Brotherhood of the Bean on January 24th, 2012

Arabica coffee futures fell over 3 percent on Monday on investor long liquidation after speculators had cut their short positions, while raw sugar was little changed on cautious dealings as Europe's uncertain ability to contain the debt crisis.

Brotherhood of the Bean on January 24th, 2012

The single-cup coffee market in the U.S. is dominated by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters with its proprietary Keurig K-Cup brewing system. K-Cup portion packs and Keurig single-cup brewers and related accessories contribute a significant proportion to GMCR’s revenues, approximately 84% share in 2011.

Brotherhood of the Bean on January 23rd, 2012

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Who doesn't like waking up to the freshly brewed aroma of gourmet coffee, or just enjoying a hot cup of joe as an afternoon pick-me-up? January is Coffee Gourmet International Month, an event "dedicated to introducing coffee lovers everywhere to the pleasures of truly gourmet coffee." …

Brotherhood of the Bean on January 23rd, 2012

Danish kitchenware supremo Bodum has granted itself a do-over on the worst machine in your kitchen: the coffee-embittering drip machine. The new Bistro is a cross between old-school percolator and currently-fashionable pour-over coffee. And for convenience, it looks hard to beat. When you wake up, you head–like any rational human–to the kitchen to make coffee. [...]

Brotherhood of the Bean on January 21st, 2012

Title: Can Coffee Really Thwart Type 2 Diabetes? Category: Health News Created: 1/19/2012 6:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 1/20/2012

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Caribou Coffee today announced the launch two new coffees, carefully crafted to bring coffee drinkers the broadest spectrum of flavors available to match their …

Brotherhood of the Bean on January 19th, 2012

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp , the world's largest coffee company, is finalizing its retail partnership with India's Tata Coffee Ltd and hopes to announce the deal by the end of this month, a senior official of the Indian company said on Thursday. In early 2011, the Seattle-based company signed a pact with the Tata group firm to buy coffee from India and explore opening retail stores in the …

Brotherhood of the Bean on January 19th, 2012

– Tata Coffee says Starbucks expected to open first India outlet by the end of 2012 — Tata Coffee says U.S. unit Eight O' Clock Coffee's financial performance to improve — Tata Coffee to raise output of instant coffee in India to around 8,500 tons from 6,600 tons by year-end (Adds Tata Coffee executive's comments in 8th, 10th and 11th paragraphs; background in 2nd and 6th paragraphs)