Coffee N’ Beans

Flider Continues Tour Of Local Coffee Shops, Invites Residents To Join Him For A Free Cup Of Coffee (Shelbyville Daily Union)
DECATUR, IL. State Rep. Bob Flider (D Mount Zion) on Saturday announced that he will be visiting coffee shops in the district in the coming week to meet with local residents to hear their concerns and talk about state issues.

Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans
These mouth-watering chocolate gems are easy to make and are a favourite whether you drink coffee or not. I have recipes for 2 variations of chocolate-covered coffee beans. More chocolate recipes: ?…

The Cup of Excellence and the NCA

Susie Spindler, the Executive Director of ACE, the overseeing body for Cup of Excellence, speaks out about the recent ACE / NCA Alliance, and gives some history about the CoE and how it started.
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Home Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee
Cold brewing takes time. However, it dissolves through the grounds only certain elements of the coffee. Surprisingly enough, about 90% of the flavor elements and the normal caffeine content come through this way, while only about 15% of the oils and acids will.

Stone Creek Coffee closing downtown store (BizJournals)
Stone Creek Coffee Roasters said Friday that it will be closing its downtown Milwaukee store Dec. 30.

Wildcats fall to 1-8 with 14-0 loss to Coffee (The Valdosta Daily Times)
DOUGLAS The Valdosta Wildcats season went from bad to downright nightmarish Friday night with a 14-0 loss to the Coffee High Trojans at Jardine Stadium.

Cold Brewed Coffee on the Cheap
If you are a regular visitor to this site, you are already probably aware of the drink that is known as cold-brewed coffee. There are at least two other articles that go into the advantages/disadvantages of the cold brewing method compared to the many hot-brewing methods available.

The Milk Frothing Guide

Everything you could possibly want to know about milk and milk frothing is presented to you by Aaron DeLazzer, CoffeeGeek, and Aabree Coffee.
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Implement No. 1
Artwork made from coffee.

Top Ways to Make a Bad Cup of Coffee
Sure, making coffee is a simple process. But there are plenty of things that can ruin your brew. Here is a handy list of ways to make a bad cup…

Coffee blamed in tractor-trailer crash that knocked out power to town (WCAX 3)
OWEGO, N.Y. A Pennsylvania trucker’s coffee spilled this morning, leading to a crash that disrupted power in a town near Binghamton. Authorities say Timothy…

Wildcats fall to 1-8 with 14-0 loss to Coffee (The Valdosta Daily Times)
DOUGLAS The Valdosta Wildcats season went from bad to downright nightmarish Friday night with a 14-0 loss to the Coffee High Trojans at Jardine Stadium.

Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans
These mouth-watering chocolate gems are easy to make and are a favourite whether you drink coffee or not. I have recipes for 2 variations of chocolate-covered coffee beans. More chocolate recipes: ?…

Starbucks accused of unfair trade over coffee (The Scotsman)
OXFAM has accused the high street coffee giant Starbucks of attempting to scupper a scheme that could earn Ethiopian farmers up to 47 million a year.

Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans
These mouth-watering chocolate gems are easy to make and are a favourite whether you drink coffee or not. I have recipes for 2 variations of chocolate-covered coffee beans. More chocolate recipes: ?…

Starbucks in Ethiopia coffee row (BBC News)
Oxfam accuses coffee chain Starbucks of denying Ethiopia huge earnings by blocking a trademark application.

Poppery Hopper Modification
An alternate chimney solution for roasting coffee in the Westbend Poppery.

SCAA Charlotte Final Thoughts.

Mark wraps up CoffeeGeek’s coverage of the 2006 SCAA Conference and Trade Show in Charlotte, North Carolina with some thoughts on the good and bad of conferences, and big shout outs to some of the special people in specialty coffee.
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Kenya: Coffee Output to Increase in 2007 (AllAfrica.com)
Kenya’s 2007/08 coffee production is expected to increase marginally to 53,524 tonnes from an estimated 52,463 tonnes in 2006/07, boosted by improved farming practices, according to a key traders’ association.

Coffee shop owners grounded in history (River Valley Business Report)
Todd Ondell has given the same drive and energy to being chairman of the La Crosse Sesquicentennial Committee as he has running the successful business Grounded Specialty Coffee he and his wife, Deb, own and operate together in downtown La Crosse.

Spammer kills coffee shop’s connection (Ars Technica)
A North Carolina coffee shop got a lesson in the ups and downs of network security from a spammer.