Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean

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Tanzania arabica coffee prices rise, seen peaking

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s arabica coffee prices rose at last week’s auction helped by output shortages in Colombia, with supplies of the beans seen peaking, the regulator Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) said on Monday.

SPoT Coffee Continues New Cafe Expansion and Reaffirms Expansion Goals

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

TORONTO, ONTARIO– – SPOT COFFEE LTD. is pleased to announce the official opening on November 11 th of the Company’s seventh operating cafe, SPoT Hertel, centrally located in the historic North Buffalo …

Starbucks caught giving extra jolt to coffee bean buyers

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

After a state consumer agency discovered Starbucks Coffee Co. was charging a hidden fee on bags of coffee beans and slapped it with a fine, the coffee giant is dropping the secret surcharge. Starbucks was adding about $1.50 to the price of bags of coffee beans weighing less than a pound, never posting the addition. The Massachusetts' Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation discovered …

Kelefa Sanneh: Aida Batlle, coffee producer and connoisseur from El Salvador.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Aida Batlle is a fifth-generation coffee farmer and a first-generation coffee celebrity. On the steep hillsides of the Santa Ana Volcano, in western El Salvador, she produces beans that trade on the extreme end of the coffee market, where a twelve-ounce bag may cost twenty dollars or . . . (Subscription required.)

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