Espresso and coffee links (#)

„Canada Coffee- Resources for home espresso A Guide To Understanding Espresso & Cappuccino Machines 19th Century Roasters and Vac Pot collection Koffee Korner - Home for the coffee connoisseurs. The Espresso Guide PID Tutorial CoffeeForums.com - Coffee discussion forums, chat, talk and java lounge Grinder Burrs Compared Gilkatho- Register and download a free book- "Good Guide to Great Coffee " Jim Schulman's Insanely Long Water FAQ Bogiesan's (David Bogie) original Espresso FAQ "TooMuchCoffee" is the European Coffee Resource for raising the bar for European espresso, home roasting, etc. The American Barista & Coffee School (founded by Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup) The Unofficial Coffee FAQ by Scott Rothstein How to remove and repair a UKLA pump Mr. Schiffman disassembles a vibratory pump from a Starbuck's Barrista “

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Amazon.com: Books: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business (Complete Idiot's Guide) (#)

„For the initiate, everything is discussed simply and clearly, as if the author is sitting right in front of you chatting over a delicious cup of Seattle's Best Coffee (sorry folks, but Starbuck's just doesn't cut it), but the more clever may find the book a slow and plodding read (this is a thick book, folks). Now, the book's major weaknesses lie in its utter lack of information on selling methods, management techniques (classic, coordinator, or craftsman), structuring employment contracts (especially for independent contractors), scheduling, getting and keeping customers, and operating a global business (my personal interest) from home.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Along came Starbucks. Starbucks proved that you could sell "gourmet" coffee to the masses, and in the process, turned itself into a seemingless recession proof enterprise. Despite the weak economy, its profits were up 9% for the year. (Perhaps rising unemployment suits Starbucks just fine, delivering an exodus of time killers and resume polishers to its comfy chairs.) The real measure of Starbuck's success, however, is that it has helped turn Americans into a nation of coffee junkies again.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable (#)

„This means you have to toss out everything you know and do something "remarkable" (the way a purple cow in a field of Guernseys would be remarkable) to have any effect at all, writes Godin (Permission Marketing; Unleashing the Ideavirus). He cites companies like HBO, Starbucks and JetBlue, all of which created new ways of doing old businesses and saw their brands sizzle as a result. Godin's style is punchy and irreverent, using short, sharp messages to drive his points home. As a result the book is fiery, but not entirely cohesive; at times it resembles a stream-of-consciousness monologue.“

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CoffeeGeek - Starbucks Barista - Reed Nelson's Review (#)

„all of you snobs need to lighten up and all of the rest of us need to use our own judgement to determine what is best for real people with real budgets and real taste buds!!! If you buy this machine and tinker with it for a week and decide that it stinks, take it back into the nearest Starbuck's and they will apologize for your bad experience and refund your $$$. You can't do that as easily with a mega$$$ unit you bought via mail-order. Oh, and I used the $800 i didn't spend on a whiz-bang unit to go to Italy last year and drink endless amounts of 'real' coffee!“

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Global Exchange : For Coffee Growers, Not Even a Whiff of Profits (#)

„Smith points to the company's involvement with various programs aimed at hiking the wages of farmers and improving the local environment. Starbucks recently unveiled guidelines that will pay farmers a premium price if they meet certain environmental, labor, and quality standards. Last year, the company joined TransFair, an organization that guarantees that farmers will receive most of the $1.26 per pound that coffee roasters pay for high-quality beans. "Our longtime suppliers couldn't make it if we weren't doing any of this," Smith says.“

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PR Distribution through United Natural Foods (#)

„Dickinson added "We fear that the P&G decision will disappoint as many struggling farmers and concerned consumers as Starbuck's Fair Trade announcement several years ago. Neither company seems willing to honestly address the fundamental inequities inherent in the world coffee trade. If the likes of P&G and Starbucks, with their massive resources, can't commit to Fair Trade for even 1% of their coffee, their announcements appear more marketing driven than substance."“

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View topic - Mail Order Better Than Starbucks Same Price? - Coffee Forum (#)

„Could anybody suggest anybody that sells beans online that are better than Starbucks but would cost the same (as buying Starbucks local) including shipping? I tend to like the way Starbucks roasts their coffees (I KNOW many of you will disagree) so I like darker roasts and pretty much only like coffee from the Americas. Anybody that has free samples would be great too. I did try one that I won't name that was a disappointment.“

