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I knew that Starbucks (SBUX) had given its employees an intensive crash course in Via as part of its high-profile rollout of the new instant coffee product. But I didn't know how aggressive the company was training its employees to be. BusinessWeek is running a story on how Via sales pitches have gotten so intense that both baristas and customers are complaining. "This is the most stressful promotion I have ever experienced, and I've been with...  

50% torrefacto beans Dark, full-bodied roast for espresso Vacuum packed for freshness Product DescriptionThis particular whole bean blend is made with 50% torrefacto coffee especially blended for espresso. It yields a full-bodied, thick cup of espresso with none of the bitterness youll find in an ordinary espresso. Catunambú feels that great coffee and espresso are created from [...]  

A walk down East Seventh Street near Avenue A revealed that Butter Lane is about to get some new neighbors: at 131 East Seventh Street, former home of Cafe Affetati and the East Village Pie Lounge, an espresso bar should be opening later this month or in early December, according to a construction worker.  

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today announced that it is adding a new premium coffee to its diverse inflight drink menu by offering illy issimo Latte Macchiato onboard all flights, effective today. The sophisticated blend of authentic espresso coffee will be available complimentary to Business class passengers and for $4 to Coach class passengers.  

Cara Nader, a barista and manager at Cuppa Joe and Horizon Books, travels to Seattle this week to compete in the Millrock Free-Pour Latte Art Championship. Yes, latte art has its own championship. (Plus Arcadia has new eatery, Lobdell's opens, and more area food news.)  

Pottstown, PA, November 07, 2009 -- Performance Food Centers is excited to announce the launch of its newest division: Cafes by Performance Food Centers. Seeking to build on to success in supplying and consulting juice bars across the country with new concepts in marketing and nutritional education, Performance Food Centers looks to apply its one-stop-shop concept to the coffee bar industry while giving café entrepreneurs the tools to educate...  

A sweet-smelling warm cup of espresso makes Italians life complete each day. It is one of their best coffees. Coffee contains two important healthy elements. First is tannin that effectively protects the kidneys from diseases. Second is antioxidant. It is an ingredient that can prevent cancer and any heart disease. Moreover, it can also take away [...]  

Are you looking for a quality espresso machine? Then you should consider the Delonghi EAM3400 with an average price between $700 and $750. Keep reading to learn about some of the features offered by this unit.Contributor: D SwainPublished: Oct 28, 2009  

Mypressi Twist the world’s first truly portable espresso coffee machine has beyond question twisted our time worn manner of brewing one’s espresso. The smallest coffee machine has a pneumatic engine powered by an N20 pressurized air cartridge, and..  

Bottom Line: This was my first machine that is still in use.  I'd want a little more out of a newer one, but if I'm not sure what an extra $100+ would get me, I might just get this one again.  Don't avoid it because its priced too low.Read review...  

It is no big secret that everyone loves coffee. People all around the world can't wait to get their daily jolt of caffeine each morning. It gets the brain cells functioning and pops the eyes wide open.Contributor: kayla rupertPublished: Oct 20, 2009  

The Thrilla From Breville-aI’d been insulted for the last time, thank you very much.What gave them the right, those MFA dropouts and punk-band casualties, to look down their multipierced noses at me? So I didn’t know the lingo! So I called it a “large” instead of a “mondeau-grandeau!” Sorry, but I didn’t spend the past several years immersed in ALL THINGS OVERPRICED COFFEE. I have a JOB. I thought to myself: I don’t have to take this! There...  

It's a shame that the oh-so-necessary nozzles to release the coffee will spoil the "cavity" shape. Nespresso's cute little bolt-loading cartridges would be a great fit with the Iron Man thang though. #coffee Sockatume  

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 20, 2009 – At 1st in Coffee we offer professional quality espresso machines, coffee makers, coffee grinders, espresso beans and supplies. We are the coffee machine supplier who believes that your total satisfaction is ...  

Column by Cassidy Herrington When the crisp chill of fall embraces the air, people flock to coffee shops, as if from animal instinct, roused by what I call “coffee- drinking weather.” The metallic urns spill warm, bold roasts into paper cups, and espresso machines delicately drip pungent espresso into porcelain demitasses. In a choreographed dance, baristas hourly grind pounds of coffee beans and steam gallons of milk for each foamy latte...