June 2011
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May 2011
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RT @CoffeeCSA: A #coffee #CSA brings java to your door - ContraCostaTimes.com http://t.co/uuT65vS
RT @CoffeeCSA: A #coffee #CSA brings java to your door - ContraCostaTimes.com http://t.co/uuT65vS
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don't look now but thats your cup of coffee biting...
Smuckers has announced an 11% increase for some of its brands including Folgers, its largest increase in a year. This on the heals of Kraft Foods increasing the price of their Maxwell House brand 22% in March.
Now I know what you are thinking, “I don’t drink that Folgers crap..! This won’t affect me.”
Really, think again. These are considered “the cheaper”...
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Increase Sales in Difficult Times
Hospitality Magazine has some recommendations for those looking to not only survive but increase their sales at a time when coffee prices are beginning to skyrocket. No doubt, the increasing costs will be passed on to the customers. So how does a coffee cart owner or a small cafe, get by when their customers are looking to keep some cash in their wallets?
The simplest answer is to know your...
On occasion I drink decaf! #endoftheworldconfessions
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Bad News for Big Island Coffee Farmers
Late last week the Hawaii Department of Agriculture confirmed the detection the Coffee Berry Borer on a Big Island farm. Native to Central Africa, this infestation is a massive threat to Big Island coffee farmers.
First reported in September on a Kona farm, this latest report indicates that the borer may be spreading. The Department of Agriculture will have this hands full trying to protect one...
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The daily cup becoming an expensive habit
Have you noticed that price of coffee rising over the last few weeks? Its not just the designer coffees being affected its being passed onto your basic black cup of joe. Up between 5 and 20 cents in recent weeks it may start hitting you in the wallet even more than the price of gas. Personally, I’ve noticed the prices going up over the last year or so, most of the increases having to do with...
Tough outlook for East Timor coffee farmers
Liam Cochrane, Radio Australia
East Timor’s coffee harvest is expected to drop by almost a third this year as a result of heavy rain, according to one of the nation’s major coffee buyers. Last year’s harvest yielded over 11,000 tonnes of coffee, but the Co-operativa Cafe Timor (CCT), one of the country’s biggest coffee firms, says it only expects to buy about 8,000...
November 2010
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The fuel of my bean(being)
Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water.
-The Women’s Petition Against Coffee, 1674