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The Starbucks Challenge

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Have you tasted a cup of Starbucks coffee from a Starbucks cafe lately? No, I mean really, really taste the coffee. Remove your brand loyalty lens and tell me that cup of Starbucks coffee doesn't taste like sugar water mixed with overly diluted coffee and a lot of dairy,or some other have-it-your-way blend of water, sugar and non-dairy dairy flavored with coffee essence. This stuff is giving coffee a bad name.

 

Coffee from an elephant's gut fills a $50 cup

Trumpeted as earthy in flavor and smooth on the palate, the exotic new brew is made from beans eaten by Thai elephants and plucked a day later from their dung. A gut reaction inside the elephant creates what its founder calls the coffee's unique taste.

 

Daily coffee may lower your skin cancer risk

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer. A diet that contains even a small protective factor may have great impact.

Senh: Coffee is becoming more and more like wine: studies are touting more and more of its health benefits.

 

CNBC special report: The coffee addiction

CNBC special report: The coffee addiction

Today coffee is something more than a drink — fancier, tastier, pricier. It's a magic elixir that satisfies our collective craving and our addiction to caffeine.

 

California's Caffeinated Beer Ban Signed Into Law

On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 39, banning the sale and production of caffeinated beer in California after January 1, reports the LA Times.

 

High Coffee Intake May Cause Auditory Hallucinations

High Coffee Intake May Cause Auditory Hallucinations

If you've just downed your fifth cup of coffee and you seem to be hearing things that aren't actually there, well, you might want to blame the caffeine in your cup of Joe.

 

Starbucks Coffee Soon to Cost You Extra Bucks

Starbucks Coffee Soon to Cost You Extra Bucks

Starbucks Corp (SBUX) will boost the cost of its packaged coffee sold in its U.S. retail stores by an average of 17 percent, its first such increase since 2009, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

 

Coffee may reduce stroke risk, study says

Coffee may reduce stroke risk, study says

Drinking coffee appears to offer protection against stroke, a major study of women out Thursday concludes.

 

Starbucks stirs up coffee market

Starbucks stirs up coffee market

In an ever-evolving, increasingly crowded beverage market, Starbucks is waking up and smelling the coffee.

 

From Dung to Coffee Brew With No Aftertaste

From Dung to Coffee Brew With No Aftertaste

The world’s most expensive coffee beans are found in the droppings of the civet, a catlike animal from Southeast Asia whose digestive tract produces a brew described as smooth and chocolaty.

 

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