The Organic Coffee Cartel just released its “Nite Owl Dark Roast” coffee, as well as a contest to win tickets to the premiere of the forthcoming feature film Watchmen. Watchmen photographer Clay Enos enlisted his Organic Coffee Cartel (OCC®) to produce a first-of-its-kind movie tie-in coffee for Watchmen, the upcoming film adaption of the celebrated graphic [...]

Caribou Coffee recently announced that a national consumer magazine has named it the top gourmet coffee in its 2009 national ranking of coffees. Overall, Caribou Coffee ranked second for all coffees sold at the retail level. To celebrate, the company will offer $1 bakery items to all Ohio customers who purchase a large beverage at [...]

De La Paz Coffee is located in San Francisco, Calif., and specializes in small batch coffee roasting focused on freshness and great tasting coffee. Call me a sucker for packaging, but I already have my eye on Bella Blend. Although it is specially roasted for the  Velo Bellas, an international women’s bicycle racing team, this medium [...]

Flores is an island 200 miles east of Bali that features numerous volcanoes, which produce ashes that create soil perfect for coffee to thrive in. In 2005, the Indonesian Coffee & Cocoa Research Institute set out to work with small farmer groups to improve coffee quality and shorten the marketing chain from farmer to supplier. The [...]

Times are tough, but before you give up your daily cup(s) of joe, there are some ways to save. First, buy a gold filter for your machine. They are inexpensive, long lasting and reduce waste–turns out the ultimate “green” filter is gold. Second, keep your machinery clean, which will help ensure you get the most [...]

Remember when I told you about Ed? Well, he’s back, and he’s got the hand-crafted, home roasted beans to prove it. He’s been busy roasting Finca Mauritania beans lately, with the promise of a spring roast in the near future. To read about why he selected Finca Mauritania coffee, click here. In today’s economy especially, I’m a big advocate [...]

  Save On Crafts has a really cool DIY Christmas Ornament project involving–you guessed it–coffee beans! The required materials are: Styrofoam Ball–any size, as long as you’re prepared to cover it! Acrylic paint in dark brown Glossy acrylic sealer Whole roasted coffee beans, enough to cover the ball 1-1/2″ ribbon, at least 1/2 yard in any color [...]

Besides the obvious (grinding and drinking), there are many other uses for coffee beans. To freshen your breath, you can suck on a coffee bean for a while. To remove odors from your hands, put some whole beans in your hands and rub them together, and when the odor is gone, wash your hands in warm, soapy [...]

According to Natural Solutions magazine, one way to reap the benefits of caffeine, a natural skin firmer that stimulates fluid flow, simply fill your tub a couple of inches high with ground coffee, add warm water, put on some panty hose (to create a D-I-Y wrap) and soak away. If that sounds like too much [...]

If you were always told that nothing good is ever free, think again. Check this out–complimentary (yep, FREE) holiday coffee tastings at your local Peet’s. Saturday December 13, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free tastings of three coffees featured in Peet’s Holiday Coffee Gifts: Holiday Blend, Major Dickason’s Blend® and Arabian Mocha Java. Saturday December 20, 11:00 [...]