Specialty Coffee Retailer articles from March 2004

Specialty Coffee Retailer archives from March 2004

Same old, same new?(Editor's Note)
March 1, 2004... We run basically the same kinds of stories every year-most magazines do. Oh sure, we keep up with the times, following advances in technology, techniques, flavors. But over the course of a year you can be pretty certain that we'll cover topics...

Education efforts in Ethiopia.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... Education is a vital part of life for everyone. Realizing this, illy caffe took matters into its own hands. The company teamed up with Share Our Strength, one of the leading anti-hunger and anti-poverty organizations in the United States, to...

Persian Gulf expansion for Barnie's.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... Barnie's Coffee & Tea Company, Inc., based in Orlando, Fla., opened its first international franchise store in Kuwait in early January 2004. The store, which is owned by American Mattress Company, a Kuwait-based company, is designed to appeal...

Port City Java and Ben & Jerry's team up.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... Coffee and ice cream can be a divine combination, so why not a dual coffee shop and ice cream parlor? This concept is being put to the test by Port City Java, Wilmington, N.C., and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, South Burlington, Vt. The two...

ISO 9001:2000 certification for CIRQUA.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... CIRQUA Customized Water, Camarillo, Calif., has been officially certified with ISO 9001:2000 compliance. This comes after an 18 month-long effort by the entire organization to formalize the water quality management system. COO Martin Swanson...

Caterer offers up low-carb drinks.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... It would he lair to say that there is a low-carb explosion right now, so why not mochas and lattes too? This is exactly the conclusion that Todd Reddeman, owner of Atlanta-based Mocha My Day Mobile Espresso, came to. In order to meet finicky,...

Dillanos spreads holiday cheer to tots.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... Dillanos Coffee Roasters, based in Sumner, Wash., helped bring a little cheer to local children this holiday season. The roaster donated 20 percent of profits reaped from the sale of its holiday blend, It's a Wonderful Blend, to the U.S. Marine...

San Francisco Bay Coffee Company "brews the right thing".(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... El Quetzal, one of the coffee farms from which San Francisco Bay Coffee Company, San Leandro, Calif., purchases its coffee, is home to some of the world's most impoverished people. Workers on the Nicaraguan farm often live in drafty tin shacks...

Espresso equipment manufacturer closes Seattle facility.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... La Marzocco s.r.l., based in Florence, Italy, is dosing its Seattle location. The espresso equipment manufacturer plans to expand its Florence facilities and increase its international release of new products. Former Seattle plant manager,...

Organic certification for Honest Tea.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... Honest Tea, the company behind a line of over 20 organic teas, recently was granted full USDA organic certification, meaning that no pesticides or chemicals are used on its tea plants. In fact, at least one of the company's suppliers, Makaibari...

Meetup during Specialty Coffee Month.(Brew News)
March 1, 2004... In order to promote Specialty Coffee Month in February, the Specialty Coffee Association of America formed a partnership with Meetup.com. This Web site creates global meetup days for most any topic that could bring people together. The first...

Smooth moves: what role can smoothies and ice-blended beverages play in your coffeehouse?
March 1, 2004... An afternoon indulgence, a morning kick-start, a noon meal replacement... it seems that smoothies are having identity crisis. Depending upon which industry expert you ask, these frothy and frosty blended beverages can occupy any of these...

In the mix: today's high-performance blenders are tailored to the needs of coffee retailers-whether you blend 25 or 125 frozen drinks a day.
March 1, 2004... Have frozen drinks heated up your sales? If you're among the fast growing collection of coffee retailers who have cleared menuboard space for the likes of fruit smoothies and iced mochas, you've likely warmed up nicely to these frosty...

Black tea: a primer.
March 1, 2004... From its origins in China some 5,000 years ago, tea--from the plant Camellia Sinensis--has developed into a sophisticated beverage with complex variations in character and flavor. As nuanced as fine wine, specialty tea comes in tour major...

Creating a brand identity: consistency and repetition send customers the right message.
March 1, 2004... An accepted business assumption in the specialty coffee industry holds hat each customer is worth $1000 a year. "If you look at individual customers that way, you realize it doesn't take that many customers to build a good business. But to...

Urthly pleasures: at the Urth Caffe in Los Angeles, regular folks and celebrities enjoy the finest in organic coffee.
March 1, 2004... It all began with a man named Jorge. Shallom Berkman and his business partner Jilla had already started a mail-order business for organic household products when they attended a healthy living expo in Los Angeles and met this man who would...

Superbar from la Cimbali.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... La Cimbali announces the release of the M3 Superbar1, the company's newest addition to the M3 line of espresso and cappuccino machines. The M3 Superbar 1 has two boilers--one is for espresso drinks and the other for hot water and steam. A new...

Famous liqueur brand launches flavored teas.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... The brand name Southern Comfort[R] may invoke thoughts of the company's famous liqueur--marked by fruit, spice and whisky flavors--but soon it may cause consumers to think of tea. Southern Comfort, Louisville, Ky., has launched a new line of...

Easier tea brewing from Brightway.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... Green tea has numerous health benefits, but not every consumer has time to brew it. Brightway Industries, based in Fremont, Calif., has designed a solution--the MachaMill and ReadyTea System. Macha, the finely powdered green tea used in...

Hemp enhanced coffee products.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... Joe Buzz, headquartered in Grant's Pass, Ore., introduced the Original Hemp Latte and Chronic Blend premium hemp coffee at Coffee Fest Seattle 2003. The Original Hemp Latte comes as a mix containing 100 percent THC-free hemp and is designed to...

Supreme indulgence from Otis Spunkmeyer.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... Otis Spunkmeyer, San Leandro, Calif., has designed an even more decadent line of cookies than it previously offered. The Supreme Indulgence[TM] line includes cookie dough with extra-large ingredients. Real butter, large chunks of chocolate and...

Simpson & Vail celebrates 75 years.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... On the advent of its 75th anniversary, Brookfield, Conn.-based Simpson & Vail, Inc., one of the oldest American tea companies in existence has added some new additions to its line of teabags. The new flavors include: China Oolong, China Lapsang...

European roasting method sets Portland Roasting apart.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... Portland Roasting, Portland, Ore., is giving its customers in the Pacific Northwest a taste of Brazil. The company's newest coffee is made from beans grown on the Carmo Estate in South Minas, Brazil. This family-owned estate is completely...

Single brewer from Bunn.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... Just like its larger counterparts, the Single ThermoFresh[R] coffee brewer offers a consistent, foolproof way to create a great cup of coffee from location to location time and time again. But what makes this newer brewer from Bunn,...

New turnkey option for Hotspots from ZyXel.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... ZyXel Communications, Placentia, Calif., offers a new kind of Hotspot solution for coffee retailers. The ZyAiR B-4000 is a single-button Hotspot system that doesn't, require contracts, service fees or rigid commitments. The button-operated and...

Madelaine's chocolate buzz.(New Products)
March 1, 2004... Madelaine Chocolate, Rockaway Beach, N.Y., has everyone buzzing about its newest chocolate creation: solid milk chocolate humblebees. These creamy, chocolatey treats are wrapped in bright yellow and black bumblebee foil and come in a 60 piece...

Creating a logo.(Regional Update)
March 1, 2004... Creating an attractive logo might not be as easy, or as hard, as you might think. Of course, using a logo that is appropriate is quite a big deal. The logo makes an important statement about a business and even a business owner. Should the logo...