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SOMETIMES it’s hard to tell how much coffee costs, even if you know what you spent. At least that’s the case with many of the single-serve brewing machines that are soaring in popularity. For example, the Nespresso Arpeggio costs $5.70 for 10 espresso capsules, while the Folgers Black Silk blend for a K-Cup brewed-coffee machine is $10.69 for 12 pods. But that Nespresso capsule contains 5 grams of coffee, so it costs about $51 a pound. And the Folgers, with 8 grams per capsule, works out to more than $50 a pound. That’s even more expensive than all but the priciest coffees sold by artisanal roasters, the stuff of coffee snobs. An exclusive single-origin espresso like the Ethiopia, Gedeo Single Origin Espresso from Sightglass Coffee costs $19 for a 12-ounce bag, or about $25 a pound. La Cima beans for brewed coffee from Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a Grand Cru selection grown at Finca el Injerto, a renowned farm in Guatemala, is $28.50 for a 12-ounce bag, or $38 a pound. 
  With Coffee, the Price of Individualism Can Be High <[link] convenience-costly.html>
By `...@...&#39;  - 8:04pm - 1 new of 1 message    

The heartbroken owners of a neighborhood coffee shop were left with thousands of dollars in repairs after thieves ripped off less than $50 in copper overnight. The owners, Yolanda Black Navarra and Lolita Guererro went to open Sombreros Coffee Shop on Navigation Wednesday, but found they had no electricity. "We came in this morning and there were no lights and we didn’t know what the problem was and we called CenterPoint and went to the back and found out they (thieves) had cut the wires completely, I guess for copper," said Navarra. The owners have only been in business a few months and say this is a major setback. "It's hard, it’s very hard because we had a lot of parties planned this weekend for the business, you know, people were coming in planning to have meetings here. We’re virtually out of business now,†said Guererro. “It’s like CenterPoint Energy told us, they (thieves) took $30 worth of copper and it is going to cost us $12,000 to get it fixed." 
  Thieves cost heartbroken coffee shop owners thousands in damages for $30 worth of wiring <[link] thousands-in-damages-for-30-wo rth-of-wiring-138959184.html>
By `...@...&#39;  - 7:13pm - 1 new of 1 message    

The manufacturer of Bosch-brand Tassimo brewers announced a massive recall Thursday after receiving dozens of reports of second-degree burns, including one involving a Canadian toddler. About 900,000 single-cup coffee brewers with plastic discs have been sold in Canada since June 2008, and another 835,000 have been sold south of the border, BSH Home Appliances Corp and Kraft Foods said. The disc that holds the coffee or tea, sold since last August, can burst and spray the hot liquid, posing a burn hazard. The company is now offering a free replacement disc holder for the brewing mechanism. The company says it received word of the first incident involving the brewer within months of the product launch in 2008, and received the first report of a problem with the disc last December. One of the incidents involving the disc affected a two-year-old Canadian girl, who suffered second-degree burns to her face. In the U.S. a 10-year-old girl from Minnesota was hospitalized 
  Tassimo coffee-maker piece recalled after customers burned <[link] customers%2Bburned/6129392/sto ry.html>
By `...@...&#39;  - 5:22pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Are coffee and Red Bull passé? A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the product is not without risks. The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last month in Massachusetts and New York, and is also available in France. A single unit costs $2.99 at convenience, liquor and online stores. Each grey-and-yellow plastic canister contains 100 milligrams of caffeine powder, about the amount in a large cup of coffee, plus B vitamins. Once a user shoots a puff of calorie-free AeroShot into his or her mouth, the lemon-lime powder begins dissolving almost instantly. Each single-use container has up to six puffs. Biomedical engineering professor David Edwards said AeroShot, which he developed, is safe and does not contain common additives, like taurine, used to amplify the caffeine effect in common energy drinks. 
  Take a breath: You can get a caffeine fix from an inhaler <[link] breath-You-can-get-a-caffeine- fix-from-an-inhaler/53006632/1 %5C>
By `...@...&#39;  - 4:24pm - 1 new of 1 message    

