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Coffee News Roundup – November 28 to December 3   This week in coffee, an Australian columnist slammed American coffee culture in a BIG headline, the European Coffee Symposium handed out awards to such diverse recipients as McCafe (yes, that’s...

Would you like to taste the best coffees that Brazil has to offer for the 2013 Early Harvest? Each year, Brazil holds two Cup of Excellence competitions, one each for the late harvest and the early harvest. The winning coffees...

As the coffee industry continues to grow and the consumer becomes more informed, restaurants are taking note. Michelin-starred restaurants are at the top of the high-end food game and when news broke that 30% of the world's top-level restaurants use...

If you like an Ethiopian Harrar, are you likely to enjoy a Costa Rican Tarrazu? Are you trying to choose a coffee gift for a friend but unsure about whether she would prefer a Brazil Santos or a Tanzanian Peaberry?...

You may have heard the story of how Irish coffee was invented to calm a planeload of passengers waiting out rough weather on a runway in Shannon, Ireland. After all, the press has been full of Irish coffee stories for...

Finca Rosa Blanca isn’t just any coffee farm, but an organic coffee plantation located outside beautiful San Jose, Costa Rica. A coffee plantation with an inn, (a new trend?) it beckons coffee lovers who want a hands-on lesson in coffee...

Like it or not, the Italian-inspired Starbucks started a coffee revolution in the US. The changes introduced there have been brought to cafes almost everywhere, in fifty countries from the Americas to the Middle East and Africa. This week writer...

Yesterday a new American reality show featuring baristas made the news. Today, from an article on Balita online, we find out that coffee programming is old news in S. Korea. As another Asian country finds its coffee demand skyrocketing, when...

Have you ever wished you could visit coffee shops in other parts of the world? If your budget doesn’t allow for that, you can travel virtually and still learn some ways to spice up your normal coffee experience. Talk about...

A Willoughby Ohio coffee shop has come up with a novel idea for combining coffee, socializing and exercising every Saturday morning. We’ve read about biking coffee clubs, so now we have hiking coffee clubs - well, at least one. Chris...