The deal has been finalized: Peet’s Coffee will buy Diedrich Coffee for $212 Million. Thanks to this acquisition, Peet’s will now have a sizable share in the single cup-brewer market (Diedrich makes K-Cups for Keurig). Diedrich is a coffee-roasting company primarily. Diedrich operates a small network of franchise coffee houses, which go by different names [...]
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Peet’s to buy Diedrich Coffee for $212 Million
November 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Coffee News
Tags: Diedrich·Keurig·Peet's Coffee·Starbucks
The Starbucks Via Taste Challenge
October 4th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Coffee, Retail
Starbucks is now selling their new Instant Coffee, called “Via,” in their regular stores. They are also marketing the new, more convenient coffee by doing “Taste Challenges” in each store. What is the Taste Challenge? It is involves tasting unmarked samples of regular coffee alongside Via and then (the challenge) you have to guess which [...]
Tags: Instant Coffee·Starbucks
Another Sunday Morning Breakfast Date at Einstein Bros.
September 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee
The wife and I hit up Einstein Bros this morning to take advantage of their dependably good breakfast food and and coffee. I would have liked to try their Autumn Roast coffee (chestnut flavor? yum!) but there was only half a cup left in the heating unit, so I mixed that with half a cup [...]
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What is Arabica Coffee?
September 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Caffeine, Coffee, Terminology
“Arabica” refers to the region in which a coffee was grown as well as the people who originally grew it (Arabs). Arabica coffees are known for being some of the most flavorful in to the world. Interestingly, they also tend to have a relatively low caffeine content. Countries that grow Arabica coffees are located in [...]
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How to Make Coffee with a Portable Camping Stove, a Bandana and a Beer Can
September 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Filters, How To, Tricks of the Trade, Videos
Below is a video showing how to put together a mini portable camping stove, heat up coffee in a modified beer can (by boiling it) and then sift the grounds using a bandana (cloth). This is probably how Macgyver would have made coffee if he was ever trapped out in the wilderness and he got [...]
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