You gotta love a guy who runs a blog called, “How to Clean Things: A People’s Guide to Cleaner Living.” I’m just glad I’m not his mother (what a bad influence I would be…). But, Jonathan Hatch has won my heart with his “How to Clean a Coffee Maker” tutorial, because I’m a firm believer in vinegar as a cleaning solution myself.

You’ll recognize the article. Hatch prefaces it with the following:

I’m not scared of Iran or North Korea. I’m quite convinced my new coffee pot is a thermonuclear device.

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TRADING SYMBOL: The Toronto Stock Exchange - SWS.UN

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Income Fund (”the Fund”) today reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2006, which represents its fiscal year-end. The Fund also announced a 5.9 increase in its monthly distribution to unitholders effective with the March 2007 distribution to be paid in mid-April 2007.

The Fund holds all of the outstanding securities of Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company, Inc. (”SWDCC” or “the company”) and its results are dependent on the operating results of SWDCC.

View financials: CNW Group

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India has traditionally been a nation of tea-drinkers, but coffee is beginning to win new fans in the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the coffee-drinking culture is being promoted by hundreds of cafes opening in Indian cities.

The door of a popular coffee bar in central Delhi is seldom shut for long as a steady stream of customers walk in and out. Many of them are youngsters - college students and young working people wanting to relax over a cup of coffee.

“Without being bothered, you can sit for a long time and have a cup of coffee, and chat, nobody bothers you here,” said a girl.

Read the story: Huliq

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Rains in Brazil’s Espirito Santo state, the world’s biggest producer of robusta coffee after Vietnam, will resume next week after two weeks of dry weather, an analyst said.

The north of Espirito Santo, where two-thirds of Brazil’s robusta is grown, will start receiving showers for several days as early as March 18, said Ana Avila of the University of Campinas. The area hasn’t received rain since March 6, she said.

Robusta output in the state will rise 4.3 percent to 7.2 million bags in the harvesting season that runs from April to October, Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said. Robusta for May delivery was little changed today, dropping $1, or less than 0.1 percent, to $1,525 per metric ton on London’s Euronext.liffe. Robusta futures have risen 30 percent in the past year.

Read the story: Bloomberg

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The Viet Nam National Coffee Corporation (Vinacafe) has posted VND5.28 trillion ($330 million) in 2006 revenue and exported $232 million of goods, a year-on-year increase of 45 per cent.

The company this year plans to speed up the equitisation of its subsidiaries, invest in coffee planting, upgrade the irrigation systems at existing farms and improve processing facilities to ensure quality.
Vinacafe projects to earn VND6.7 trillion ($419 million) in revenue this year.

Read more: VNS

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