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| Internship | Coffee Internship on Kona Farm | Gary Strawn |
| | I recently gave a farm tour for a workshop about coffee farming. The class was attended by several Kona coffee farmers, some with quite a bit of farming experience. They didn't believe me when I said I do all the work myself and they unanimously decided that I need some full-time help. | |
| Green | Ascent of the Green Beans - 5 Ways Cafes, Chains and Consumers are Going Green | Alex Scofield |
| | Umesh Bhuju tries to do his bit to make the world a bit greener. These days, it's more than the "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" mantra long associated with environmental consciousness. | |
| Starbucks | Coffee Roundtable - Our Starbucks Idea | Michael Allen Smith |
| | I just saw a news story on how Starbucks is asking it's customers for ideas on how they can be a better company. Well good ideas are no fun if you can't share them with your friends. | |
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| Seasonal | Cafes and Roasters Weather Seasonal Extremes | Alex Scofield |
| | From Coastal Maine to Cape Cod to the Jersey Shore to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, hundreds of cafes and roasters in popular summer destinations choose persevere through the slow offseason. | |
| Coffee Cups | Coffee Cup 2.0 | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Every year coffee hobbyists are exposed to many new brewing or home roasting gadgets. Not only is innovation occuring at the gadget level, but it is also occurring with the disposable coffee cup. | |
| Coffee Sales | Quality, Freshness and Service Continue to Boost Coffee Sales | Andrew Hetzel |
| | Fine coffee is no longer the province of the Pacific Northwest,
Alaska now has the greatest per-capita consumption of fine coffee and
espresso is a popular menu item in Michigan and Nebraska. | |
| Top 10 | Top 10 Signs of a Good Coffee House | Christian Di Bono |
| | The Top Ten Signs you are inside a good cafe. | |
| Economics | Coffee Price Economics | John Carrier |
| | Coffee is an interesting thing. Aside from the aroma, flavor and allure of a good cup, understanding some things about coffee economics can be its own interesting lesson. | |
| Tea | New Marketing Opportunities for the Tea Industry | Andrew Hetzel |
| | As I travel around the world consulting with coffee retailers, several trends keep coming up: more teas and more exotic choices are on the menu, specialty sources are becoming the norm instead of the exception, and most importantly, the pseudo-adversarial position is now the start of a beautiful friendship of cooperation between the tea and coffee vendors. | |
| Advice | Fundamentals of Coffee Business Success | Andrew Hetzel |
| | The retail specialty coffee industry is unique in that it attracts as many admirers of the product (coffee fanatics) as it does those who are looking for a lucrative business investment, probably more. | |
| Roasting | For Whom the Retailer Roasts | Andrew Hetzel |
| | So you've already begun to dream about the many ways that adding a coffee roaster to your retail coffee shop will improve your business. Good for you! | |
| Prepared Food | Coffee as a Prepared Food | Andrew Hetzel |
| | The best restaurant in town has meticulously planned the evening’s
entrées; offering only the freshest available ingredients, arranged
into an appetizing and visually appealing original creation. | |
| Statistics | Sacrifices for the Cup | H Michael Denton |
| | What would you give up for a cup-a-joe? | |
| Book Review | Why You Should Buy Fair Trade: The Coffee Book | Bud Parr |
| | Ultimately, when the government found they couldn’t prohibit coffee drinking, they monopolized coffee roasting to the point that commoners could no longer afford it, resorting to things like barley, chicory, corn and dried figs in its stead. | |
| Kopi Luwak | Kopi Luwak - Good to the last dropping | Stefanie Mason |
| | What kind of coffee could possibly sell for prices ranging from $100 to $300 per pound? I present to you "Kopi Luwak." | |
| Sustainably | Green / A Cup of Hope: Coffee's Lessons | Gregory Dicum |
| | In the past decade, coffee went through a period of rapid and disastrous liberalization -- a failed experiment in globalization that nearly destroyed the industry. | |
| Fair Trade | Fair Trade for who? | Steve Leighton |
| | This article discusses and investigates what fair trade is, what I don’t like about it and the alternatives that exist. | |
| Rant | Why We Hate Starbucks | Sebastian Little |
| | Why we should and Why we probably shouldn't. | |
| Research | Coffee Librarian 2005 | Patricia Wood |
| | A collection of the 2005 Coffee Librarian segments from our newsletter. | |
| Processing | The Coffee Mill | Paul Risman |
| | An overview of both dry mill and wet mill processing. | |
| Fair Trade | Fair Trade Coffee Klatching | Arthur Montague |
| | FairTrade coffee explained in an interview with Managing Director of TransFair Canada (Fair Trademark of Canada), Caroline Whitby. | |
| Fair Trade / Shade Grown | Earth Day and Coffee | CB Miller |
| | An overview of Earth-friendly coffees available today such as organic and shade grown coffee. The article as covers Fair Trade Certification. | |
| Marketing | Ready To Drink (RTD) Espresso and Iced Coffee | Anthony Ramirez |
| | Anthony Ramirez explains what RTD (Ready To Drink) espresso is, current trends, and what it means for the cafe. | |
| Arabica | Arabica, The Coffee Lover's Choice | CB Miller |
| | An overiew of the differences in quality and price between arabica and robusta coffee beans. | |
| Marketing | Designing a Web Site for a Coffee House | Michael Allen Smith |
| | An important element to running a business is a web presence. This is especially true for the cafes. What elements go into creating a good web site for coffee houses? | |
| Roasting | How to Stereotype Roasters | Michael Allen Smith |
| | Learn how to effectively stereotype a coffee roaster without sampling their wares. | |
| Advice | Coffee House Stereotyping | Rachel Elliot |
| | Rachel Elliot tells us how to size up a coffee house before buying a drink. Rachel lists some tell tale signs that the coffee house you're walking into knows their stuff. | |
| Cafe | Advice on Starting A Coffee Business | Alex Fisenko |
| | Alex Fisenko presents an honest discussion of some things to consider when opening a coffee business. | |
| Advice | It's All About Taste | Alex Fisenko |
| | Alex Fisenko asks the question: what is the use of developing and roasting the best coffee in the world and paying premium price for coffee beans, if your staff is untrained on preparation. | |
| Roasting | Defining A Roastmaster | Amer Haveric |
| | Amer Havic provides his thoughts on what it means to be a Roastmaster. | |
