Fresh Brews: Coffee Shortages And Coffee Is Good For You
Welcome to this week’s round up of everything that is coffee news. Fresh Brews normally comes on Sunday’s but due to a lack of wifi and a brain overload caused by an amazing blogging conference called SobCon, we’re on a delay, kind of like how my AirTran flight back to Tampa is delayed right now.
Coffee News
Iconic coffee cup creator dies
If you’ve ever bought coffee in New York City, this paper coffee cup probably looks familiar. At one point, it seemed like every diner, deli and bodega served their coffee in this cup. Last week, the cup’s designer Leslie Buck died at 87 years old.
Region’s coffee sales grind to just a trickle
Reason number 4,231 that I’m glad that I don’t live in Massachusetts – a massive water pipe leak is causing some coffee shops to stop serving coffee. In case you were curious, the other 4,230 reasons are related to the Boston Red Sox.
Coffee: Is it healthier than you think?
Coffee addicts already know that coffee is good for us (and the people around us in the mornings), but now mainstream media like CNN are finally catching up.
These Coffee Ads are Sure to Wake You Up!
Here’s a collection of some of the best, or at least most eye catching coffee advertisements. I think my favorite is the Folgers…yes Folgers.
Coffee Blogs
Muddy Dog Coffee Muddy Dog Roasting Co.
The author predicts three coffee trends that will affect the price and quality of the coffee that we’ll be drinking in the future.
Bonus article: More Money, Less Choice. Welcome to the Grocery Store.
Starbucks Melody For a few minutes, Howard Schultz (Starbucks CEO), Winter and Melody all in one room
Find out what happens when you have the Starbucks CEO, a man on a mission to visit every Starbucks and the premier Starbucks blogger all in one room.
Coffee Nate Sidama Coffee Comparison Cupping :: Sidama vs. Sidamo
It may look like Coffee Nate has lost his mind and is eating his coffee like cereal, but he’s actually demonstrating the formal way that coffee is tasted (officially called cupping) as he analyzes three Sidama/Sidamo coffees.
The Coffee Adventures POLL: How Many Scoops of Coffee Do You Use Per Cup?
I’m a pretty standard two tablespoons per cup of coffee (except for when I make a huge type in an article). What about you? Take a second to vote in Jamie’s poll.
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Photo by Sal Petruzelli Marino.
Category: Coffee News
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I just got a good discount from a garage sale. a box of 8 o’ clock colombian coffee for a very low price. because the owner said that his daughter sent it to him in a package and he just recently got fed up drinking coffee and is planning to make a shift to green tea… well it’s his loss! i’m gonna brew another aromatic cup!