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Starbucks sent out a teaser email to all on its consumer mailing list announcing something “Venti big” coming on April 8th. Being that it is a teaser, the coffee company of course left it as a big mystery. What might it be?
My money on the release of its everyday Pike Place Roast. I feel confident […]

Did you know March is Caffeine Awareness Month?  Neither did I, but now is as good a time as any to learn about that magical buzz in coffee and tea. One place to gain such an education is from the folks writing caffeine-related articles over at HowToDoThings.com.
Contributors to How To Do Things have posted a […]

Hello to all coffee lovers reading A Nice Cuppa from the great coffee mecca which is Portland, Oregon. I, Nino Marchetti, have returned to A Nice Cuppa after a long time away to share with you the joys of having so many wonderful places to sip the bean in my backyard. In the coming weeks […]

In a move which is sure to ruffle the feathers of Diedrich Coffee and Coffee People fans, parent company Diedrich Coffee has decided to ???focus resources on growing wholesale and franchise businesses??? by closing and/or selling their corporate branded stores as well as company-owned Coffee People locations. To that end, Diedrich Coffee announced yesterday […]

Starbucks is getting ready for a wired celebration as it looks back over 35 years of bringing the caf?? experience to Americans. To this end, the coffee giant has announced a number of plans to mark the occasion:

The first ever Starbucks location in Seattle???s Pike Place Market is the only location where Starbucks??? Pike […]

A new study on the effects of coffee as relates to cardiovascular difficulties is sure to add more fuel to the caffeinated fire of coffee???s potential health effects. This study, as reported by HealthDay, found that ???one cup or less of coffee per day may set off heart attacks in people with a sedentary […]

Starbucks has trotted out two new Frappuccino blended beverages and an iced coffee drink to help drinkers beat the heat of the summer. These drinks debuted this week.
The first of the two new Frappuccino drinks, which both consist of Tazo Tea and fruit juice, is the Pomegranate Frappuccino juice blend. Starbucks describes this […]

Coca-Cola is dipping its carbonated toe into the coffee drink waters yet again after recently introducing Coca-Cola Blak to American shores. This time around they are teaming with chocolate specialist Godiva Chocolatier to unveil Belgian Blends, a line of ???premium blended indulgent beverages??? which provide an experience ???more decadent than just plain coffee???.
Belgian Blends, […]

???Coke effervescence with coffee essence??? is the tag line being used by soda company Coca Cola as they rolled out their latest entry into the carbonated beverage market April 3rd. As we first talked about here on A Nice Cuppa a few weeks back, Coca-Cola Blak seems to be an attempt by Coke to tap […]

Here???s what looks to be an easy answer for late night, coffee loving bloggers everywhere: Bloggers Blends. Produced by Boca Java, a direct to consumer gourmet coffee company, Bloggers Blends was officially launched on March 21.
As detailed on its dedicated site BloggersFuel.com, six blends currently make up the Bloggers Blends line up. Notes from their […]