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Kenyan Coffee Auction Halted Amid Shortage of Beans, Business Daily Says

By on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Shortage again! The Nairobi Coffee Exchange canceled a trading session on March 29 amid a shortage of beans, Business Daily reported, citing Daniel Mbithi, an official at the exchange. The marketing season will also end early this year, with sales being halted on April 19, the Nairobi-based newspaper said. Auctions will resume on June 7, [...]

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Jammin Java Corp. Now Selling Its Coffee on Amazon.com

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LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Jammin Java Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: JAMN) is now selling its fresh roasted premium line of gourmet fair trade organic coffee on Amazon.com, the largest online retailer in the United States. “Amazon’s unparalleled reputation, market presence and shipping capacity make it a tremendously important venue through which to [...]

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Ristretto | Modernist Coffee

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This one looks like a great present for all those into cuisine ! Nathan Myhrvold keeps busy. The former chief technology officer of Microsoft is an executive at DreamWorks Animation, once studied with Stephen Hawking and donated Tyrannosaurus rex fossils he uncovered in Montana to the Smithsonian. He was profiled by Malcolm Gladwell, is a [...]

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Is coffee good or bad for you?

By on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Reports over the years have also told us coffee is both beneficial and bad for your health. What should we believe? What’s the myth and what’s the reality, and how do you know? Colleen O’Leary said, “Some articles you read say it’s great to have a cup of coffee or two cups of coffee a [...]

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Cocoa May Gain as Ivory Coast Unrest Heightens Shortage Risk; Coffee Falls

By on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Ivorian workers empty bags of cocoa beans in a container at the Port of Abidjan. Photographer: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images Cocoa may advance in London on speculation extended unrest in the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, heightens the risk of a bean shortage next season. Coffee and sugar declined. Thousands of supporters rallied in [...]

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