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Featured Donor: Sweet Maria's

Over the past few years, interest in home coffee roasting has grown exponentially and Sweet Maria’s, based in Oakland, CA, has played a central role in the movement.



Their website offers advice on how to choose a home roaster, detailed roasting instructions, photos of beans at each roasting stage and forums for discussing all things coffee. They also sell supplies and equipment, and green coffee to… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on January 15, 2010 at 12:05pm — No Comments

How does your Business Care and Give Back?

I own a small Espresso Bar and I try to partner with my customers to provide Money, Time and Coffee to Non Profits here in Tucson, what kind of things do you do with your businesses to show you Care and Give Back?

Added by James "Cosmo" Cramer on January 14, 2010 at 9:54pm — 2 Comments

new blog by "the worst barista in Melbourne"

http://splitshifts.blogspot.com/

Added by monobrow on January 14, 2010 at 6:47pm — No Comments

Fresh Cup's January Newsletter!

Read it here or get it in your inbox every month by signing up at our website: www.freshcup.com

Added by Fresh Cup Magazine on January 13, 2010 at 10:36am — No Comments

Latin American Farmers Leaving Organic Coffee

Latin American countries account for 75% of the world's organic coffee production. But even as demand for organic coffee has increased, coffee farmers are being forced to return to conventional cultivation using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. In the article, "Organic coffee: Why Latin… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on January 12, 2010 at 10:13am — No Comments

5 Free Ways to Market Your Business

Marketing is one of the biggest ways to gain customers. You need to get them in your store so they can experience your great coffee.

Just be sure to fit your Advertising to your goals. Marketing is not created equal.

Word of mouth Marketing is best, but how do you begin? By building trust with customers so they buy from you. Then they tell all their friends! Get people talking with these 5 free Marketing strategy ideas:



Social Media



This isn’t just a trend… Continue

Added by Jennifer Vaaler on January 11, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Passion

The week before Christmas, David Heilbrunn of Coffee Fest took me to Fresh Cup Magazine's Holiday Open House.



As a former Executive Chef, who did a two year sabbatical studying architecture in Boston, I completely understand having passion for a craft or trade. I'm quite passionate about creative culinary, gastronomy, sustainability and being a superior craftsperson.



Over the times I was Exec Chef, I participated in a number of coffee/tea purchasing decisions; I was aware… Continue

Added by Jeffrey J Kingman on January 10, 2010 at 11:10am — 5 Comments

The Great Good Place - Part 1

This is the first of a short series of blogs written to document my thoughts on Ray Oldenburg's book, "The Great Good Place." In his book, Ray discusses the 'Third Place' as the public places where people go to enjoy the company of others in an informal social setting as necessities for our personal and community health. Henceforth, references to the author's work will be discussed as Ray's ideas/assertions.



Ray makes a historical reference to the post WWII era, where after the… Continue

Added by Mike M on January 9, 2010 at 9:34pm — 5 Comments

Coffee in our household

Beverly, my wife; Liz, my daughter along with myself love our coffee. - every morning I'm the first up and I put the water on - then taking the two french presses down along with my Italian espresso pot. I make a decaf for my wife; a good strong non-decaf coffee for Liz and I have the espresso. It makes for more of a clean up but we all love our coffee.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 9, 2010 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Free Wifi...

Similar to lots of other articles on this topic, but there are some interesting quotes and points of view...

Cafes juggle needs of Wi-Fi regulars, walk-ins

Added by Sean on January 8, 2010 at 8:17am — No Comments

Cheaper price vs. better value

I just ran across this article that seems to say that in these economic crunch times, people are looking to spend less and accept the lesser quality they'll get. However, my other reading tells me that people are willing to spend, but they expect to get more for their money. Thoughts?

Hello Frugality, Goodbye Good Life

Added by Sean on January 7, 2010 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Phish and Joe

So i am wondering....is there anyone out there who loves waking up in the morning, loading up the french press with JBM and popping in your favorite phish dvd as me?? (oh yeah and smoking weed in that process) Coffee is an awesome thing although not as cool as phish:) i promise im not obsesive or crazy i just know what i like and what gets me off...

Added by Nathan Talley on January 6, 2010 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Hi, I'm Jeff and I'm a coffee and tea addict...

Originally posted at the new blog Leaf & Berry



I’ve been drinking coffee and tea all my life, since I was about ten. It’s always had a hold on me, remaining a constant part of my daily existence.



Much as I might think I could – there’s just no way I could ever stop drinking coffee and tea. I’ve finally given up the remote thought of ever quitting and as a result…



have turned my life… Continue

Added by Jeffrey J Kingman on January 6, 2010 at 2:58pm — No Comments

EEYAH

ausin texas, and it's the early 1990's; and for the third time in just as many minutes. the skinny, little, nervous. asthmatic (some say wussie*); gets kicked in the chest by the much taller and and stronger bully. The reason for the beating; mainly just bullies being bullies. So what does the kid do. He starts fantasizing about teaming up with his idol Chuck Norris and fighting for truth, justice, and the American way...Flash forward a couple of months and that same sickly kid is standing next… Continue

Added by kirk knipmeyer on January 5, 2010 at 9:16pm — 2 Comments

Great Coffee -- It's Not an Accident (Part 3)

Here is the third installment from my future shop's Facebook page...



So what's the big deal with specialty coffee? What separates it from the coffee you find on the shelf at the supermarket? Why do some people (including me) feel it is worth the extra expense to buy fresh, roasted coffee beans that have yet to be ground?



Well, let's start by talking about coffee as a plant. There are two basic kinds of coffee: robusta, and arabica. Robusta currently makes up… Continue

Added by Paul Yates on January 5, 2010 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Great Coffee -- It's Not an Accident (Part 2)

Here is Part 2 of my continuing informational note series on my future shop's Facebook page...



You've heard it before, probably countless times.



"I wish coffee would just taste as good as it smells!"



And I can understand that, really.



I have had coffee that smelled awesome. But when I tasted it....ICK. It was either too weak, too strong, too bitter, too cold....what a letdown! Some of you non-coffee drinkers, reading this because you are hoping… Continue

Added by Paul Yates on January 4, 2010 at 4:42pm — No Comments

Great Coffee -- It's Not an Accident!

I wrote this in the note section on my Facebook page as part of a series of informative articles, intended to help my future customers understand what I was trying to accomplish.



Making a great cup of coffee is no accident. It requires at least a basic understanding of coffee, and its extraction. The great thing about this is that anyone can learn it. A lot of coffee brewing is common sense, when you really think about it. But coffee brewing is not where great coffee… Continue

Added by Paul Yates on January 2, 2010 at 7:03pm — 1 Comment

The Future of Coffee and the Third Place

Add lack of access to good coffee to the list of sacrifices required of deployed military service members..



So my supervisor (MAJ B) recently ordered a Keurig for our regional trans office in Afghanistan.. At first I was excited about getting away from the $20 coffeemaker, but my hopes would soon be crushed by the lack of good coffee it produced.



I don't know as much as I'd like to about quality coffee, but the bitter brew this 'revolutionary' machine kicked out was on par… Continue

Added by Mike M on January 2, 2010 at 2:02am — No Comments

Destination: Charleston

Updated Blog Post - Destination Charleston: California Dreaming http://wp.me/psHz8-4w

Added by CoffeeJunkie on January 1, 2010 at 1:14pm — No Comments

How much should coffee shops charge for soy milk?

I'd be interested to know what you charge and what you think. Here's the Coffee City post.

Added by Melissa Allison on December 31, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

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