Last Memorial Day Starbucks accidentally double charged all their customers (who were already paying way too much for their coffee). In response (now that someone noticed) they are in the process of refunding the erroneously withdrawn funds.
Starbucks really didn’t need the bad press, but that’s the way it is when you’re on top — everyone [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Coffee News'
Starbucks Double-Charged, Now Making Amends
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Coffee News
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Topless Coffee Bar in Maine Burns Down
June 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Coffee News, Coffee Shops, Coffee With a Cause, Flavored Lattes, Maine
Grandview Topless Coffee Shop has burned down. There are a few hundred news articles about it online as of now, so it looks like I’m reporting on it a little late.
Anyhoo, now this cafe has two things going for it: Sex appeal and (now) Pity. As of now they are handing out doughnuts and coffee [...]
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Cryogenically Frozen Coffee by Dippin’ Dots
May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Coffee News, Coffee Science
The company Dippin’ Dots, famous for making cryogenically frozen little ice cream beads (or dots) might apply the same technology to make “Coffee Dots.” I heard about this through this article in USA Today.
“Cryogenic” just means “having an extremely low temperature.” Such exteme temperatures are most commonly reached with the help of liquid [...]
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Office Max and Seattle’s Best Team Up
May 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Coffee News, Random
Office Max (the one in my neighborhood at least) is effectively catering to their office-working demographic by keeping a Seattle’s Best coffee bar between their copiers and retail facilities.
It may seem like a small thing, but offering coffee to one’s customer’s is a great way to win points.
I probably would have made the same purchase [...]
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White People Like Coffee Most of All
May 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Coffee News, Random
The blog StuffWhitePeopleLike.com came to the conclusion that, out of their extensive list of all the stuff white people like, coffee is #1! (check it) How did they know? They point out the fact that (many) white people start consuming coffee at an early age and then, later in life, can hardly start [...]
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