs about mountain biking, blogging and now you can find him at Coffee Obsessed.
Starbucks Melody Your intro to a cupping at 15th Ave Coffee: Starbucks Arabian Mocha Sanani
Rocketfuel Coffee Blog An Evening Of Coffee Tasting With RocketfuelCoffee.com
In two similar posts, Lisa and Melody describe the arts of tasting and cupping coffees. Both are fun filled activities and a great way to learn more about coffee.
Caffination CaffiNation 392 : Studio
Paul and crew cover everything from the low coffee harvest in Brazil to Retro PC’s in the latest Podcast. Worth checking out.
Brown Bean Blog Recipe: Peppermint Stick Mocha
Here’s a delicious sounding recipe, with a twist on my favorite holiday latte.
Coffee News
Sault’s resident coffee expert shares thoughts with the world
Coffee Nate was featured in the local newspaper. I’m not going to give it all away, but he talks about his mission to help us drink better coffee and more.
Study: Coffee and tea may lower diabetes risk
Another reason why coffee is so amazing. A new study says that people that drink three to four cups a day have a 25 percent lower risk of diabetes. I’m sure this is all negated if your three to four drinks are sugar filled lattes.
McDonald’s to lift fee for Internet access
Listen up Starbucks, McDonald’s is giving away their wifi for free. I know that technically yours is free too, but we have to make a purchase, have a Starbucks card, etc. It’s time to get rid of at least the Starbucks card restriction. In Europe, I’ve heard that they have free wifi because of a partnership with T-Mobile. To make matters worse, I’ve heard that you’re going to make it five purchases before we get access to their “free” wifi. Starbucks don’t leave us out in the cold. Put a code on the receipt that gives them access to wifi for two hours if you really want to make sure only paying customers use the wifi.
Upset woman redefines coffee break at Peet’s in Chico
This woman obviously needed her coffee. Just because she didn’t buy her coffee inside that Peet’s they should’ve allowed her to get her cream and sugar there. There’s times when you just need your caffeine and this was obviously one of those times.
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Photo by Pak Gwei.
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I love it! Free wifi for all!!! But Starbucks is stubborn. There are perks to having a card though. You get pumps of flavor for free and a free drink on your birthday! So it’s not all bad.
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Mike Reply:
I have no problem with them requiring a purchase, but don’t make me jump through hoops to get it. However, those added benefits would be nice.
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Thanks for the link up Mike!
I really wish Starbucks would just open up their Wifi like every other coffee shop/restaurant in our area. Luckily, the Starbucks closest to my house is also in a wifi cloud created by the city, so you can just tap into that instead of the Starbucks wifi.
Robb Sutton´s last blog ..First Look: Intelligentsia House Blend Coffee
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Mike Reply:
Anytime!
I’m a big fan of business making things easier for the customer and if Starbucks doesn’t change I think it’s going to to be one of the stories of 2010. McDoanld’s giving away free Wifi really shows how behind in the game, Starbucks is.
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Robb Sutton Reply:
Even Hooters and Waffle House has free wifi!
Robb Sutton´s last blog ..First Look: Intelligentsia House Blend Coffee
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Big congrats to Coffee Nate for getting in the paper, that’s hot right there!
As for McDonalds charging for internet, seems a little crazy at this point. We haven’t charged for internet use in over 5 years and we are a little company.
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Mike Reply:
You mean Starbucks? If so, totally agree!
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This is good for McDonald’s. In our small county the kids prefer McDonald’s [this particular restaurant really does rock the customer service!], but my daughter and her friends would have study groups at Bojangles since they offered free wifi. We don’t have a Starbuck’s in our county [rural living at its best], but agree they should get with the program. Putting a code on a receipt isn’t a bad idea if they want to limit who is using their service.
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Mike Reply:
I think it’s really going to help their business. At first, I didn’t see myself using a laptop at McDonald’s – too many distractions and I’m usually in a rush. Then I remembered all of the times that I have been in McDonald’s and wished they had wifi so I could get some work done while I was waiting or if I needed a place to stop real quick and respond to some email.
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