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„Details count in the hypercompetitive world of specialty coffee. If customers aren't happy at this Coffee Bean, there's a Starbucks across the street. These days there's a Starbucks across just about every street. Against this imposing foe, Sassoon and his partners are working up a head of steam for the chain they bought five years ago from the couple who'd made it a Los Angeles cult favorite.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„Nevertheless, I would argue Starbucks deserves considerable credit for its efforts to preserve and excel in that tiny, tiny part of its business still devoted to specialty whole bean coffee. After all, Starbucks is a corporation that long ago could have turned itself entirely into a chain of coffee flavored malt shops for grown-ups, probably without losing a nickel for its stockholders. But someone at headquarters appears determined to keep plugging along with specialty whole bean coffee in the face of a customer base made up largely (it would seem) of herds of latte lappers and straw-sucking frappuccino lovers.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/article.cfm?id=84
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Global Exchange : Starbucks to Acquire Seattle Coffee Company from AFC Enterprises
„"Both SBC and TI offer superb specialty coffees that are distinct from Starbucks flavor profiles. These brands will allow us to satisfy the desires of consumers with an affinity for the smooth flavors of SBC coffees and distinctive Italian recipes of Torrefazione Italia coffees, while focusing on expanding the demand for these types of specialty coffees."“
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 658.html
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View topic - Sour coffee? - Coffee Forum
„Obviously its better if you buy from your local specialty roaster- they can sell small volumes direct to you in whole bean (or if you request) ground form. Its always better to buy the whole beans and invest in a grinder so you can grind beans as you need them. Ground coffee can deteriorate at a pretty quick clip...“
http://www.coffeeforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=794
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„Finally, we arrive at the only flat-out loser in the cupping. Eight O'Clock Bean Coffee suggests specialty with its whole beans and valve pack, but the generic nature of the blend, the package presentation, and, above all, the wretched quality, all say commercial. In fact, this coffee is sub-commercial, since the well-trained professionals at the large commercial roasters would never foist off a coffee as wildly fermented as this one on their customers. There was even a small stone in the bag I bought, a treacherous oversight that could wreck someone's burr grinder.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/article.cfm?id=18
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Supermarket Coffee vs. Specialty Store Coffee
„Before I was an arabica whole bean convert, I once considered if these beans were worth the vast difference in price, which is as much as $3.00 to $7.00 more per pound than canned supermarket varieties. Surely the cost difference alone is enough to make one seriously reconsider any compelling reasons to switch to whole bean coffee. If you are a coffee lover, as I am, who savours the whole coffee making and drinking experience, then the answer is a resounding yes!“
http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/coffee/ supermarket.htm
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