The world of the gastronomy fascinates us every day with new ideas, new ways to cook, new products and new ways to show our dishes. On this way, it can surprise us in 2 ways, the vision and the savor. Lavazza, the italian coffee brand, has just created and launched in the market his new product…
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Most Expensive Coffee
Did you know that the most expensive coffee in the world cost almost $600 per can? No wonder a cup of this coffee cost almost $50. This coffee was coming from a bean and it was being eaten by an animal but the bean itself was not being digested that is why it was being…
Starbucks Shorty
I went to starbucks once and a friend ordered a short cappuccino. I was bewildered…the cup was smaller than any Starbucks coffee I’d ever seen. The “short” size is not even on the menu! Was I dreaming? No. The “short” size is actually very hush-hush, but why? The drink in question is the elusive “short…
Customers Love Variety
A success tip for a beneficial menu in your coffee shop is to offer a “Wide” variety of “teas”. Not everyone is a coffee drinker, and if you don’t already have the big fad of Chai as a selection, you’re losing business. But in addition to Chai tea, why not offer Thai iced tea? add…
Are Chinese Trading in Tea for Coffee?
For centuries the chinese population has relied on the sweet taste of nice cup of tea. Now millions are learning of the taste and addiction of coffee and latte’s. The problem is in a country where most still drink tea, there seems to only be a few who knows how to brew a cup of…
Coffee for Acid Reflux Sufferers
Not being much of a coffee drink since my poison of choice is soda, I never new anything about the high acid in coffee. I wonder if that’s what makes me so nauseous that I gave up coffee? If you are affected by the acid in coffee the good news is that researchers found that…
Success for Coffee Shop Owners
How do you define success if you run a coffee house? Is it by the number of customers, good press or like Starbucks the ability to charge people crazy prices and watch them pay even while they grumble? Coffee makes me sick as in I’ll run the other way if you come towards me with…
Expensive, “Recycled”, and $300 a Cup
Kopi Luwak is a very expensive coffee bean, mostly drunk by the rich and famous because of it’s hefty price. A pound of these beans can run you $300 or more but it is supposed to make one of the best tasting coffees in the world. The secret to the beans is a marsupial in Indonesia…
Cultural Side of Starbucks
Bryant Simon, professor at Philadelphia’s Temple University, is “searching for the meaning of modern life amid the round tables and comfy sofas of Starbucks coffee shops.” He has observed out 300 Starbucks locations in 6 countries, trying to learn “what it means to live and consume in the age of globalization.” In 2008, expect to…
Red Barn Coffee Roasters
When Mark and Lisa Verrochi lost their “three Boston coffee stand leases to large corporate landlords,” they decided to start over — in a small, red, rent-free barn in their back yard. Out of that barn in Hopkinton, Mass., Red Barn Coffee Roasters was born. The company soon grew to include 7 locations. It’s still…