The Hooters of Coffee Shops
What goes better with a hot cup of latte? It's skin at Coffee Nation, a small town coffee shop located in Salem, OR, where the baristas serve hot lattes in bikinis. According to Adam Marshall, founder of Coffee Nation, plans are on the table to expand into other areas through franchising.

Coffee can keep eye tremors away
Sunday, December 09, 2007 Islamabad Italian researchers have found that having one or two cups of coffee a day could protect you from eye tremors, a condition in which there is sustained, forced, involuntary closing of the eyelids. The disorder known as blepharospasm may affect people aged between 50 and 70. People with blepharospasm may be unable to prevent their eyes from clamping shut so at

A Short History of Espresso
The term café-espress has been used since the 1880s, well before espresso machines existed. It means coffee made to order, expressly for the person ordering it. It also means coffee fresh in every sense of the word: * Made from fresh beans roasted at most two weeks prior to use, * Ground just before brewing, * Brewed just before drinking. Ideally, all cafés and restaurants would

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Canadian tax bill to lighten
Globe and Mail - Nice of him to return less than a cup of coffee and takong thousands in his stupid trust decision. The more I hear about that man the less I like the whole lot of them. All the penny anty bs means nothing to me. I welcome an election , this will be an

The not-so-good travel news of 2007
Chicago Tribune - Bottom line for travelers: 2008 may be the year to stick around the U.S. or visit a country with a more favorable exchange rate unless $5 for a cup of coffee in London doesn't faze you. -Gasoline prices: In mid-December last year, the national

What does '08 have in store? Listen to the swami
HamptonRoads.com - Maybe it'll just have a quiet night at home, a cup of coffee, a cupcake, a good book and, if there's time, that Colin Farrell DVD. - Gas pumps that talk at you were once the scourge of convenience store fill-ups, but after political ads for Virginia's

What's Good about Gillette? Drive-by act of kindness nets woman a free
Gillette News Record - Sue Roberts sits with a cup of Starbucks Coffee in the lounge inside the store. Roberts was surprised recently while going through the drive-through line when another customer ahead of her anonymously paid for her coffee order. - News-Record photos

Drug use claims by ex-Mariner disputed
Seattle Times - It's amazing to me that a guy like Shane — a guy who was up and down at best and had a very limited cup of coffee with us — would be able to know what was going on," Ibanez said of Monahan, who played 78 games over two seasons with the Mariners. "I

Turkey trot
The Ledger - Instead of driving and meeting for a cup of coffee, walk to the coffee shop instead," she said. 5. Run away. See if there is a "turkey trot" or 5K walk or run in your area around Thanksgiving and sign up for it. Hunter Greene, an athletic trainer in New

France: What's hot in Paris? Chocolate
Miami Herald - A decorative potholder, with which to lift the searing-hot pitcher, is tucked inside the porcelain coffee cup. Steps away at Les Deux Magots — where Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir reigned over a postwar intellectual crowd — the Chocolat des

Fournet closing hangar doors; see photo gallery, share your memories
The Daily Advertiser - Last week, family photos still adorned Richard Fournet's office. Pilots stopped in the lobby for a cup of coffee and a glance at the newspaper while waiting for their small planes to be fueled. Phones rang and messages were taken. It was business as

Report: Moyer, Ibanez say Monahan's steroid claims unfounded
ESPN.com - It's amazing to me that a guy like Shane — a guy who was up and down at best and had a very limited cup of coffee with us — would be able to know what was going on," Ibanez told The Seattle Times. "I was up and down like he was. I was in that same

The Back Streetsof the World Cup
Egypt Today - MP planted billboards across the capital announcing that he would (out of his own pocket) sponsor several venues, in the form of traditional coffee shops equipped with the latest wide screens, the sole purpose of which would be to air World Cup games

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HNB Gourmet Takes Aim At the "Big Business" of Coffees & Teas While other stores in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area are bowing their heads to the Starbucks of the world, HNB Gourmet (aka Harry, Nat and Bernie's) is looking to take a bite out of the Seattle-based mega coffee house's business. Our Crack Coffee team is spearheading the operations for the Plano, Texas store and have scoured several different coffee producers and tea importers to bring a more wide array of coffees and teas to the…
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Europe: MyCafé Coffee Pod Brewer
The new MC-08 coffee maker is uses coffee pods, and has a stepless adjustment for cup size. … We'll be receiving one of these to review when they make a 120volt version next year for North America.

