Gourmet Restaurants and Gourmet Coffee?
I absolutely hate it!! That bitter, rubbery, burnt, watered down swill they serve….well, just about everywhere! Honest to god, how does one make it in this world when dish water is the main caffeinated beverage available. You know the kind, you pay $35 bucks for a great dinner, medium-rare steak, fresh asparagus and portabello mushrooms. Then, to finish things off you figure a nice cup of coffee would greatly compliment the almond torte you are about to eat. Tapping your fingers …

Wow! Starbucks has taken a giant hit in the last year! Is it really that surprising though? If you are a coffee lover — who isn’t interested in what Charbucks has to offer, you are probably a little glad that the dominating coffee giant is losing face quickly.
It wasn’t long ago that Starbucks was opening a “Specialty Coffee” shop on pretty darn near every bloody corner near and far. And it didn’t take long for people to lose interest either. Why? Well, there are …

Ever stood in the grocery store, facing the coffee shelves and wondered just who it is that buys all of that stuff? All sorts of wonderful marketing gimmicks confront you…Full Flavour, Fresh Roast, Gold Coffee. There are some haunting secrets behind all of those dusty vac packs and oversized cans of folgers and nescafe. Secrets that I’ll reveal, but I won’t be held responsible for!
It was about 4 years ago that I attended the first SCAA conference that I’d been to. I was pretty new to …