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A Cuppa Day: 2012 in Empty Cups

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Mike

A Cuppa Day | 2012 in Empty Cups

Video: Coffee Circle – Our vision of Direct Fair Trade

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Mike

Not a particularly unique business model among responsible roasters, but definitely a great video. [via Coffee Circle - Our vision of Direct Fair Trade on Vimeo]

Video: A Morning with Ritual Coffee Roasters

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Mike

“Everything that we do here in our roastery in San Francisco, from roasting the coffee, tasting the coffee, quality control, packaging; it’s all to make the coffee taste better”. [via A Morning with Ritual Coffee Roasters on Vimeo]

The Good Food Awards Now Accepting Submissions (Again)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Mike

The Good Food Awards launches its third year with a call for entries August 5-31! Seedling Projects, the “‘do tank’ for the food movement” behind the initiative, is inviting food producers from across the country to submit their beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, pickles, preserves, pickles and – new this year – confections. A blind [...]

Video: The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee Book Trailer

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Mike

Beautiful video about a beautiful book. [Via YouTube]

Bacon Syrup from Torani

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Mike

Please don’t. [Bacon Syrup | Torani]

Sivetz Coffee to Close Following the Death of Michael

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Mike

The end of an era for a storied company. [Sivetz Coffee winds down toward final roast]

Video: Joe Coffee on Nightly Business Report

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Mike

“In my opinion Starbucks is great and certainly back then it was pretty well received by New Yorkers, but I thought that we could do something better and I thought that New Yorkers would get it.” [Via Small Business: Joe Coffee Brewing in NYC | June 14, 2012 - NBR | Nightly Business Report]

2nd Annual Coffee Cocktail Mashup Fundraiser

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Mike

I was honored to be a judge at the first Mash Up, and am thrilled to be judging the second. The 2nd Annual Coffee Cocktail Mash Up Fundraiser New York, NY – May 24, 2012. Pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Coffee Cocktail Mash Up, a fundraiser bringing together the city’s top bartenders and baristas for [...]

Video: Don Schoenholt on the History of Coffee in NYC

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Mike

If you don’t know who Don Schoenholt is, you don’t know anything about coffee in America. Here he is dropping knowledge on the history of coffee in NYC. [via Dallis Coffee on Youtube]

Special Agent Dale Cooper Loved His Coffee

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Mike

But I promise you that the Double R Diner wasn’t brewing “damn fine” cups, despite the obsessions of David Lynch. [image via imgur]

Stumptown Now Offers Private Labeling?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Mike

Remember when Stumptown and Ninth Street Espresso broke up? When Ninth Street Espresso, Stumptown’s first and highest-profile partner in New York, switched to Intelligentsia beans last month, it caused a small uproar. Ninth Street’s owner, Kenneth Nye, says bloggers made too much of it; he simply wanted to get back to proprietary blending, which Stumptown [...]

New App Allows Customers to Thank Employees

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Mike

GOOD got a sneak peek at We&Co, which launches publicly today after a test run in Atlanta. “Instead of the check in, our central action is the thank you,” We&Co’s Creative Director Meggan Wood tells GOOD. “We want to take the emphasis off the place and put it on the people.” This one is for [...]

Howard Schultz on Making Coffee at Home

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Mike

I make coffee for myself and my wife, using an 8-cup Bodum French press. This is the absolute best way to make coffee at home. [How to Make Coffee at Home: Howard Schultz - Businessweek]