Posts for 'Coffee Brands' Category

PHOENIX - How often do you treat yourself to that mocha, latte or whipped blended drink? A recent study shows that residents of the Phoenix metro area rank high among cities that spend money on "designer" coffee.

Another Arizona city, Tucson, happens to beat out Phoenix. Now that the economy appears to be rebounding, Americans have increased their coffee shop spending by 21 percent since last year. Phoenix is one of the top 10 cities that spend the most on designer coffee, and that $5-a-drink habit can add up fast. In 2009, Phoenix residents spent an average of $352 in designer coffee. So far in 2010, they are spending an average of $33 a month. That's up from last year.

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There are many different varieties of K cup coffee brands on the market. If you're the proud owner of a Keurig coffee maker you surely have begun your search around to see which you prefer. While most of the Keurig K cups are quite tasty, not all of them are created equally. There are certainly some brands that have gained respect as being the best. Additionally, other brands are especially well suited to specifically desires or coffee tastes. Here's an overview of the best K cup coffee brands available.

Timothy's World Coffee: Timothy's has a very diverse collection of roasts and flavors, nearly all of which are extremely highly rated by consumers. They have excellent blends covering the scope from light to bold, and have some unique flavored varieties as well, such as cinnamon pastry.

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Nescafe has announced a voluntary recall of its Alta Rica, Cap Colombie, Suraya and Espresso soluble coffee range, contained in a specific type of 100g glass jar with a distinctive black plastic sleeve. The recall is being made since there some of these jars may be susceptible to breakage during the delivery process to customers. Only the 100g jars of these coffees are potentially affected.

Nestle said in a statement that the quality and safety of its products was a non-negotiable priority for the company. Consequently, although there no such incidences were reported in Malta, Nestlé Malta decided to recall the range as a precaution. People who had one of these coffees should return it to Nestlé Customer Care Centre, Pantar Road, Lija or freephone 8007 2209 for further information. The returned product would be replaced by an alternate product of the customer’s choice. Nestle Malta apologised for the inconvenience caused.

After serving the Philippine Air Force for 25 years—which meant several brushes with certain death— Alexander Ilagan certainly deserved to sit back and just relax upon his early retirement at 43 years old. But being idle did not suit the retired sergeant and intelligence officer well. He was just too used to putting in an honest day’s work.

So instead of just lazing about and living on his government pension, Ilagan finally did what he had always wanted to do, which was to put up his own business. And not just any business, but one that involved his beloved Batangas brewed coffee.

“The best coffee still comes from Batangas,” Ilagan declares in Tagalog. It can be difficult, however, to prepare Batangas coffee the right and the traditional way. You have to boil the water just right, for instance, to bring out the full flavor of Batangas’ Barako beans.

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Time magazine is wondering if Stumptown is the new Starbucks this week in its piece, "Is Stumptown the New Starbucks or Better?". Glad they finally caught up, since we essentially started that conversation last summer when we published a piece by Ethan Epstein titled "Totally Stumped" about the Portland mini-chain's invasion into.

New York and how the coffee messiah, Duane Sorenson, was stumping for his coffee beans with unbridled zeal. Coffee blog TheShot pointed out the similarities before we could get to it and also rails on writer Josh Ozersky for couching the entire coffee development as coffee's "third wave."

Ozersky says these evangelists of third wave coffee "tend to be male, heavily bearded, zealous and meticulous in what they do." Sounds like the same thing with craft beer guys or just about every other person we see sitting on the L train. But at least he was creative in not using the dreaded h-word.

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J.M. Smucker Co.'s third-quarter got a jolt from its Folgers coffee business, which helped the food maker nearly double its profit on strong sales.

Smucker has been successful with its a recession-friendly lineup of food staples such as Jif peanut butter, Pillsbury frosting and its namesake jellies and jams.

As consumers began eating at home more often. But its $3 billion acquisition of Folgers Coffee from Procter & Gamble Co. more than a year ago has been the major driver in its recent profit gains.

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To ensure that it is way ahead of its competition, essentially Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., in acquisition of Diedrich Coffee Inc., the maker of single- serves coffee packets, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has, for the second time since the bidding started, raised its offer to a new high of $290 Million.

As confirmed by the company today, Green Mountain put in a new proposal, under which each share would be valued at $35, cash, which is a substantial rise from the earlier two bids of $30 and $32. Also, the new offer is now way above Peet's, which offered to buy Diedrich on November 02 and pegged the price of each share at $26 initially, and yesterday raised it to $32.50 a share.

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Good news to Starbucks fans:  the coffee company has announced that its VIA instant coffee will be available in stores across the United States and Canada on Sept. 29.

The instant coffee was made available last February in Seattle and Illinois. Starbucks has found a way to offer a truly great cup of coffee that you can prepare by just adding water.  Via Ready Brew is offered in three books at $2.95 or at $9.95 in boxes of 12.

Coffee is increasingly treated as a source of life; a much-needed mug of energy first thing in the morning and just the thing to combat both stress and fatigue at the same time. In this part of the world too, coffee is often treated as a daily necessity, as well as a constant of Arabian hospitality.

Indeed, hospitality in the Kingdom, has long been associated with Arabic coffee, or qahwa as it is known. The unique and strong brew marks just about every memorable moment. Coffee has sparked medical interest in recent years, being seen as the elixir of life for some to the downright unhealthy for others.

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The brand, originally made famous by ads featuring Ross Kemp simulating a coffee percolator, will be retaining its “ground coffee taste without the grind” strapline but has redesigned its packaging.

It has also reformulated its freeze dried range Red Mountain Gold to capture a market that has grown 8.6% in the 12 months to April 09, compared to the previous 12 months.

The company claims its market share for its coffee granule range Red Mountain Medium Roast grew by 44% in the same period. The Repackaged products feature “warmer” colours and “clearer images of coffee beans” to attract coffee lovers to the brand.

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