In the highly competitive U.S. coffee market, Dunkin' Donuts is once again distinguished for brewing a superior guest experience. For the sixth straight year, Dunkin' Donuts, America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, has been recognized by the Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index as number one in customer loyalty in the coffee category. The 16th annual national survey conducted by brand loyalty and engagement consultancy Brand Keys identifies brands that are best able to engage consumers by meeting or exceeding their expectations, which creates loyal customers. Brand Keys' Customer Loyalty Engagement Index recognizes the brands that receive the highest loyalty and engagement assessments and surpass competitors for "delighting" customers. In the coffee category, consumer preferences were based on consistently meeting customer expectations for taste, quality, service, and brand value. 
  Dunkin' Donuts Is Number One in Coffee Customer Loyalty for Sixth Straight Year <[link] customer-loyalty-for-sixth-str aight-year-2012-02-07>
By `...@...&#39;  - 3:26pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Wearing his trademark thin cashmere pullover sweater and jeans, Jonathan Rubinstein's gentle demeanor reminds one more of the children's television star Mr. Rogers than that of a coffee king. Yet, Rubinstein and his sister Gabrielle preside over one of the most beloved coffee chains in New York City, Joe Coffee. "I never thought of Joe as a business until recently. Gabrielle and I ran it like it was ma and pa amateur hour for a number of years," explains Rubinstein humbly. Now, it's time for this little ma and pa to bust out. After years of steady growth, Joe has recently accelerated its expansion plans. "We think there's room for 30 Joe Coffees in New York," enthuses Jonathan. He is considering expanding to other cities as well. But, first the Rubinsteins have to figure out how to expand without losing what makes their shops special. If you could boil down Joe Coffee's core values, they would be "fanatical" attention to quality control;and coffee served up 
  Joe Coffee: Scaling up without selling your soul [plus VIDEO] <[link] selling-your-soul/>
By `...@...&#39;  - 2:36pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Prices of the three Arabica groups remained relatively firm in January, while those of Robustas fell slightly. The monthly average of the ICO composite indicator price was 188.90 US cents/lb compared to 189.02 in December 2011, a slight drop of 0.1%. This monthly average was 4.3% lower than in January 2011 and 10.2% lower than the average for 2011. Robusta prices were far more volatile than in December 2011. Market fundamentals were dominated by the recent publication of official Brazilian production estimates for crop year 2012/13 that is due to begin in three months' time. According to CONAB, total production will be 50.6 million bags, comprising 37.7 million bags of Arabica and 12.9 million bags of Robusta. In Colombia, heavy rainfall following a prolonged drought has triggered the spread of coffee berry borer and coffee leaf rust. The latter attacks the leaves of coffee trees and deprives them of 
  MONTHLY COFFEE MARKET REPORT January 2012 [link]
By `...@...&#39;  - 1:39pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Su Nan stood inside a Starbucks on Shanghai's bustling Huaihai Road and complained about the US coffee chain's recent price hike. "It's already expensive. How am I going to live?" But the 26-year-old still joined a long line for a latte. The world's biggest coffee chain raised the price of some products on Jan 31, due to what it said were rising operating costs. That brought Su's 16-ounce (about half a liter) "grande" cup to 30 yuan ($4.75) from 28 yuan. Starbucks was already an expensive choice for regular Chinese customers such as Su, who earns about 7,000 yuan a month. One cup of cappuccino a day for a year would cost her 10,950 yuan - about one-eighth of her income. Still, Su is better off than many others. China's per capita GDP last year was $5,184. It was $48,147 in the US. Despite a huge gap in personal income, Starbucks has priced its products almost the same in China as in the US, if not higher, since it entered the Chinese market in 1999. 
  No coffee mourning over expensive drinks in Starbucks [link]
By `...@...&#39;  - 12:37pm - 1 new of 1 message    

At a small stand next to a photocopying shop, Ram Shankar Patidar is heating milk on a single gas stove. The focus of his attention is a stainless steel container, which is bubbling and rattling as he adds tea leaves, water, spices, and freshly crushed ginger. Patidar has been making and selling Indian tea, better known as chai, for more than 40 years. He has occupied the same spot in a busy suburban business district in Mumbai for more than a decade, but for the past eight weeks there's been a new addition to the street. Directly opposite his stand is a branch of India's largest coffee chain, Cafe Coffee Day, abbreviated by many to CCD. "They don't make much of a difference to me," he says as he ladles the mixture through muslin into a small glass. "Those who can afford to go to CCD would anyway. It's much more expensive than what I sell." For centuries, the humble chai wallah has been part of the country's fabric, but in the past decade, 
  Coffee v tea: Is India falling for the cappuccino? [link]
By `...@...&#39;  - 11:47am - 1 new of 1 message    

Illycaffe SpA Chief Executive Officer Andrea Illy said coffee-price swings caused by declining stockpiles are “disruptive†to business. Following are comments he made at the “Feeding the World†meeting organized by Economist Conferences in Geneva yesterday. "The market nowadays is unpredictable. It's difficult to manage such volatility and it’s quite disruptive. Hedging unfortunately is only short term." Price fluctuations are "always triggered by fundamentals, particularly the stock levels,†Illy said. ‘Volatility is very much triggered by stock levels. Even if the production deficit became very clear already in 2009, there was no money in 2009 to speculate." "The balance between production and consumption is never perfect. We are in a production deficit, the stocks are very low and as a consequence of this, for the first time in coffee history, it has been more than one year now, the price in New York is systematically above $2 a pound." 
  Coffee Price Swings on Supply Shortages Disruptive, Illy Says <[link] shortages-disruptive-illy-says .html>
By `...@...&#39;  - 10:56am - 1 new of 1 message    

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