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Fresh Brews: World’s Biggest Cup Of Coffee, Harvard Says Coffee Is Good For You And More

Fresh Brews: World’s Biggest Cup Of Coffee, Harvard Says Coffee Is Good For You And More

This week, a group is brewing the largest cup of coffee in Las Vegas. Which is good news because even Harvard is now saying that coffee is good for you. And that’s just part of the excitement going on this week in the coffee world. Here’s my attempt to round it all up this week. [...]

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Starbucks Natural Fusions Cinnamon Review

Starbucks Natural Fusions Cinnamon Review

The Drink: Starbucks Natural Fusions Cinnamon Type: Ground Flavored Coffee Overall Rating: 3.25 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs I’m rounding out my reviews of the three Starbucks Natural Fusions flavored coffees with a review of the Cinnamon flavor. The Vanilla flavored impressed me. The Caramel flavor was good. Now, it’s time to see if the [...]

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Starbucks Enters The Flavored Coffee Market: Starbucks Natural Fusion Vanilla Review

Starbucks Enters The Flavored Coffee Market: Starbucks Natural Fusion Vanilla Review

The Drink: Starbucks Natural Fusion Vanilla Type: Ground Flavored Coffee Overall Rating: 3.75 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs This week, I took a sneak peek at Starbucks’ new Natural Fusion coffees. Later this year, they’ll be on grocery store shelves across the country. It’s their first time diving into the flavored coffee market and the [...]

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Me & StarBucks (Op/Ed)

Me & StarBucks (Op/Ed)

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. – Unknown I need to get something off my geeky chest I am currently a Starbucks Stock Holder… I purchased the stock Years ago on an investigational move. It is/was a good way to track the United States economy as well as being invested in [...]

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Fresh Brews: The Starbucks Edition And Some Other Random News

Fresh Brews: The Starbucks Edition And Some Other Random News

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. This week it’s safe to say that Starbucks dominated the news. Coffee Blogs DIY Life 21 Ways To Use Old Coffee Grounds Okay, [...]

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Winners Of The Starbucks Coffee Mugs

Winners Of The Starbucks Coffee Mugs

The Starbucks Coffee Mug giveaway is all wrapped up and all of the entries have been tallied. Thanks to everyone that entered and thanks again to Cate.TV for sponsoring this contest. Boston – Ardee Ann Chicago – Kyle W New York – Coffee Vanilla Phoenix – Brian Smith Venice – Howard Congrats everyone! Please send [...]

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The Frap Challenge – Starbucks Vs. McDonald’s

The Frap Challenge – Starbucks Vs. McDonald’s

The Drink: Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino And McDonald’s Mocha Frappe Type: Blended Ice Coffee Dessert Drinks Overall Rating: Starbucks 3.75 McDonald’s 4 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Summer reminds most normal people of relaxing afternoons poolside and sunny days at the beach. My caffeine flooded mind thinks frap. The Starbucks Frappuccino is my favorite drink ice [...]

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Starbucks Coffee Mug Giveaway

Starbucks Coffee Mug Giveaway

Thanks to Cate.TV, I have five Starbucks coffee mugs sitting in the Daily Shot Of Coffee kitchen that are looking for a home. They represent Starbucks in five cities: Boston, Chicago, New York, Phoenix and Venezia (Venice).  They each have an artistic design with the name of the city and the city skyline. The coffee [...]

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Starbucks Peru Chanchamayo Review

Starbucks Peru Chanchamayo Review

The Drink: Starbucks Peru Chanchamayo Type: Whole Bean Overall Rating: Three Out Of Five Coffee Mugs I drink a lot of Starbucks, but most of the time I stick to the calorie filled sugary deliciousness like the Dark Cherry Mocha latte and the Caramel Macchiato. I don’t drink a lot of their coffees and I [...]

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Starbucks Dark Cherry Mocha Review

Starbucks Dark Cherry Mocha Review

The Drink: Dark Cherry Mocha From Starbucks Type: Espresso Based Drink Overall Rating: Four Out Of Five Coffee Mugs I’ve been craving Dark Cherry Mocha for what seems like forever. I had a feeling that I was going to love it from the minute that I first read about it on the Starbucks Melody site [...]

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