Brotherhood of the Bean on October 27th, 2008

As readers of the Bean have seen from previous posting, the country of Sweden has done a lot of coffee research over the years.  Up until now, the focus has been internally focused health benefits — that all changed recently, it seems coffee has another effect on women — Breast reduction.
According to the researchers at [...]

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Brotherhood of the Bean on November 3rd, 2007

Let’s be honest, in the competitive world of coffee having an attention grabbing name is crucial.
Faced with hundreds of choices and an olfactory overload walking through a coffee isle, many times a coffee choice comes down to the name that sounds the best.
When I first heard about “Bad Ass Coffee” I knew they had a [...]

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Brotherhood of the Bean on October 25th, 2007

Tempted by decaffeinated coffee? Thinking of making the switch because of high blood pressure or other health concerns? Unable to get past the thought of drinking coffee that has been made from beans that might have has sat in methylene chloride or ethyl acetate for ten plus hours?
If the answered yes to any of these [...]

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Brotherhood of the Bean on October 22nd, 2007

Picture this… you have a nice little coffee shop, you have built up a nice and loyal customer base, life is pretty good.  One morning you hear that a new tenant will be move in next door.
You find yourself hoping they will be cool and begin to think about ways to generate more traffic for [...]

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Brotherhood of the Bean on October 16th, 2007

The associated press recently reported that illy coffee, the Trieste, Italy, coffee producer will be joining forces with Coca-Cola to bring premium ready-to-drink coffee products to consumers around the world.
Ready-to-drink coffee products are a ten billion dollar a year industry that is growing at a rate of around ten percent annually.    The alliance of [...]

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