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Starbucks Sells A Lifestyle, Says New Book

San Jose Mercury News | Luciana Chavez | Posted 12.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Coffee, Authors, Starbucks Book, New Books, Starbucks Coffee, American Lifestyle, Books, Drinking Coffee, Starbucks, Branding, Everything but the Coffee, Books News

In the book, the UNC-Chapel Hill graduate explains how Starbucks became a Wall Street favorite by making its customers feel environmentally aware, upw...

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Caffeine Labeling Standards: This Buzz Is For You

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Coffee, Energy Drinks, Labeling, Caffeine, Caffeine Labeling, Living News

Maybe it's the sleepless nights. Maybe it's the daytime jitters. Whatever the reason, many people decide to cut back on caffeine -- only to find that ...

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Coffee, Tea Health Benefits: Curb Diabetes Risk With Daily Drink

Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Coffee Tea Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Research, Food and Drink, Effects of Coffee Tea on Diabetes, Health, Diabetes, Health Studies, Beverages, Coffee, Tea, Living News

A daily dose of coffee, decaf or tea can reduce the risk of getting Type 2 diabetes by 25 to 35 percent, according to a new study published in the Arc...

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Java Tour: Seven Top Coffee Shops on LA's Eastside

Pamela Ezell | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Cafe Tropical, Coffee, Stories, Coffee Shops, Intelligentsia, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Onyx Cafe, Free Trade, Figaro Bistrot, Downtown Los Angeles, Organic, Los Feliz, Latte, Urth Cafe, Cappuccino, L.A. Eastside, Silver Lake, Dtla, Lamill, Swork, Los Angeles News
Pamela Ezell

This holiday season, venture beyond the multi-national latte when you're out and about on LA's Eastside.

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Caffeine Adversely Affects Sleep Cycle For Many

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Insomnia, Caffeine, Stimulants, Coffee, Shift Workers, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Research, Fragmented Sleep, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

According to a recent study, caffeine interferes with sleep and this effect worsens with age. For shift workers, who need to sleep during the day, caffeine can really antagonize sleep.

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Five Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Boss

Stephanie Keller | Posted 12.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Boss, The Beatles, Holidays, Cashmere, Style, Work, Cashmere Slippers, Williams-Sonoma, Hammacher Schlemmer, New York Times, Holiday Gifts, Veuve Clicquot, Coffee, Gifts, Gift Ideas, Champagne, Style News
Stephanie Keller

The joy and pain of the holiday gift giving season is officially upon us and of all the items on the list, one of the most difficult to find is a present for the boss.

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Caffeine Addiction -- As Real As Nicotine Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Gambling Addiction, Surgeon General's Report Nicotine Addiction, Video Game Addiction, Smoking, Morning Joe, Cafffeine Addiction, Sting, Caffeine, Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, Coffee, Smoking Addiction, Binge Eating, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Stanton Peele

"How ridiculous," we think. "Coffee, addictive" -- what will they think of next." Let's dial back to 1964 -- the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. You know, the one that banned smoking.

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Bikini Baristas Brewing In Denver Area (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Jason Bernal, Video, Perky Coffee, Perky Cups Colorado, Bikini Barista, Starbucks, Perky Cups Denver, Denver-Colorado, Bikini Coffeeshop, Coffee, Aurora, Perky Cups, Peaberry, Denver News

A new coffee shop in Aurora has raised more than a few eyebrows: at Perky Cups at Iliff and Peoria, bikini clad baristas pour your cup of joe. Owne...

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New London Starbucks: Inside The Retailer's Posh Makeover (VIDEO)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Coffee, London-United Kingdom, Business News

Starbucks has opened a new outlet in London, which departs from the ubiquitous interior familiar to customers around the world (hat tip to BrandRepubl...

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Ethiopian Coffee Beans for the Caffeine Addicted, Liberal "Latte" Drinker

Bernard Pollack | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Coffee, Bernard Pollack, Africa, Agriculture, Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg, Ethiopia, Sustainable, World News
Bernard Pollack

Coffee "collectors" in Gima, Ethiopia don't plant coffee bushes, but pick the beans from wild plants. While this might be the most eco-friendly type of coffee production, it's not very lucrative.

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Harvard: Lab Workers Poisoned By Tainted Coffee

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Harvard University, Sodium Azide, Harvard Researchers Poisoned, Harvard Lab, Poison, Researchers, Crime, Harvard Poisoning, Harvard, Chemicals, Coffee, Cambridge, Tainted Coffee, Home News

BOSTON — Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, a...

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A Sustained Buzz: Five Experts' Favorite Eco-Friendly Coffees

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Peet's Coffee and Tea, Cuppajoe Coffee, Doug Welsh, Coffee, Marley Coffee, Rohan Marley, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Organic Coffee Cartel, Counter Culture Coffee, Daniele Giovannucci, Michaele Weissman, Taylor Maid Farms, Lindsey Bolger, Selva Negra, Coffee Beans, Eco Coffee, Fair Trade Coffee, Beverage Industry, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Where'd your morning joe come from? As the world awakens to social responsibility issues, many are now looking for a tasty and ethical brew in the morning. A expert panel gives their picks.

