Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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

Posted: 29 Nov 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 …
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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Coffee-Drinking Provides Raw Sewage Red Flag

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

How many cups of coffee have you had today? A new study finds that your caffeine habit could provide a red flag to alert authorities of sewer leaks and overflows.

Nestle Phils. to buy more coffee from PHL farmers

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Davao City — Nestle Phils. intends buy more coffee berries from the Philippines and less from foreign sources, a company official said Monday.   The company now buys 75 percent of its coffee from abroad, but it wants to reverse the trend by 2020.   “Currently, we’re sourcing 25 percent of our raw coffee requirement for soluble coffee manufacturing locally and we’re trying to compensate the …
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

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SPoT Coffee Closes Financing

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

TORONTO, ONTARIO– – SPOT COFFEE LTD. is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced private placement for total proceeds of $500,000 at a price of $0.15 per unit . Each Unit consists …
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Friday, November 25, 2011

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Burundi coffee revenues fall 73 pct in Oct

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s coffee revenues dropped by 73 percent in October from the previous month, mainly due to a fall in bean volumes and weaker global prices, the industry regulator said on Thursday. The country’s regulator (ARFIC) said only $2.4 million was fetched from the sale of 461,766 kg, down from $8.8 million earned in September’s sale of 1,589,400 kg. “Few quantities of beans …
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

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Coffee may reduce women’s cancer risk

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

That morning cup (or cups) of coffee may do more than just kick-start your day.

Coffee drinkers show lower uterine cancer risk

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who down four or more cups of coffee a day may have a reduced risk of developing cancer in the lining of their uterus, researchers reported Tuesday. A study of more than 67,000 U.S. nurses found that women who drank that much coffee were one-quarter less likely to develop endometrial cancer than women who averaged less than a cup a day. The absolute risk that …

Coffee may prevent endometrial cancer: How much does it take?

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Women who drink more than four cups of coffee per day 25 percent less likely to get deadly malignancy, study says

SPoT Coffee Announces Financing

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

TORONTO, ONTARIO– – SPOT COFFEE LTD. is pleased to announce that it is presently arranging a non-brokered private placement for total proceeds of $500,000 at a price of $0.15 per unit . Each Unit will …

Coffee May Cut Endometrial Cancer Risk

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Long-time coffee fans who drink four or more cups a day of caffeinated coffee may be reducing their endometrial cancer risk by 30%, a new study shows.

Coffee Supply Crunch Spurs Rally After Folgers Cut: Commodities

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Coffee's biggest slump in three years may be ending as weather damages crops from Colombia to Indonesia, reducing U.S. inventories to the lowest since 2000 just as Kraft Foods Inc. and J.M. Smucker Co. cut prices.

Valuations of Coffee Holding Co. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Come Back to Reality

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

NEW YORK, NY– – Coffee stocks have taken a sizeable hit in recent weeks. Coffee equities were one of the lone bright spots during the recession, as demand unexpectedly remained strong for gourmet brews. …

First Dutch Bros. Coffee "Rock Star" Location Opens Today

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

GRANTS PASS, OR– – Dutch Bros. Coffee has opened its first “Employee Rock Star” location today, Tuesday, Nov. 22, in Moses Lake, Wash. In May, Dutch Bros. announced Kristen Ennis Nelson, 26, …

Study Links Coffee to Lower Risk of Endometrial Cancer

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

TUESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) — Women who drink moderate to high amounts of coffee may reduce their risk for endometrial cancer, new research reveals.

Coffee drinkers show lower uterine cancer risk: study

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

REUTERS – Women who drink four or more cups of coffee a day may have a reduced risk of developing cancer in the lining of their uterus, according to a U.S. study. Researchers who looked at more than 67,000 U.S. nurses found that women who drank that much coffee were one-quarter less likely to develop endometrial cancer than women who averaged less than a cup a day, said the study, published in …
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Good Earth Coffeehouse & Bakery Serves Up Award Winning Coffee!

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

CALGARY, ALBERTA– – Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery is pleased to announce that it will be serving a 20th Anniversary Edition Costa Rican Tarrazu light roast coffee which is a winner of the renowned …
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Kenya: High Coffee Prices Drive Up Production

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Improved international coffee prices have lured farmers back to the crop they had begun to abandon, with the government projecting a seven per cent increase in coffee export earnings.

Green Mountain’s Expiring K-Cup Patents Attract Coffee Rivals

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Sept. 16, 2012, is D Day — or at least K Day — for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.

Getting into the coffee trail

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Workers at the Beneficio Amadeo coffee mill tediously pick out impurities to ensure the quality of their beans. (Photo by Rudy Liwanag) MANILA, Philippines — Have you ever wondered where your morning cup of coffee comes from? Of course it came from the coffee machine and before that it was bought from the store. But how does it get from being picked from the wild to this sweet bitter brew that …

Coffee crisis could become real headache

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

LET’S get straight to the point. It’s time to start preparing for the day you either can’t afford, or worse, can’t find … good coffee.
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Monday, November 21, 2011

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

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Repent! The End Of Cheap Coffee Is Nigh!

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Zak Stone reports on what is probably the worst news I’ve heard all day. That news is this: we may be approaching a day where coffee is both rare and expensive. This threat comes from two sources. The first is the ever-growing demand for coffee all over the world, especially as more countries develop a strong, robust middle class that requires coffee to function.

