More...
 

Coffee

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.

Read Post

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."

Read Post

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...

Read Whole Story

NYC Coffee Wars

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Dunkin' Donuts, Coffee Wars, Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts, Tim Horton's, Coffee, Roseanne Colletti, New York, New York News
Roseanne Colletti

Just when you thought the Big Apple was largely a battleground pitting Starbucks against Dunkin' Donuts, here comes Ontario-based Tim Horton's.

Read Post

Coffee May Help 'Reverse Alzheimer's': Scientists

BBC News | Posted 08.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's and Coffee, Coffee, Home News

Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say....

Read Whole Story

Starbucks: From Fair-trade Zero to Local Hero?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 08.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Cafe, Corporation, To Go Cup, Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee, Chain, Fair-Trade, Recycled, Coffee, Organic, Shop Local, Green News
Waylon Lewis

Starbucks is already Fair-Trade. Now, they say they're going green -- and supporting local -- by 2010. If they actually do it, I might have to give up my 15-year buycott.

Read Post

Starbucks Launches Eco-Friendly Stores

Coffee City | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly Designs, Starbucks, Green, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Green Living, Coffee, Green News

Starbucks is opening far fewer stores these days than it used to, but it wants the ones it does open to be environmentally friendly, to be made with l...

Read Whole Story

Nap vs. Caffeine vs. More Nighttime Sleep?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Caffeine, Napping, Coffee, Nap, Health, Sleep Research, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

A new study just released proves the power of a nap over a jolt of caffeine and even more sleep at night.

Read Post

Coffee Chronicles: Does Stumptown Have Right Brew For New York?

New York Press | Ethan Epstein | Posted 07.05.2009 | Local

Read More: Stumptown, New York Coffee, Coffee, Stumptown Coffee, New York City, New York, Local News

Duane Sorenson has been called a 'coffee messiah' because of his Stumptown beans. On the eve of the café's New York City opening, Ethan Epstein, writ...

Read Whole Story

Wiggly Coffee Wows Japan

Anneli Rufus | Posted 07.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Coffee, Jelly Coffee, Starbucks, Jell-O, Frappuccino, Food, Style News
Anneli Rufus

Gelatinous coffee might be just the thing on a scorching summer day.

Read Post

I'm Pregnant -- Just Serve Me Some Coffee And No One Gets Hurt

Pauline Millard | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Caffeine, Reproduction, Pregnancy, Coffee, Fetus, Health, Motherhood, Universal Health Care, Myths, Living News
Pauline Millard

Is a guy with a 10th grade education also an OB/GYN? "I could smoke crack if I wanted to," I said. "So why don't you make it a large coffee?"

Read Post

In The Future, We All Carry Mugs

The Green Gathering | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Incentives, Reuse, Green Living, Reusable Mug, Coffee, Giy, Green News

Coffeehouses should reward people who bring their own, such as knocking $0.50 off the price. They already sell mugs, for Peet's sake....

Read Whole Story

Where Do Ideas Come From?

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Eat Pray Love, Creativity, Television, Elizabeth Gilbert, Showers, Dreams, Caffeine, Mormons, Brain-Storming, Patience, Albert Einstein, Coffee, Tea, Ideas, Sleep, Living News
Lee Schneider

I believe that ideas come from having a prepared mind, and yet there is that undefined something that makes me wonder if a larger consciousness comes into play.

Read Post

Deciphering Nutrition Facts on Food Labels for Healthier Living

Laura Trice | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Breakfast, Weigh-Loss-Advice, Health, Nutrition, Muffin, Food, Childhood Nutrition, Coffee, Obesity, Health Care, Serving Size, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Laura Trice

We have a problem with people being heavier than is healthy for them and I feel that part of the problem is unhealthy ingredients combined with packaging that tricks people into eating more.

