Recession drives coffee sales down in Europe if figures from Starbucks are an indication. Not only did worldwide sales for the coffee shop giant fall, but sales in Europe fell by one percent. As recession drives coffee sales down in Europe it is same store sales that suffered for Starbucks. Considering that austerity measures are […]
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Recession Drives Coffee Sales Down in Europe
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 | No Comments
Coffee Shops in China
By Tim Thompson on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 | No Comments
Who would have thought? There are coffee shops in China. The land of Chairman Mao, the little red book, the Great Cultural Revolution, is home to a growing number of Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Paris Baguette, Tous Les Jours, and Pacific Coffee establishments selling coffee. For anyone who has not been tuned in, China is a […]
Read More...Is It Really Colombian Coffee?
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 | 1 Comment
Colombian coffee buyers are purchasing coffee from Peru to make up for a weak harvest. It turns out that roughly a fifth of Peruvian coffee exports are going to Colombia this year. So, when you see a bag of Juan Valdez organic coffee you might wish to ask yourself, “Is it really Colombian coffee?” Colombia […]
Read More...Reduce Skin Cancer Risk with Coffee and Exercise
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 | No Comments
It may be possible to reduce skin cancer risk with coffee and exercise. If recent research with mice can be applied to humans, a cup of coffee plus exercise each morning could reduce the risk of skin cancer. The research was done on mice. The animals were exposed to high levels of ultraviolet light which […]
Read More...Lose Weight with Coffee Bean Extract
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | No Comments
It appears possible to lose weight with coffee bean extract! This little tidbit was in the news recently. A chemist in Pennsylvania reports that when sixteen volunteers lost weight when they took a gram of green coffee bean extract daily for five months. According to the study report the volunteers were in their twenties and […]
Read More...Not Certified but Still Organic Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 | No Comments
A year or more ago the Christian Science Monitor ran an article saying that ten percent of organic coffee producers had given up. For some organic coffee growers the extra care and work just does not pay off. There are a number of possible reasons. One is that a grower must pay for organic coffee […]
Read More...Brazil Coffee Storage Will Raise Coffee Farmer Income
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 | No Comments
It appears that Brazil is going to copy a practice from United States agriculture, storing excess crop production. It is likely that Brazil coffee storage will raise coffee farmer income. Currently there is not enough storage capacity in the Brazil, the premier coffee producer in the world. The Brazil Ministry of Agriculture expects to increase […]
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Chiriquí Highlands Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 | No Comments
Some of the best coffee in the world comes from the volcanic soil of Panama, Chiriquí highlands coffee. Coffee from the region around Boquete and Volcan, Panama produces awarding winning regular coffee and healthy organic coffee as well. Chiriquí is the largest province in Panama and its leading agricultural producer. From the coastal lowlands to […]
Read More...Authentic Organic Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Friday, January 13th, 2012 | No Comments
A European research project will soon help decide if you are drinking authentic organic coffee, wine, or olive oil. Because of the higher price that healthy organic coffee and other organic products command there is always the risk of fraudulent packaging of normally grown coffee or other products. According to press reports a research group […]
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