Scientist at Work Blog: How Coffee Affects Biodiversity

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Scientists in Costa Rica evaluating the mammal biodiversity of the coffee-growing “bean belt” deal with theft and the dangers of machete use.
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Friday, November 18, 2011

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Kenya 2011/12 coffee export earnings seen rising

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya expects its coffee export earnings to rise by 7 percent in the 2011/12 (Oct-Sep) season, buoyed by high international prices and increased volumes, the ministry of agriculture’s top official said on Thursday. Statistics from industry regulator Coffee Board of Kenya showed east Africa’s biggest economy earned around 26 billion Kenyan shillings from exports of the …

Uganda sees Nov coffee exports at 230,000 bags

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda expects coffee exports in November to fall 13.8 percent from a year ago on the back of a waning harvest, the regulator Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said on Wednesday. The east African country is one of Africa’s leading exporters of the beans and earnings from the crop are a major source of foreign exchange. UCDA said the country, which primarily …

Coffee? Good health news overflows

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

Before I sat down to write this column, I zipped into the Dunkin' Donuts drive-through to get a cup of iced black coffee, my favorite fuel. I've been drinking coffee since I was a toddler, when my folks would allow me to add milk and sugar to the dregs in …
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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Coffee isn’t always bad for you

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

Before I sat down to write this column, I zipped into the Dunkin' Donuts drive-through to get a cup of iced black coffee, my favorite fuel. I've been drinking coffee since I was a toddler, when my folks would allow me to add milk and sugar to the dregs in their yellow plastic mugs and sip it down. Drinking coffee in college made me feel sophisticated; pots of strong brew kept me awake through …
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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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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Saturday, November 12, 2011

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How much home-brewed coffee really saves

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

If you drink coffee more than a time or two a week, you're going to save at least a dollar per cup by making it at  home, probably more.

Coffee growers in Uganda and elsewhere find climate change hurting their crops

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

In Uganda, the coffee trees are nearly empty — and it’s not because of the harvest. A combination of disease, lack of rain and rising temperatures are decimating coffee crops.

Exclusive – Europe coffee buyers upset at Liffe delivery delays

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) – Coffee trade houses and roasters in Europe are fuming over delays of several months in getting supplies out of warehouses in Antwerp and say the Liffe exchange is failing to meet its mandate as supplier of last resort.
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Friday, November 11, 2011

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Finally! Green Mountain Coffee Roasts

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

Today at the open, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR) dropped -30%.?? Finally! This is a stock that has bothered me for quite a while.?? It?s a stock that would constantly look overvalued (to me), yet it kept going up.?? A report comes out from Einhorn that complained about it ? and finally GMCR started to …
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

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Caribou Coffee 3Q profit up 11 percent

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. said Tuesday that third-quarter profit rose 11 percent, helped by a 75 percent jump in grocery sales such as Keurig single-serve coffee.

Marcilla Cápsulas, The Worst Thing to Happen to Coffee Since Instant

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

With the success of pod-based coffee makers like the Nespresso and Senseo, signs of panic are starting to show in the regular coffee industry. Whereas — until now — every kind of coffee maker has worked with every kind of coffee (differing grinds aside), now you have to buy the coffee that matches you machine. What [...]
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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Tanzania coffee prices slip, volumes sold rise

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian coffee prices fell at last week’s auction, taking their cue from New York markets, with volumes of arabica beans supplied by farmers rising, the regulator Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) said on Monday.

Kenya sees 2011/12 coffee crop up 6 pct y/y

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s coffee output is seen rising 6 percent in the 2011/12 (Oct-Sept) crop year to 54,000 tonnes as farmers make additional investment in existing farms and expand to new areas to take advantage of favourable prices, the industry regulator said on Monday.

Coffee and Power Site Aims to Get Jobs Done, Bit by Bit

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

The creator of Second Life built the software for his new work exchange site, Coffee and Power, by hiring programmers from around the world and dividing up the work into small tasks.

Coffee Dream@15

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

What started out as a small kiosk  operation in 1996 at the 4th Level  in Ayala Center Cebu has grown to be one of the country’s specialty coffee chain with a total of 36 stores nationwide.

Coffee exports projected to decline in 2012

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Coffee exports are expected to drop for the 2011-12 crop to 1.1 million tonnes of coffee, due to a fall in output and depleted stock, according to the Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa).

Buzz about the coffee biz

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

MANILA, Philippines — Robert SF Francisco loves coffee, probably even more than the standard coffee lover does. His romance with the beverage began early—it was associated with many positive things in his everyday life. "Over a cup of coffee one evening," Francisco shares, "the birth of my coffee world with my family was created."
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Monday, November 7, 2011

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Coffee wars ramp up with release of seasonal hot drinks

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

With Halloween gone, and just one more major holiday in the US to go, major coffee chains like Tim Hortons and Dunkin’ Donuts are ramping up their seasonal and Christmas product launches, debuting a bevy of hot drinks this week — and turning up the heat on worldwide coffee wars.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

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Kenya auction sells coffee worth $221.7 mln in 2010/11

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan coffee sold through auction earned $221.7 million in the 2010/11 (Oct-Sept) marketing year, up from $171.35 million the previous year, Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) data showed on Friday.

Coffee gives entrepreneur a fresh start

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Before he got into coffee, Dari Ansari was a textile magnate in Iran, a Houston real estate developer and the founder of Fame City Waterworks, the former water park/amusement mall in west Houston. The Iranian revolution put an end to his garment operation, an economic downturn in Houston soured him on real estate, and the short-lived fame of the Waterworks got him out of the entertainment …

Uganda’s Oct coffee exports up 14.5 pct y/y

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s October coffee exports climbed 14.5 percent compared with the same month a year ago, beating expectations, boosted by a bumper harvest in eastern Uganda, a source at the state-run Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said on Friday.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Fourth Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming earnings release …
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