Fresh Brews is the weekly wrap up of coffee news. I never know what I’m going to stumble across in the land of coffee news – it’s often random and sometimes weird.
Coffee News
Giant-Sized Starbucks Drink? April Fool!
On April 1st Starbucks announced two new sizes: the “Plenta” is 128 fluid ounces, while “Micra” is a just 2 ounces. There are days when I really could go for the Plenta.
Pay for Starbucks with Your iPhone at 1,000 Target Stores
If you have an iPhone, you can now pay for your Venti Dark Cherry Mocha at 1,000 Starbucks/Target locations.
Coffee-Cup Collar Expands Like B-Movie Special Effect
If you haven’t seen this creepy coffee cup holder, now is the time to check it out.
Help us Develop a More Recyclable Coffee Cup – Join the Beta Cup Challenge
Starbucks is sponsoring a contest to develop a more recyclable coffee cup. The Beta Cup Challenge invites entrepreneurs, designers, everyday people and mad scientists to submit concepts and ideas, to be reviewed collaboratively on the Beta Cup website.
Coffee Blogs
Caffination Coffee Survival Plan
There’s a lot of scary things in the world: earthquakes, military coups, etc. But what do you do when you run out of coffee or your coffeemaker breaks?
Destination Caffeination Simple Ways To Green Your Coffee & Tea
Earth Day is just around the corner and Marye put together a list of ways that you can make Earth Day every day with your coffee.
I Need Coffee Buying a French Press – Picking the Right One
Michael Allen Smith put together this quick guide on how to pick out the perfect French Press.
Enlightened Bean Initial Impressions on the Behmor Home Roaster
I’d really like to start roasting coffee at home, here’s one possible option that David is trying out.
New…well sort of coffee blog: The Coffee Adventures
Jamie, one of the staff writers at Daily Shot Of Coffee has been blogging about coffee for a while, now you can find her at The Coffee Adventures.
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Some new blogs for me to check out there – thanks for the links!
.-= Anne Moss´s last blog ..Coffee People Jet Fuel K-Cups for Kuerig Brewers =-.
Anyytime!
A New Month! Time Flies When Ur Having Coffee, No Matter How Slow U Sip It! Happy Easter! Keep Up The Good Work |_|B
.-= BaristaOnDutY´s last blog ..BODY Save The Planet ~ A Conscious Coffee Cause ~ Apr, 1- 30- 2010 =-.
Happy belated Easter to you! Time does fly, but as long as I have good coffee, I’m not going to complain.
Happy Easter big Mike, hope you had a coffee and egg filled day. One Plenta for me please, thank you.
.-= Extreme John´s last blog ..Happy Easter Road Blogging Style =-.
I think I’ll need a Plenta if I have to keep dealing with the “unnamed tech support.”
Whoa, I want that giant size cup of java at Starbucks! Their coffee is wildly “out of the blue” strong sometimes that just makes you want to run around the parking lot and jump on cars! …and that’s just their Venti, imagine if the Plenta was for real.
And yes, I throw my coffee grinds in the garbage. What, they be recycled??
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