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BBC - Cult Television - Battlestar Galactica (#)

„Act of Contrition will surely go down as the episode where people stop worrying that Starbuck has become a lady, and relish the joy of Katee Sackhoff's splendid performance as the wisecracking, cigar chomping pilot with a terrible secret. Her scenes with Adama are heart-wrenching as she admits her involvement in his son's death. Edward James Olmos, who wrote the book on moody scowling back in his Miami Vice days, is the perfect foil for Sackhoff's not-so-hard Starbuck too.“

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Tea & Coffee 09/02 - Coffee Retailer Discussion: The Art of Take-Away (#)

„McDonald talked about the advantages of the debit card that Peet’s Coffee & Tea has employed for many years and that Starbuck’s recently adopted. "Primarily it enables us to hopefully speed the service a little bit and people can move on through without fumbling with the cash. Also I think it adds a little value from the customer's point of view and to the brand for carrying something in their wallet that they want to carry and that they want to put their money on and want to spend money in a particular location."“

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CoffeeGeek - Saeco MC2002 Burr - Marc Berrenson's Review (#)

„The grinds fall into a plastic basket in the front. I‘m about to buy a Rocky, since I‘m moving from my present espresso machine (an old Starbuck‘s Buon Caffee 330) to a Livia 90. The Saeco burr grinder does the job on the Buon Caffee when set on 2.5, though I‘ve been informed that for more powerful espresso units like the Livia, Sylvia, and others, that it will not grind fine enough. Also, without the doser, loading the shot and clean up with the Saeco basket can be a bit of a mess.“

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Indian coffee board- Coffee : CHINAS BURGEONING COFFEE CULTURE (#)

„Pricing plays the most important role in strategy, many outlets selling a cup of java for around 20 yuan (US$2.50), while Starbucks sells its brews for an average of 25 yuan a serving. "Our 31 years of providing specialty coffee in Asia Pacific makes us confident of our business," says Pedro Man, Starbuck's Asia-Pacific president. "We not only sell coffee, but also the value of our concept of like, relaxing and inspiring."“

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Vacuum Coffee Brewers - Cona - Yama - Bodum Santos (#)

„Lastly, all this is just our opinion aswe try to enjoy these new entrants into the vacuum brewer market. We would have liked to carry the Electric Santos (the Utopia is a Starbuck's exclusive)and it probably would be a great seller for us! But my personal opinion is that I don't feel this unit produces good coffee, and also that electric, automated vacuum brewing is a bit of an oxymoron ...and automation does not improve the vacuum brewing method.“

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CoffeeGeek - Starbucks Coffee Makers - All - Patrick Toomey's Review (#)

„ The unit was shipped that day from their center 75 miles away, yet the delivery took 11 days.  It appears Starbuck's gives their transportation service to some cheap freight forwarder rather than to UPS and my order sat in a trailer in their freight yard waiting to become part of a full trailer load.  Starbuck's needs to let customers request UPS as the shipping method!“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Recently, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport and Death March, Mr. Language Person noticed that a Starbuck's competitor, Seattle's Best Coffee (which also uses "Tall" for small and "Grande" for medium) is calling its large size - get ready - "Grande Supremo." Yes. And as Mr. Language Person watched in horror, many customers - seemingly intelligent, briefcase-toting adults - actually used this term, as in, "I'll take a 'Grande Supremo.'"“

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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Cover Story- The New Health Food? (#)

„Though the scientists give the customary "more research is needed" before they recommend you do overtime at starbuck's to specifically prevent diabetes, their findings, reported just two weeks ago, are very similar to those in a less publicized Dutch study last year. And perhaps more importantly, it's the latest of hundreds of studies suggesting that coffee may be something of a health food especially in higher amounts.“

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BBC - Cult Television - Battlestar Galactica (#)

„Luckily a harmonious bonding between pilot and slimy blob allow Kara to pilot the Cylon vessel back to Galactica - and an inevitable dogfight with Apollo, who takes a while to realise who is behind the wheel. The word STARBUCK painted on in big yellow letters underneath the ship is a bit of a giveaway, however, and something of a cop-out as there really wasn't an opportunity for that spot of redecoration earlier.“

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Urban: The Urban Age Magazine: Autumn 1998 Issue (#)

„Firms must be able to change course on a dime. In lieu of one-of-a-kind routine production, they're into "mass customization" (think of the Starbuck's chain of coffee stores, which offers countless personalized coffee concoctions). And they network all the time, alternately competing and collaborating with other corporations. So what does this mean for workers and where they work?“

