Learn about Fairtrade - Peterlee Mail

Baristas: socially acceptable drug dealers - The State Press

The State Press

I once heard a Starbucks barista refer to herself as a ?socially acceptable drug dealer.? Thus, it becomes a rather formidable task for a self-titled addict to even consider honing down their caffeine habit because of the drug's pervasive accessibility

Fueling a Healthier Coronado, One Smoothie at a Time - Patch.com

Patch.com

For a self-proclaimed family of ?coffee snobs,? enlisting the highest-quality supplier was an obvious must. North Park's Cafeé Calabria Coffee Roasting Co. turned out to be the right pick for the job. As a prerequisite to serving Calabria products,

VIDEO: Roasting Coffee Beans At Eco-Delight Coffee - Patch.com

Patch.com

Suisun City Patch went down to Eco-Delight Coffee in downtown Suisun to watch co-owner Guillermo Moran roast a batch of green Costa Rican coffee beans. What makes a great roast? Watch the video and find out.

Coffee skills meet life skills - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Erika Birkenes, 17, learned to brew them all when she took a Barista Basics class at Chop's Teen Center. But she already knew her favorite cafe treat. ?I am quite addicted to coffee,? she said. ?I'ma mocha girl.

Salon's Great Coffee Art contest - Salon

Salon

Latte art, pouring "textured" milk into espresso to create designs -- and in some cases full drawings -- is one of the branches of the barista's discipline. We've enjoyed our milky coffees topped with hearts, roses and leaf shapes for

High prices prompt new Fairtrade standards for coffee - FoodNavigator.com

FoodNavigator.com

Fairtrade International (FLO) has increased minimum prices and required price gaps for Fairtrade coffee in reaction to the recent spike in international prices. Coffee commodity prices are edging towards highs that

Coffee roasters feeling the pinch - The Spokesman Review

The Spokesman Review

Steve Matott, head coffee roaster at Cravens Coffee Co., empties a batch of Italian roast coffee beans into the cooling tray at offices in Spokane. Spokane coffee roasters are losing sleep, and it's not the caffeine. Supplies of high-quality Arabica

Home Brew: Interest in roasting your own perks up as coffee prices surge - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Seven Bridges Co-op recommends a medium to full city roast, or medium-dark brown, for the Bolivian beans. The more subtle flavors and aromas might cook away if they roast any longer. Staffers at the high-end coffee roasters become masters of the trade,

Quality Coffee Certification Program To Be Given At National Automatic ... - VendingMarketWatch

VendingMarketWatch

In the coffee fundamentals portion of the workshop, participants will learn about the development of coffee flavor qualities from the country of origin.

Gimme 5 Café to Offer Hypnocoffee and Paula Vega Cupcakes - HNN Huntingtonnews.net

HNN Huntingtonnews.net

(Huntington, WV) The Gimme 5 Café at HIMG announced today that they would begin serving West Virginia's Hypnocoffee coffee roasts and Huntington's Paula

Battle of the baristas: Five local brewers compete for nationals - Red and Black

Red and Black

Being a coffee barista takes skill ? and five baristas from Athens' 1000 Faces Coffee will compete today and Saturday in Atlanta for the regional barista

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz backs Groupon, joins board - TechFlash

TechFlash

The Groupon investment is not connected to Starbucks, but having the leader of the world's leading specialty coffee retailer on the board certainly will add

Study confirms antioxidants in roasted coffee - Manila Bulletin

Manila Bulletin

His paper, entitled ?Influence of Roasting on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity of the Philippine Coffee,? suggested that the degree of roasting

Climate change: the daily reality for farmers - Independent

Independent

In Costa Rica the COOCAFE Fairtrade certified cooperative have invested in water efficient systems for washing coffee beans and have developed systems to

Zambia's barista champion - postzambia.com

postzambia.com

But since becoming Zambia's barista champion, he has travelled on plane for the first time, and visited Mombasa, Kenya, and London - the former for the

Uganda: Kyambogo Wins Coffee Drink Championship - AllAfrica.com

AllAfrica.com

Juliana Mandha, from Kyambogo University became the winner of the inter-university coffee barista championship which was held on Saturday.

Is coffee the new wine? - The Age

The Age

Coffee is the "new wine" and Australia is at the forefront of this growing global trend, matching specialty coffee with fine cuisine.

What's Brewing: Difficulties of finding right coffee on the road leads to ... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

As interest in specialty coffee has grown, the coffee world has seen a proliferation of new manual devices, the best of which might just change the way you

Coffee May Rise 10% as Rain, Fungus Cap Supply, Kanematsu's Kobayashi Says - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

... 10 million,? said Daisuke Kobayashi, trader at the beverage ingredients section of Tokyo-based Kanematsu, Japan's largest importer of specialty coffee.

How experts pick the crema of the crop - Bellingen Courier Sun

Bellingen Courier Sun

WE HAVE drunk Fairtrade coffee, Rainforest Alliance coffee, organic coffee and estate-direct coffee. Now there's another way to get your daily caffeine fix,

Filling the Gap Between Farm and Fair Trade - New York Times (blog)

New York Times (blog)

We've all seen the ads for fair trade coffee with the beautiful photos of villagers hand picking coffee cherries in exotic regions around

Ristretto | Coffee With Tim Wendelboe - New York Times (blog)

New York Times (blog)

Last year, Tim Wendelboe, a former World Barista Champion (2004) and World Tasting Champion (2005) whose eponymous coffee shop and roaster in Oslo has

US Roasterie President Howard Fischer Becomes A Certified Instructor For ... - VendingMarketWatch

VendingMarketWatch

Howard Fischer, president US Roasterie, was recently certified as an instructor by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA).

Shady practices welcome in coffee production - Oak Bay News

Oak Bay News

... of their favourite beverage, many consumers are looking for coffee that has been certified as organic, Fair Trade, or otherwise sustainably grown.