A clean monitor will improve coffee pics
A clean monitor free of fingerprints, etc. will enable the pictures and videos featured in Badgett's Coffee eJournal to show up more clear. Colors will be more vibrant. You will reduce eye strain. You'll need a cleaning agent that leaves no streaks behind. Well, I found one such cleaner and highly recommend it. CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFO

Review: Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer - Use K-Cups and Ground Coffee
Breville is widely known for making exceptional small kitchen appliances, and for producing very attractive small appliances. We were very excited to find out that indeed Keurig and Breville had teamed up this year to introduce a high end Keurig brewer designed by Breville. The results are exceptional - a very polished interesting staineless steel design, with Keurig K Cup brewing technology, and all the features you can get in any Keurig machine - including the reuseable My K Cup integrated into the machine allowing you to use your own ground coffee instead of K Cups, and a charcoal water filter in the tank reservoir.

Life Before Lattes
By TAYLOR CLARK Published: December 16, 2007 Nearly a century ago, mankind discovered the secrets of the perfect cup of coffee. These eternal truths revealed themselves not through ghostly messages in the steam of a Wisconsin secretary's cup of Yuban, but instead through a modern-day prophet of foodstuffs: Samuel Cate Prescott, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who, in the first

Review: Starbucks House Blend T Discs for Tassimo
We're pretty big fans of Starbucks on the go, so we're pretty familiar with just about any of their coffees, and we've always enjoyed the House Blend and Sumatra blend coffees they've made over the past years. … We simply can't tell a big difference between coffee made from our drip coffee maker, the House Blend served at Starbucks, and the coffee produced from the Starbucks House Blend T Discs for Tassimo.

Save $10 on the Senseo Raven Red Single-Serve Gourmet Coffee Machine Gift Pack
If you're looking to pick up a Senseo single serve coffee maker this holiday season, the Senseo HD7890/95 Single-Serve Gourmet Coffee Machine Gift Pack is a really good buy right now at just $69.99. …You may also want to pick up the extra large Senseo water tank at just $19.99 - it really makes a big difference when making multiple cups of single serve coffee.

Weekend To Dos: Win A Lavazza Blue, Black Friday, and Single Serve Coffee Holiday Shopping
Also you might want to check out the products this week that Amazon customers have voted on their Customer Voting Deals , as you'll be able to get a Nintendo Wii for less than $100 bucks to go with your single serve coffee maker. You should also check out the Single Serve Coffee Holiday Gift Guide if you're looking for a complete round up for shopping in the single serve coffee world this holiday season.

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Bodum Bistro Double-Wall Insulated Glass Coffee Mugs
We know we've been featuring a ton of clear coffee mugs as of late, but we haven't had the chance to feature these Bodum Bistro Double-Wall Insulated Glass Coffee Mugs by themselves. They come packed ina set of 2,…

Weekend To Dos: Final Days to Win a Lavazza Blue and Holiday Shopping
The Tasimo Hot Beverage System is very hot this season. You can also get Starbucks T-Disc Coffee for the Tassimo Brewer. 'Tis the season to be shopping for all things single serve coffee, and to have a chance to…

