This is a new category where I’ll list some interesting stories about coffee for you on an irregular basis (great coffee stories come in either flood or famine modes):
Beyond the Coffee Market - Susan Chandler at the Chicago Tribune examines Starbucks moves to provide more than coffee to its market share. I have to wonder if Starbucks will become the middle-class Walmart as they begin to provide music, books, and hmmm…clothing?
Coffee Travels in Mexico - “In the mountains, they boiled water on a wood-stove and threw the coffee in,” Mike Mallow said. “It was like cowboy coffee.” Dan Schneider’s story about coffee roaster Mike Mallow’s recent trip to Mexico to learn about how coffee beans are grown and brought to market.
Posted by beanybabe at 12:19 AM PDT
