| Patrons unite to save coffee shop | | Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 3:17:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Truckers, fishermen and electricians from as far as Santa Cruz show up at Coastside Gourmet Coffee in Half Moon Bay at 6 a.m. for a cup of Raman Bechar's distinctive chai. Customers' grandchildren smile at them from photos next to the register. But these days, there is little harmony under the shop's Tibetan peace flags. Instead, they're lining up to sign a petition to stop Bechar's landlord from replacing the Coastside with the city's first Peet's Coffee & Tea. This is Half Moon Bay, where quirky and quaint trump trendy -- and there's already a Starbucks in a nearby strip mall off Highway 1. ``This is our cracker barrel. It represents everything that distinguishes a sense of community,'' said El Granada resident Bonnie Rensberg, who brought the petition to the Coastside on Sunday.... | |
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| | | Death toll on Shiite coffee shop in Baghdad rises to 21 | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:35:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | BAGHDAD, Nov 8 (AP): Police raised the death toll in a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite coffee shop in Baghdad to 21 Wednesday, with 25 others injured, while gunmen killed at least one man and wounded four in an attack on a Shiite bakery. The coffee shop explosion, which followed days of mortar attacks on Sunni neighbourhoods that killed another 21 people, had originally been reported as a mortar barrage, but police official Ali Muhssin said that was incorrect. Mortar attacks on Sunni neighbourhoods continued unabated, however, with one person killed and four wounded when two rounds slammed into Qahira in north Baghdad early Wednesday. US forces said they killed four suspected insurgents in gunbattles and detained 48 others during a raid Tuesday afternoon on a site used by the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist group in Ramadi, 115 kilometres (70 miles) west of Baghdad.... | |
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| | | A real Wonder Woman | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 3:30:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | When a comic book fan is searching for the latest issue of "Superman," "Detective Comics" or "The Uncanny X-Men," the last person they might expect to find behind a comics-shop counter is a 58-year-old woman who greets you with a big smile and a hot cup of coffee. But, if you walk into Comics Universe, located at 1869 U.S. 45 Bypass, that's just who'll you'll find inside. .... | |
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| | | Brazil's Cooxupe sees gradual China coffee growth | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:13:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest coffee cooperative, Cooxupe, said that its pioneer coffee shop in China covered costs in the first year of operation and that it saw scope for expansion. The shop, in a shopping center in the former Chinese imperial capital of Xi'an, was opened in partnership with China's FAB Export and Import Group and Belgium's CPE Group. "We broke even which for us is an achievement," said Joaquim Libanio Ferreira Leite, Cooxupe's director of exports, adding that development of the Chinese coffee market was a long-term venture. It sells hot and iced coffee, espressos and cappuccinos, together with small bars of Belgian chocolate. "We're proceeding slowly," Leite said. "China has a history of some 7,000 years but only started drinking coffee a few years ago." He said that Cooxupe will move its coffee shop to the ground floor of the same shopping center in Xi'an to be closer to consumers and have Starbucks Corp.... | |
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| | | Serious (yay!) about coffee | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:07:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | Southern California is used to the spotlight, but when it comes to independent coffeehouses, we're still in the rain shadow of the Pacific Northwest. Maybe this is because Angelenos don't have to endure the lurking damp and early darkness that send so many Seattleites running to the comfort of their neighborhood coffee bars. Or maybe it's because we've historically liked the ice-blended drinks that play so much better at the beach (it's really hard to carry a demitasse of espresso in flip-flops over the sand). Although there are hundreds of places to get a cup of coffee — or a soy decaf triple latte — in this town, it's surprisingly difficult to find a really good one. Between over-roasted beans, drinks with a proportion of milk more suited to a milkshake than a latte, anemic shots of espresso and flat-out terrible brew, it's harder than you think to get a satisfying caffeine fix.... | |
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| | | Coffee with a scone and a seat on Main Street | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:08:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | NARROWSBURG, NY ?Roasters is now free to add tables. At the October 16 Tusten Planning Board meeting, a public hearing was held concerning the question of whether the coffee shop, which serves locally produced bakery goods and light lunch fare, can be classified as a restaurant. Resident Barbara Yeaman spoke up in favor of finding a solution to the problem facing Roasters. She pointed out that if potential investors heard about the Roasters struggle to get a permit for a few tables, they might be disinclined to locate a business in Tusten. Others present said with that allowing Roasters to have seated patrons would enliven Main Street. Later, John Fink, the engineer hired by the Santanas, the owners of the property, reported on the monitoring done on waste water from the restaurant, 15 Main, and from Roasters as well.... | |
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| | | Green Gables Bed & Breakfast, Coffee House now open in Nye Beach area | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 11:09:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | Green Gables Bed & Breakfast and Coffee House was recently purchased and reopened by new owners Rhonda Campola and Yolanda Tremblay of Newport. Featured are two ocean view suites. The espresso shop serves Ristretto roast coffee, homemade quiche and baked goods. Also, their bookstore has a large inventory of used books, with some new titles and new children's books. Another addition is Wicked Wix West, hand poured candles made with natural and organic materials on the premises.Owners and managers Rhonda and Yolanda moved to Newport in July of this year. For 16 years in Niagara Falls they owned and operated a 10-room inn. They hope to hire additional employees as their business grows.Hours of operation are 7:45 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; and from 8:30 a.m. Saturday; closed Sunday.... | |
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| | | Coffee-shop giant Starbucks is brewing a global expansion | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:08:07 AM by Blog57 Team | | Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop chain, said it plans to more than triple its number of stores to 40,000 worldwide, 10,000 more than the previous target. "Our global opportunity is much greater than we originally thought," chief executive officer Jim Donald said yesterday at a conference with analysts in Seattle. He said when he joined Starbucks in 2002, the company had 5,886 stores. "I thought 'Wow, I missed it. I missed the run.' I figured, 'Let's see where we can go from here.' " The company also announced an agreement with Apple Computer Inc. that will allow Starbucks to sell music played in its stores on Apple's iTunes online store. Starbucks is adding locations at a record pace to keep customers from buying coffees and lattes at Dunkin' Donuts Inc.... | |
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| | | Mannequin stolen from coffee shop roof | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:06:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | BALLARD, Wash., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Customers at a Ballard, Wash., coffee shop say they're sad that Laverne, a blonde mannequin on roller skates, has been stolen from the roof of the shop. The strawberry blonde 1950s-style waitress mannequin was stolen in the middle of the night from the roof of Java Jazz, the Seattle Times reported. Sue Reynolds, owner of Java Jazz, said her customers are upset about the theft. "They're all sad and upset," Reynolds said. "They're going on (the Web site) craigslist trying to find her. One went through Ballard alleys, trying to spot her in somebody's garage. They're really attached to her." For the past year and a half, Laverne and her co-waitress, Shirley, have been fixtures on the roof of Java Jazz, the newspaper said.... | |
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| | | Celebrating 100 months of coffee | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 3:09:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | DAVAO'S first specialty coffee shop, Blugr Coffee is celebrating its 100th Month for the whole month of October. A milestone like this deserves a fanfare and one day is not enough. That's why the revelry will be for a whole month. Blugre Coffee opened its door to the Dabawenyos serving hot, iced, and ice-blended espresso drinks and its famous for its Durian Gatchpuccino (a cappuccino concoction with real bits of durian and is a favorite among the locals and visitors who clamor for it), and yummy pastries and cakes in June 1998. .... | |
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