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Grounded By My Kid

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Iran, Marriage, Education, Parenting Tips, Kids, Children, Public School, Multicultural, Food, Parenting, Teachers, Coffee, America, Family, Coffee Addiction, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

How can I teach my son self-control if I do not have any? Mom and Dad are mostly right, but when they are not, should there not be consequences?

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Ten Ways to Sane in an Insane World

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Manic, Mult-Tasking, Maze, Mth Binge, Adrenaline, Anxious, Hyperlink, Coffee, Sanity, Illness, Death, Happiness, Cyberspace, Scattered, Mcdonalds, Depressed, Talk Radio, Crackberry, Insanity, Multi-Lacking, Disease, Anti-Depressants, Candyland, Viagra, Nervous, Rats, Cell Phones, Hallucinogens, Computer, Text-Messaging, Faecbook, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

7. Take the time to look people in the eye, say hello, goodbye, ask "How are you" ; listen to their answer and ask a question. Remember how to communicate with people again on a human face-to-face basis.

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Starschmucks Folly: VIA, the Instant New Coke

Warren Holstein | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Crystal Meth, Coffee, True Blood, Via, Instant Coffee, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Glenn Beck, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks Instant Coffee, The Inner Life, Starbucks via Review, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

We don't care if this isn't our grandfather's instant coffee, it reminds us of our grandfather (who was last spotted hollering about health care at a town hall meeting due to a combination of dementia and Glenn Beck).

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National Coffee Day: 10 WEIRD Coffees You Can Brew (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Weird Coffees, Caffeine-Free Coffee, Coffee Alternatives, Slidepoll, Strange Coffees, Coffee, Wellness, Living News

Move over coffee bean, in honor of National Coffee Day, HuffPost Living found the 10 weirdest items to brew your cup o' Joe from! Acorn coffee anyone?...

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Converting Tea-Lovers Into Coffee-Lovers

Jeanette Khan | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Coffee, Tea, Coffee Drinking, India, Coffee Culture, Tea Bag, Pakistan, Tea Culture, Pakistani, Tea Drinking, Wi-Fi, World News
Jeanette Khan

In the last few years Pakistan has seen an explosion in coffee lounges and cafes. Some are like your traditional Starbucks, while others are more all-inclusive cafes, serving coffee accompanied by proper meals.

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Starbucks Is Pulling Back In The US, But It's Growing In Central Europe

GlobalPost | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Starbucks Explosion, Prague Coffee, Coffee Chain, Turkish Coffee, Czech Coffee, Starbucks, Starbucks Growing in Europe, Starbucks Europe, Prague, Seattle, Europe, Coffee, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - In a country where people are used to drinking their unfiltered Turkish coffees in small ceramic cups, Starbucks first 18 mon...

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Small Effort Brings Venti Returns

Christal Smith | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: Cup O Joe, Support Troops, Coffee, Iraq, Caffeine, Coffee Bean, Impact News
Christal Smith

This is the first time in any of my measly philanthropic endeavors that the communication of gratitude went both ways, and I have to say that it rocked my world.

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Detoxing And Cleansing With Gwyneth

One For The Table | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Cleanse, Gwyneth Paltrow, Dieting, Gwyneth Paltrow Goop, Dr. Alejandro Junger, Coffee Culture, Wheat-Free, Master Cleanse Diet, Dairy, Rejuvinate, Sugar-Free, Caffeine, Weight Loss Tips, Liver, Coffee, Sugar, Gwyneth Paltrow Cleanse, Gwyneth Paltrow Diet, Juice, Wheat, Raw-Juicing, Side Effects, Weight Loss, Celebrity Body, Living News
One For The Table

The food was so satisfying, that before I knew it, I had eliminated dairy, sugar, caffeine and wheat from my diet. Completely!

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Seven Tenets of the Socially Conscious Business

Andrew Ruben | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Blue State Coffee, Green Business, Small Business, Socially-Conscious, Coffee, Social Entrepreneurship, Business News
Andrew Ruben

There are many companies trying to take advantage of this trend, but some businesses are more socially conscious than others.

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Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Paris, Earl Grey, Beethoven, Enlightenment, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Honest Tea, Coffee, Voltaire, Tea, Barack Obama, Kim Jong-Il, Brillat-Savarin, Schubert, Living News
Alex Henry

What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?

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Interview with Starbucks Designer Liz Muller, Creator of 15th Avenue E

Piers Fawkes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Green Team, 15th Avenue E, Stealth Store, Seattle, Cafe, Coffee, Store Design, Business News
Piers Fawkes

After publishing the world's first glimpse of the new Starbucks' store design yesterday, we got in touch with Liz Muller who is Director of Global Concept Design over there at the big coffee company.

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Inside Starbucks New Stealth Store: 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea

Piers Fawkes | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: 15th Avenue E, Cafe, Store Design, Starbucks, Green Team, Stealth Store, Seattle, Coffee, Business News
Piers Fawkes

Last Friday, the Starbucks opened 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea -- the first of their "stealth stores."

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Shade Grown Coffee: How Much Does It Save The Rainforest?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Saving the Rainforest, Food, Coffee Farming, Shade Grown Coffee, Rainforests, Coffee, Rainforest Destruction, Food Politics, Green News

How much rainforest can one cup of coffee help preserve? For those who buy coffee grown in the traditional manner, under the shade of rainforest trees...

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