Are Birds Best Hope for Pest-Ridden Coffee Crops? Coffee berry borer strikes almost everywhere coffee grows and can destroy up to 70 percent of a crop, posing a significant threat to this $70-billion-a-year industry.
Spill the Beans: Yearning to return to the barista lifestyle "Coffee fuels the creative mind, stimulates the intellectual soul and creates a silent human connection that is impossible to obtain in any other field of work" - a beautifully phrased reason for this writer who loves being a barista!
Coffee's trained tasters know their beans and brews Worldwide there are 395 coffee buyers and cuppers (tasters) who have passed an exam administered by the Long Beach-based (CQI), a nonprofit organization that is the educational arm of the SCAA.
Specialty Coffee Roasters Brew in New York The NYC is getting some great new additions to its coffee scene with Stumptown's owner Duane Sorensen relocating to Brooklyn.
Starbucks fans plead for their stores Now that Starbucks Corp. has disclosed the 600 locations it wants to close down, a phenomenon is taking hold: the Save Our Starbucks campaign.
Starbucks pushes ahead with UK growth plans Undaunted by the closure last week of 61 of its 84 Australian stores and the start of a 600-store closure programme in the United States, the company said this weekend that it saw Britain as a solid growth market with untapped potential.
Where to Go Next: Best U.S. Coffee Bars The Ithaca-based Gimme! Coffee has been distinguished as one of the 10 Best U.S. Coffee Bars in the September issue of Food & Wine Magazine. The publication commended the coffee brewery for its exotic blends and rotating selection of locally roasted beans.
Kona coffee trade frets over labeling The US Kona coffee industry wants stronger regulations with labeling as many products do not contain 100% kona beans.
Roasting Raises the Coffee Bar Michaele Weissman, the author of "God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee", takes at look at Washington cafes taking interest in speciality beans.
Sector Wrap: Specialty Coffee All major coffee houses seen recently a drop in their store sales, which hopefully will not lead to more closures following the recent Starbucks downsizing.
