by deCadmus | Jun 23, 2005 | Coffee
There’s some really interesting conversations happening at portafilter.net… a group blog that’s powered by some of the best young guns in the coffee retailer & espresso bar trade. Topics run along the lines of, espresso consistency: good or bad?...
by deCadmus | Jun 21, 2005 | Coffee
At the risk of seeming Mermaid-obsessed of late, yet another post about Starbucks… “…there is a lot of confusion between the different mythological half-women. Typically they are called Sirens – both the half-bird/half-woman and the...
by deCadmus | Jun 21, 2005 | Coffee
Dust off your keyboards, single-cup fans… Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is giving away a Keurig B-50 brewer every day for 30 days. All you’z got to do is get your writing game on… it’s an essay contest. (Yeah… that part was my idea....
by deCadmus | Jun 20, 2005 | Coffee
A well-woven, slightly wistful tale of trying to hold on to one’s cultural identity (in this case, it just happens to include an Ethiopian coffee ceremony) while being far from home. A longish snippet (it’s a longish article and there’s much more):...
by deCadmus | Jun 14, 2005 | Coffee
I guess the honeymoon is over… After buying the once-very-Italian Torrefazione Italia stores only a few years ago, Starbucks is shutting them down. Maybe Torrefazione (since you’re wondering, it means the place where coffee is roasted) isn’t quite...
by deCadmus | Jun 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
I’ve been remiss in posting this week; only one of many items on my do-list that are in the red. I plead not guilty by reason of an insane travel schedule in my defense; a trip to Chicago for a conference (Internet Retailer… happily a decent show), a hotel...