Tag Archive 'caffeine_riff'

Say It Ain’t So, Australia: Caffeine connoisseurs say lattes are the cream of the crop

Posted by TheShot on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: Add Milk, Consumer Trends, Foreign Brew

The truth is out. What do die hard coffee drinkers in coffee-obsessed Australia really order?: Caffeine connoisseurs say lattes are the cream of the crop | Herald Sun. Yes, it’s the boorish latte. (And written by a boorish reporter: “Caffeine connoisseurs”?!? It’s been a while since we’ve seen the tiresome caffeine riff.)
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Personal History: My Two-Year Journey Into the Caffeine Desert

Posted by TheShot on 06 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Coffee Health, CoffeeRatings.com, Consumer Trends, Home Brew

John Walker, a freelance gaming journalist in the UK, wrote in his blog today about his experiences giving up coffee — on doctor’s orders to relieve anxiety symptoms: bothererblog » Diary Of A Coffee Addict. I commented in his blog about my own experiences of giving up all caffeine for a couple of years back [...]

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It’s more than just coffee — it’s a bowl for the soul

Posted by TheShot on 22 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Consumer Trends, Foreign Brew, Local Brew, Starbucks

InsideBayArea.com published an article today by a self-employed writer (and cooking class instructor) who named some of her favorite coffeehouses around the country: Inside Bay Area - It’s more than just coffee — it’s a bowl for the soul. Yes, she unimaginatively resorted to the ever-popular, ever-tedious caffeine riff (calling coffeehouses “caffeine dens”). But she [...]

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Coffee Snobs Move on to Homemade Roasts

Posted by TheShot on 21 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Beans, Home Brew, Roasting

The Northwest Indiana Times ran a story today on the growth of those freaks of coffee consumption, home roasters: Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com - Coffee Snobs Move on to Homemade Roasts. Home roasting has been around for a while. In fact, a long, long while. Its most recent resurgence has come about over the past [...]

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Take a caffeinated tour of Tulsa

Posted by TheShot on 29 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew

It’s been a while since we posted a mindless mini coffee review for some low rotation corner of the country. So today we bring you a brief coffee tour of Tulsa, OK from the local university rag: The Collegian Online: Take a caffeinated tour of Tulsa. It’s a short list, alright. But the one notable [...]

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