Read Post

Starbucks Puts Sticker Shock on Coffee in Brazil

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Espresso, Leblon Mall, Ico, Expresso, Baristas, Cause Related Marketing, Social Responsibility, Cafe Pele, Juan-Valdez, Copacabana, Cumbia, Globalization, Fair-Trade, Coffee, Green Marketing, Mandelson, Ipanema, Colombia, Greenwashing, Illy, Schultz, Bogota, Greenmail, Starbucks, Sustainability, Porro, Business News
Eric Ehrmann

Rio -- Brazil's president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva got free coffee from President Obama at the White House Saturday. But back home he'll pay $20 f...

Read Post

The Bottom Line on the Bottomless Cup

Jon Chattman | Posted 04.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Dunkin Donuts, Wtf, Jon Chattman, Coffee, Starbucks, Larry David, Iced Coffee, Iced-Coffee-Refills, Diners, New York Coffee, Loitering, Coffee-Refills, New York Diners, Iced-Coffee, Happiness, Style News
Jon Chattman

A few years back, I went to a nearby diner for some iced coffee and was turned down on a refill. Why is it coffee coming from the same pot can be bottomless yet tossing in a few ice cubes makes it not so?

Read Post

Brazilian Coffee, Soybeans Threatened By Climate Change

AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Environment, Brazil, Coffee, Soybeans, Soy, Food, Food Crisis, Effects of Climate Change, Green News

BRASILIA, Brazil — The future for Brazil's mighty farm sector could be grim, with hotter temperatures pushing crops past its borders, uphill int...

Read Whole Story

Staying Real in an Instant

Howard Schultz | Posted 03.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Coffee, Starbucks Instant Coffee, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Via, Starbucks, Instant Coffee, Business News
Howard Schultz

During trying economic times, the brands that endure are those that that adapt to the changing needs of their customers, without forsaking their core values.

Read Post

Just Brew It: Starbuck's Instant Coffee Gamble

Val Brown | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Marketing, Coffee, Sanka, Starbucks, Instant Coffee, Brands, Closing Starbucks, Frappucino, Starbucks Coffee, Tab, Business News
Val Brown

I don't know anyone who drinks instant coffee here. So Starbuck's really big task is to change US consumer perception of an entire product category.

Read Post

1 Latte = 53 Gallons Of Water

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Green Living, Coffee, Water, Green News

What a week for water awareness. First it's Twitter and Beck, and now it's the coffee on your desk. Everything we do has a big water footprint (think ...

Read Whole Story

Starbucks Via: Instant "Soluble" Coffee Product Planned

AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Via, Soluble Coffee, Starbucks Via, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Soluble Coffee, Starbucks Instant Coffee, Coffee, Starbucks, Via Coffee, Business News

NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it will unveil a new instant coffee as part of its attempt to turn around sluggish sales and shed its r...

Read Whole Story

Starbucks Plans Value Meals To Compete In Tough Economy

AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Coffee, Food, Cheap Meals, Fast Food, Coffee Chains, Starbucks Value Meals, Business News

NEW YORK — The allure of the value meal has long seduced penny-pinchers craving a cheeseburger. Now, as the dismal economy slurps up profits, St...

Read Whole Story

What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Senate Bill 1011, Smoking, Nida, Drugs, Joe Biden, Heroin, Coffee, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Prescription Painkillers, Nora Volkow, Coca-Cola, Slate.com, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Cigarettes, Crack Cocaine, Oxycontin, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Prescription Drugs, Cocaine, Niaaa, Addiction, Living News
Stanton Peele

Addiction is a nasty business which enslaves people. But if you're going to target that practice, then you'd better come and take all the coffee and Diet Coke the office.

Read Post

Suffering For Cappuccino

Lloyd Sachs | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Espresso, Newspapers, Coffee, Economy, Coffee Prices, Intelligentsia, Doug Zell, Recession, Chicago News
Lloyd Sachs

What's an espresso man with anti-Starbuckian standards to do? What has to go so the cappuccinos can stay?

Read Post

Study: Coffee Can Lower Risk Of Dementia

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Coffee and Dementia, Coffee Study, Causes of Dementia, Coffee, Dementia Prevention, Living News

Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new study suggests an intriguing potential link to mental health later in life, as well. A ...

Read Whole Story