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Ok, so we go to a local coffee house and we order cappuccinos, caf? mochas, lattes and espressos. It isn?t the paper cups that make these drinks taste so good. It?s the recipe and of course the prettiness factor. Baristas all have a style of their own and every cup will taste different because of the roast, the grind, the amount used, the water, the temperature and many other things. We have all tried to make these coffee delights at home the way we think they are made, but do we really know the…
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A wake-up call for Coffee Drinkers
According to Tara Parker who authors the NYT's Well Blog, coffee drinkers may be getting an unwanted jolt from their morning decaf. Coffee sleuths from Consumer Reports recently tested cups of decaf at Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks, Seattle’s Best Coffee, 7-Eleven, McDonald’s and Burger King. Most of the 10- to 12-ounce decafs tested had less than five milligrams, the magazine reports in its

Review: Starbucks Africa Kitamu T Discs for Tassimo
Not only is the African Kitamu dark and interesting coffee, it has one of the sweetest flavors we've had in a non-flavored coffee in quite some time. …If you're a dark or medium roast coffee drinker, and like your east african coffees a bit on the syrupy/swee/floral side, you're going to love this blend.

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Reading your fortune with coffee is a lot like taking a Rorschach test. You need to get the big picture and interpret the symbols correctly to know what lies ahead.Here?s the step-by-step guide to how to prepare to read coffee grounds:? Use a white cup to get an accurate reading? Grind your beans as usual. You can use espresso, but do not allow cream, milk or sugar or anything else to be added? Heat water to a boil? Make your coffee in a French press as usual? Then add a large pinch …
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Starbucks has sites on Bulgaria and Portugal
Starbucks plans to open coffee houses in Bulgaria and Portugal next year. The first Bulgarian store will open in the capital city of Sofia, and the first store in Portugal is expected to open in Lisbon, the Seattle-based coffee chain said on Wednesday. The company did not specify when the stores will open in 2008. Starbucks will work with joint-venture partners in Greece and Spain that help run

COFFEESAGE is FOR SALE!
I have found my time getting shorter and shorter. I don't seem to have time for much of anything these days. I've decided to put coffeesage.com up for sale. If you are interested and wish…

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Coffee and Chocolate Mix Soaps!
Well, I've used chocolate shampoo and chocolate soap but this was my first for coffee soap. Don't taste it! It is bad! Just kidding. I didn't taste it but I certainly did shower…

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Specialty coffees become the new wine
Trend perks up sales of single-cup machines that use high-end beans and pre-packaged pods Dec 15, 2007 04:30 AM Vicky Sanderson Special to The Star Matthew Lee isn't surprised that Torontonians recently lined up to pay $220 for a pound of Esmerelda coffee beans, a coveted bean variety from Panama that's often described as having "notes" of jasmine and bergamot. It's reflective, he says, of

Starbucks EVP exercises options
The executive vice president of partner resources of coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. exercised options for 40,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Monday, David Pace reported he exercised the options on Thursday and Friday for $15.23 apiece, then sold all 40,000 shares on the same days for $22.84 to $23.66 apiece.

Badgett's Coffee eJournal Sponsors Coffee Social Network
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Homegrown coffee shop opens
Bayside Times Ledger - Business was booming at Espresso 77 two weeks after its grand opening. The small coffee shop located at 35-57 77th St. in Jackson Heights specializes in the cultured coffee experience its owners, Afzal Hossain and Julie Nymann, say can't be found

A new, younger jihadi threat emerges
Christian Science Monitor - Casablanca, Morocco - With a greeting that was as telling as it was macabre, Imane Laghriss dropped her satchel on the table of a trendy coffee shop here recently. "It's stuffed with explosives, watch out!" snapped the young woman, echoing the grim

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Or has it just become a habit? Before anyone gets up in arms lambasting this as a blasphemous suggestion, be assured that the question comes not from an observer, but a partaker. Specific qualifications include: decades of indulging in somewhere between a cup to a quart daily on average; sampling of countless brands; mixing it up with varieties from espresso to cappuccino; often grinding my own beans; and though an early user of cream and sugar, taking it straight longer can be remembered. Nor…
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