For those that don’t know, K-Cups are individual filter cartridges that hold coffee grounds, designed for use in Keurig single serve coffee brewers. When K-cups were invented they were patented, and were recently owned by Keurig’s corporate parent, Green Mountain…
Keurig Vue V700 Single Serve Coffee System Review
For those that don't know, K-Cups are individual filter cartridges that hold coffee grounds, designed for use in Keurig single serve coffee brewers. When K-cups were invented they were patented, and were recently owned by Keurig’s corporate parent, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. In September 2012, two of the main patents expired and both patents fell into the public domain. Of course those folks that watch such things predicted that competitors will then legally be able to reverse engineer the ubiquitous K-Cups, without paying Green Mountain their royalties. It seems that Keurig's answer to their problem of K-Cup technology becoming ...
Hot Straw: Coffee Without The Stained Teeth
One obvious drawback to our favorite drink is that it can stain your pearly whites. If only there was some way to enjoy a cup of coffee without letting it wash over the front of your teeth. You could try a straw, however this would not be recommended as the plastic compounds in your average straw degrade with heat. In addition to the cream and sugar, you would be adding toxic chemicals to your coffee as well. The Hot Straw as it's called, seems to solve this problem. The Hot Straw is a BPA free, FDA approved plastic straw that is safe ...
National Coffee Drinking Trends Report 2013
The National Coffee Association, the first trade association for the U.S. coffee industry founded in 1911, recently released data pertaining to coffee consumption in the United States. The NCA National Coffee Drinking Trends or NCDT market research study, has been conducted each and every year by NCA since 1950. It is the longest running historical record of American coffee attitudes and behaviors. What the NCDT consists of is an annual consumer survey that measures the U.S. coffee quotient. The 2013 NCDT surveyed 2,840 people age 18 and over. According to the study, a whopping 83% of the adult population of the United ...
Starbucks Buys The Farm
Last month, the worlds largest coffee chain announced that it had purchased it's own coffee farm. Starbucks, known for it's domination of the coffee industry, bought a 240 hectare coffee farm on the slopes of the Poás Volcano in Costa Rica. Besides growing and harvesting it's own beans the company intends to convert the farm to an agronomy and research development center where it will research ways to combat the roya fungus (or leaf rust), which attacks coffee leaves, draining thier nutrients and consequently lowering bean yields. A recent estimate by the ICO (International Coffee Organization) was that approximately 2.5 million 60 ...
What Is Suspended Coffee?
There is a new menu item appearing in coffee shops worldwide. Originating in Naples Italy, the trend has gone global through social media and has spread to coffee shops in Europe, the U.S., Russia, Canada, Australia, Asia and the UK. But it's not a new type of mocha, or latte or cappuccino. Suspended Coffee as it's called, is the concept that when you place your order at your favorite coffee shop, you also request a second drink for someone who may not be able to afford it. The shop then holds this cup of joe in "suspension", until the time someone comes in ...
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