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November 25, 2007: "Fortified" coffee: flim-flam alert

Spava Coffee is organic coffee "fortified" with natural ingredients to "enhance wellness." There are currently five varieties, such as "Calm" and "Clarity." It's amazing to me the number of news sites and blogs (with the exception of TheShot) that have...

November 11, 2007: Kenya producing more organic coffee

A recent article notes that more producers in central Kenya are turning to organic coffee in order to take advantage of price premiums. This is welcome news, as over the last 15 years or so, Kenya has been one of...

November 8, 2007: Book review: Starbucked

I've just finished Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture by Taylor Clark, just released by Little Brown. It's an entertaining, well-written and researched "biography" of the genesis and rise of Starbucks, and the concurrent/coincident specialty coffee...

November 5, 2007: Coffee Review: Brazil's Daterra Estates

Plainspoken Coffee. A Coffee Review for Ordinary People by Ordinary People, #30. Daterra Estate -- Brazil. Sampled from three roasters: Rowster Coffee, Terroir Coffee Company, and Sweetwater Organic Coffees. In a previous post, I discussed coffee growing in the cerrado...

November 3, 2007: Roast Magazine's 2007 Roasters of the Year

The November/December issue of Roast Magazine includes their picks for roaster of the year. (You can check out my posts on previous winners here and here.) In the micro-roaster category (annual output less than 100,000 pounds) is Higher Ground Roasters....

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