Roosting coffee
A new month and a new start is on the horizon for the Roaming Roosters’ farm shop.
It’s always rather heartwarming, isn’t it, to discover new business that are expanding and growing, notwithstanding all the economic gloom that surrounds us and bombards us on the news every day.
So what is happening at the Roaming Roosters’ farm shop?
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iPhone helps coffee-lovers to multi-task
We all know how modern life is now on the go 24/7.
We can communicate with each other immediately any time of the day or night, thanks to the sophistication of technology.
IPhones go a long way to making this communication easy and effective and ever-accessible.
However, what happens when you want to take a break at the same time as use your digital gadgets?
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Coffee ups and downs
There has been an interesting article in the news recently, thanks to Food Bev.com, about the ups and downs of the coffee industry.
Perhaps we don’t think about the wider global picture when we buy our favourite cup of coffee on the way to work in the morning, but the coffee industry is very significant a huge international industry, which has a series of ups and downs of its own.
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Coffee problems in Costa Rica
Although the coffee industry is one of the most significant global industries, it is subject to certain factors that do not affect other industries without such a direct dependency on nature for the production of the goods.
Coffee, of course, comes from coffee plants and once we engage with the natural world, there are all sorts of things to be taken into account the vulnerability of the plant species, the tending and nurturing of crops in the most effective way and, of course, adverse factors such as the weather and so on.
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Canny selling techniques in Vietnam
There is some interesting strategies happening at the moment in the Vietnamese coffee industry.
It’s always nice to learn a little bit about other markets and how they operate to make the most of fluctuating prices.
So what was the story which attracted our attention?
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Coffee-drinking of olde
There are many coffee table books which set out the history of coffee.
Did you know, for instance, that it was said that coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia, when farm animals ate the coffee berries and the effect of the caffeine was observed.
Also the early coffee shops in London were places of great debate, political and otherwise, known as ‘penny universities.’
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Probiotic coffee? What’s that?
Many of us are interested in keeping ourselves healthy and looking for various ways to improve health and wellbeing.
After the excesses of the festive period and the propensity of many of us to put on a few pounds in the colder weather, January is a popular time to restart our healthy habits and make new resolutions for the year ahead.
The start of a new year gives us all the chance to start afresh.
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How coffee can help communities
There have been quite a lot of stories in the news recently about how coffee can help communities.
For instance, many of us have heard about the Fair Trade brand: this is the well-known logo to be found on many coffee blends, to show that the deal struck with the coffee farmer complied with the requirements of the Fair Trade Organisation.
What does that mean?
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Actor saves coffee shop
There have been various actors in the news recently, in terms of their relationship to the coffee industry.
Peter Andre famously opened his own coffee shop in south London recently, for instance.
Hugh Jackman launched his own coffee brand which served as a philanthropic vehicle to help those coffee farming communities in developing countries.
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Is coffee a turn on?
According to a recent study by De’Longhi, the coffee machine maker, the smell of coffee is significant in terms of attraction and romance.
Scent is renowned as being something of a seductive sense.
Perfume and aftershave are all part of the ritual of mating and grooming.
There is so much literature about the different seductive smells vanilla, ylang ylang, spicee – but coffee is also up there on the list of smells which attract.
As reported in Female First, the study assessed the arousal levels in single women (aged between 18 and 57) when smelling particular aromas and observing pictures of men.
Heart rate and skin conductance were measured.
What was the top smell to arouse the women the most?
Unsurprisingly, aftershave came top of the pops.