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March Q&A - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„People think that just because you are drinking it, there is no fat. Truth is, at the top end of the spectrum, some of the large drinks at starbucks, krispy-creme and dunkin donuts, have fat and calorie counts that top out in the league of a 6 ounce strip sirloin steak. That is right my friends! You can buy a large drink that packs more fat and calories than a steak!“

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View topic - POLL: WHAT'S WRONG WITH STARBUCKS? - Coffee Forum (#)

„The fault, if you want to call it that, with Starbucks is that they made a decision to roast the coffee just short of incinerating it. Part of that is to mask differences between crop years (as was already noted by Topher) and also source countries and regions. It is not only flaws that get masked, but the character of the coffee itself.“

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Coffee Noir (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„by Barbara Schreibman  | Print Friendly Version  | Email This Article FADE IN: A STARBUCK'S IN MIDTOWN Waiting to order, SHE fidgets at the end of an unusually long, slow line, annoying the man in front of her. HE turns to her with a withering remark in mind, but liking what he sees, says instead -“

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BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Leigh RMI | Starbuck resigns as Leigh boss (#)

„Phil Starbuck has resigned as manager of Conference strugglers Leigh RMI and his assistant Gary Kelly has also left. Starbuck, 36, who had been in charge at Hilton Park for a year, stepped down after the playing budget was reduced to a third of its previous level.“

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Panama Cupping Competition: SCAP Coffee Cupping in Boquete (#)

„All the judges found Boquete's local cafe amusing. Peter from Starbuck's was one of the judges and he said he would send this along to headquarters as a joke. I knew he was kidding .but I can't help but think it will end up on some humorless lawyers desktop and they'll send a letter out.“

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View topic - Starbuck's Barista..near new..perfect - Coffee Forum (#)

„I called Starbucks customer support, and they were nice, but made it clear that with a machine that old what they could offer in support was limited. Turns out I'm going to have to shell out another $35 for parts to just test the machine (other than running water through the brew head or steam wand.)“

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Coffee Places in Singapore (#)

„Ordering process is even more chaotic. Though I respect the Company's policy about not listing their coffee locations in this website, since Starbuck's has its own website, they obviously missed the good opportunity for some decent comments. And I cannot resist their cheesecake either.“

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View topic - Recipe to make Starbucks White chocolate moca - Coffee Forum (#)

„I get it at Albertson's. I also add whip cream to the top of mine and i think it adds an extra flavor to make it taste even more like starbucks. you're never gonna get it the same or Starbuck's wouldn't be in business. but it's really good.“

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CoffeeGeek - Starbucks Barista Grinder - Reed Nelson's Review (#)

„This unit is a great first-burr-grinder purchase. Starbuck's usually has a sale twice a year on these units, but I cannot remember the month in which they occur. Tell the store manager you are looking  at buying one and inquire about sale timing... they will tell you what they know.“

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BBC - Cult Television - Battlestar Galactica (#)

„In the end, Starbuck's interrogation is pointless - it achieves nothing for the safety of the fleet. But she learns a respect and an empathy for the Cylons that's perhaps more important than military secrets and plans - because it means she's retained her humanity.“

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Coffee Noir (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„by Barbara Schreibman FADE IN: A STARBUCK'S IN MIDTOWN Waiting to order, SHE fidgets at the end of an unusually long, slow line, annoying the man in front of her. HE turns to her with a withering remark in mind, but liking what he sees, says instead -“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Starbucks Coffee Japan (2712.OJ) said on Wednesday its operating profit fell 70 percent in the nine months to December due to a prolonged sales slump that has the coffee chain forecasting red ink for the full year.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„At least that's the story from California-based Peet's Coffee & Tea, which will open its first Seattle coffeehouse in June in the Fremont neighborhood -- a nervy move into the home turf of resident caffeine king Starbucks Coffee Co.“

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BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Leigh RMI | Leigh plan is to keep battling on (#)

„Waywell's replacement, Mark Patterson, secured safety on the final day of the 2002/03 season but it was only by default that the team managed by Starbuck survived last season.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Coffee is the most abundantly consumed stimulant in the world. But it was not invented by a modern sage named Starbuck.“

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Amazon.com: So You'd Like to... Become the Industry Leader-Part 8 (#)

„Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time“

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Search - Coffee Forum (#)

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