Friday, December 2, 2011

Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean

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Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Announces Investment in New Instant Coffee Venture

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:01 AM PST

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (the “Company”) today announced an investment in Global Mark LLC, a new venture focusing on supply of instant coffee and related products. Under …

The next DIY frontier: roasting coffee beans at home

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:01 AM PST

Raw coffee beans get the do-it-yourself treatment as java aficionados jump at the chance to roast their own blend. Four students are standing over a hot stove in the creamery of the Institute of Domestic Technology on a late-October Sunday at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena. Each one is manning a hand-cranked Whirley-Pop popcorn popper filled not with popcorn but green coffee beans from Costa …

Africa’s coffee output to rise by a third by 2015

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:01 AM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Africa’s coffee output could leap by a third within the next five years as farmers scramble to replace mature trees with disease-resistant seeds to cash in on soaring global prices for the beans, a senior industry official said. Poor prices, drought, disease and political instability in major producers such as Ivory Coast have led to neglect of coffee farms, while some …

How much coffee is safe?

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

Just how much caffeine can we have?

Coffee ‘cuts women’s cancer risk’

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

Drinking more than four cups of coffee a day could reduce a woman’s risk of developing endometrial cancer, scientists say.

Variation in coffee shop caffeine

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

High Street coffee shops could pose a risk to pregnant women because of big variations in the amount of caffeine in each cup, research suggests.

Scientist at Work Blog: Three Coffee Study Sites

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

In their first round of sampling, scientists find fewer mammals and less biodiversity in coffee habitats than they expected.

Coffee ‘a risk’ to pregnant women

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

High street coffee shops could pose a risk to pregnant women due to large variations in caffeine content, according to research.

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