Tweet In the central region of Jamaica are the beautiful Blue Mountains, a cool and misty range with high rainfall. This classification of coffee grows at an elevation of 3,000 to 5,500 feet.  It is here that Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee originates and it is one of the most expensive coffees you can buy.  Since the early [...]

Tweet Sustainability is number one with Jim’s Organic Coffee.  Grown without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides Jim claims to improve the surrounding community’s ecosystems.  Jim Cannell fell into the coffee business by accident in 1985 when he was seeking work on Wall Street in Manhattan.  He met a man who told him to call around for [...]

Tweet Inspiration to invent something usually comes from a need or an annoyance you experience; such is the case with Jay Sorenson.  In the Fall of 1991 he spilled a cup of hot coffee in his lap because he couldn’t hold on to the hot paper cup.  He knew there was a solution to this [...]

Tweet In 1903 the first commercial batch of decaf was brewed in Europe by steaming the coffee beans in a salt water batch and then adding benzene producing decaffeinated coffee.  Kaffee Handels-Aktien-Gesellshaft (Kaffee HAG) was known as Coffee Trading Company throughout most of Europe.  France sold it Café Sanka and in the US it was [...]

Tweet On a cold winter day in San Francisco there is nothing better than an Irish Coffee at the old Buena Vista Café.  After a stroll on the wharf it warms your soul.  The origin of Irish Coffee as you might have guessed begins in Country Limerick.  In the 1940’s a man by the name of [...]

Tweet As I drive past the coffee houses I notice an increasing number of mountain bikers stopping to get their dose of coffee before heading for the trails.  It seems contrary to drink coffee before doing a healthy activity but the science behind it is fascinating on why we crave coffee. The central nervous system [...]

Tweet Founded and headquartered in Durham, NC in 1995  Counter Culture operates training centers along the eastern seaboard to educate people about their practices in dealing with Columbian farmers directly to source the finest tasting coffee. This is a project which partners with local Columbian families in the area called Popayan to source the best [...]

Tweet On the slopes of the island of Hawaii grow the most delicious coffee loved the world over, Kona Coffee.  It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world as it can only be grown on the Big Island in Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona districts.  As champaign [...]

Tweet With the extended expiration date passing on January 29, 2010, Peet’s has announced they will extend their offer to purchase Diedrich Coffee to March 1, 2010. The previous expiration date was December 15, 2009. The original stock merger announcement was November 22, 2009 when Green Mountain Coffee Roaster’s, Inc. had a superior offer to [...]

Tweet Peets announced a line of bottled iced tea available in six varieties and crafted from green, oolong, white and black teas. Five of the six contain natural flavors; Little Dragon Peach, Moroccan Mint, Jade Green Lime, Summer House Citrus and Snow Leopard with Honey to enhance the unique flavor of the base tea. These [...]