Wed, May 20th 2009, 12:37

In the late 1600s, Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse on the banks of the Thames River in London was a popular meeting place for people in the shipping industry, traders, sailors and ship-owners.

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Fri, May 15th 2009, 12:17

The Coffee Industry is dominated by a few large players and a myriad of middle-men. Farmers who actually grow the coffee see very little of the money you eventually pay for a cup: hence Fair Trade Coffee.

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Wed, May 13th 2009, 12:04

The Netherlands has a long association with coffee; in the 1600s they had established the first coffee plantations in Java. These days, however, Dutch coffee shop culture has come to mean something else entirely.

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Mon, May 11th 2009, 11:51

Coffee was initially only used as a beverage to increase stamina and concentration during religious and meditation ceremonies in Arabia. But it was not long before the world’s first coffee shop opened in Constantinople in 1457.

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Tue, May 5th 2009, 17:25

Roasting transforms a green coffee bean chemically to produce the distinct taste in brewed coffee ... It is the art of the coffee roaster to control the process to produce a desired taste.

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Mon, May 4th 2009, 12:23

Ethiopia is the home of coffee … it is in the mountains of Ethiopia’s Kaffa province where Arabica coffee trees grow wild in lush highland forests. Today, Ethiopia is still the major producer of coffee in Africa.

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Wed, Apr 29th 2009, 12:04

It was a Dutchman who first taught Americans how to appreciate quality coffee. Alfred Peet led the revolution in coffee drinking - he first introduced the founders of the world’s largest coffee retailer, Starbucks, to the joy of speciality coffee.

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Fri, Apr 24th 2009, 17:15

Coffee is best enjoyed when it is freshly roasted. Coffee is a perishable product and there are some basic rules for buying and storing of coffee if you want to enjoy it at its peak flavour.

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Thu, Apr 23rd 2009, 12:36

Coffee beans come in two main species, Robusta and Arabica … and the true test of a coffee is whether it is made from Robusta beans or Arabica beans.

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Tue, Apr 21st 2009, 13:01

The Coffee trade is a thriving global market, second only to oil in global trade activity. Coffee is grown in 80 countries around the world … and a cup of coffee is a popular drink just about anywhere.

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