Would you like to win an automated coffee store?
There was an interesting competition recently, offering the winner the prize of a Marley Coffee Automated Store.
Sounds an interesting idea, doesn’t it?
The competition was run by AVT, Inc, a partner with Marley Coffee and was largely promoted on the social media site, Facebook.
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Coffee and the prostate
Given the volume of coffee that is drunk worldwide, there have understandably been a series of medical research projects to work out how the caffeine elixir affects our bodies.
Periodically, we keep you appraised of the latest findings.
And of late, the effects of coffee on prostate cancer have been in the news.
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Portacabin transformed for new coffee shop
We have reported on various unusual places for coffee shops from time to time from lighthouses to bicycle shops, coffee shops can often spring up in unusual places.
And as reported in the Frome Times, another new coffee shop has just opened near to Frome railway station and it, too, has found a home in a building originally intended for a different use.
What’s the story?
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New ways of verifying origins of expensive coffee
Do you know what the world’s most expensive coffee is?
We have reported on this before, but it is rather staggering and unexpected.
This coffee can command a value of $150-200 per pound.
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Barista robots to deliver personalised coffee
As in many areas of life, technology is growing apace in the development of vending machines.
There has been an interesting article in Wired recently, which extolls the virtues of the latest offering by Briggo, with designers, Fuseproject, which has created the new Briggo Coffee Haus.
Why has this machine hit the headlines?
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Rwandan coffee is rewarded
All Africa reported on the results of the 5th Annual Cup of Excellence competition recently.
What is this competition?
It is set up in Rwanda to reward the best coffees in the country and started in March this year.
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To drink or not to drink?
If you are pregnant, there are a raft of do’s and don’ts to take into consideration when you think out your menus.
Keep away from shellfish.
Be careful about pates.
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Romantic Valentine’s coffees
Did you know that Chinese Valentine’s Day was on 13th August this year?
Along with all the other romantic gestures and celebrations, one Taiwanese coffee shop has hit the coffee industry headlines for helping its customers to get romantic over a cup of their lattes.
What’s the story?
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Liver affected by coffee?
Thanks to the huge popularity of coffee the world over, there is considerable time and expense invested in the effects of coffee consumption on the human body.
There has been an interesting article in Helio of late, which looks at the relationship between the liver and coffee consumption.
Did it find anything exciting?
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Ladies doing it for coffee in Botswana
Have you heard of the popular book series, which started with the First Ladies’ Detective Agency?
The fictional detective protagonist, is one of Botswana’s first lady detectives and she succeeds in solving various crimes around the African country.
The real women of Botswana have also hit the headlines recently for their entrepreneurial business skills, striking out for women in the country for real.