Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Coffee Talk


Coffee Talk

MSNBC - Books about Starbucks don?t come in as many flavors as the company?s beverages, but busy authors are closing the gap. With four titles either recently published or set to be published this spring, bookstores will carry at least eight books about ...



Shortcuts: How to pass exams

CNN - In the short term though caffeine is a pretty useful way of sharpening the brain and improving performance -- so long as you dont overdo it and end up scrawling pages of coffee-fueled nonsense after ODing on double shot espressos. Positivelycoffee ...



Ethiopia: Starbucks Takes Step Towards Recognizing Ethiopias Right to ...

AllAfrica.com - International agency Oxfam responded to a joint statement from coffee company Starbucks and the Government of Ethiopia in which Starbucks pledged not to oppose Ethiopian efforts to trademark its coffee names, Sidamo and Harar a press release Oxfam ...



Coffee Hotspots Square Off

Cornell Daily Sun - ?Friends don?t let friends drink Starbucks? is the slogan scrawled across the barista?s tip cup at Stella?s Caf�. While the message may reflect many locals? resistance toward the new Starbucks in Collegetown, others in the community said ...



Bawlmore? Maybe to a sportswriters tin ear

Baltimore Sun - However, there are plenty of words used by New Yawkers that can get the crowd roaring with laughter, too -- how about "Tirty-Toid" for 33rd; "kawfee" for coffee; "earl" for oil; or "Joisey" as in that aforementioned land of smokestacks, railroad ...



Cocoa is the beverage of choice in the winter

Detroit News - A friend of mine, who is a serious coffee drinker, visited me for the weekend. Unfortunately, I forgot about her caffeine love affair and never offered to make her a pot of coffee. Sure, I fed her and offered her all kinds of other foods, just not ...