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Nonprofit Gathering of Eagles Hawaii Chapter has helped more than 25 local farmers send Kona coffee to servicemen over the past three years. To date, 2.5 tons of Kona coffee have been donated to Hawaii-based units of the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan

BUFORD, Ga.— A Cobb County jury has awarded a Buford woman $1.2 million after she said she was scalded by 190-degree water that shot out of a cappuccino machine at a QuikTrip convenience store. Lawyer Nelson Tyrone III says the woman, 52-year-old Cynthia Nance, was burned on Halloween night in 2007 at a QuikTrip convenience store. Atlanta attorney Valerie Pinkett, who represented QuikTrip, said the case was settled on confidential terms after the jury's verdict. She said the machine involved has been replaced with a newer model at all QuikTrip stores. Tyrone said Nance was burned on her hand and...

Coffee and an aspirin 'best hangover cure' after all Forget hair of the dog, honey on toast or raw eggs - if you really want help overcoming a hangover - drink a cup of coffee with an aspirin. Caffeine and painkillers are said to be the best cure Photo: ALAMY By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent 6:00PM GMT 17 Jan 2011 Scientists have confirmed what millions have suspected for years if you want to soothe a tired head - simply take some caffeine and a painkiller. They found the caffeine in coffee and the anti-inflammatory ingredients of aspirin and other painkillers...

Starbucks Corp will roll out its biggest drink size yet -- the 31-ounce "Trenta" -- in all of its U.S. coffee shops by May 3, the company said on Sunday The new size will be available only for iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks in the United States. The Trenta is 7 ounces larger than Starbucks' "Venti" cup for iced drinks, which currently is its largest size on offer. Drinks in the Trenta size will cost 50 cents more than similar Venti-sized iced drinks, the company said. Seattle-based Starbucks tested the new size in several U.S. markets...

Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why. Now, researchers at UCLA have discovered a possible molecular mechanism behind coffee's protective effect. A protein called sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) regulates the biological activity of the body's sex hormones, testosterone and estrogen, which have long been thought to play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes. And coffee consumption, it turns out, increases plasma levels of SHBG. Reporting with colleagues in the...

A pilot's spilt coffee inadvertently triggered a hijacking alert and interfered with the communications system on a United Air Lines jetliner, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Pearson International Airport Monday evening. Flight 940 from Chicago to Frankfurt was in the air when the commanding captain spilled the caffeinated beverage onto the plane's radio, causing it to send out transponder code (or “squawk”) 7500, denoting a highjacking, says a Transport Canada report released Tuesday.

A shortage of coffee may become "acute" because stock levels are low and disease, weather and blocked roads in Colombia are curbing supply, Macquarie Group Ltd. said in a report distributed today.

A Brooklyn coffee shop is offering customers a real jolt: 10 shots of espresso in a single serving with the nickname "porn in a cup." The Pulp & The Bean in the Crown Heights neighbourhood put the item on the menu Tuesday with the official name of Dieci, Italian for 10. The nickname comes from a sign advertising the drink outside the store, whose specialty item was first reported by the New York Daily News. Shop owner Tony Fisher, 37, said sales were brisk in part because "nobody's ever had the chutzpah (audacity) to do anything like this before." "This...

When 24-year-old Alex Stein is looking for a morning pick-me-up, he doesn't reach for a cup of cappuccino as his parents Len and Berdie did daily while he was growing up in Westchester County, New York - he grabs an energy drink. Coffee just doesn't cut it with him. "The taste is just so bitter - I couldn't have more than a couple of sips of it without needing to wash it down with water," he says. A recent report from Mintel, a market-research firm, predicts that Stein's generation may become coffee-resistant unless marketers find ways to make coffee drinks...

If you have infiltrated DUmmieland, this is a good time to build up your post count leading up to the November election. And the best way to build up your post count is to post on non-political threads in which you might have have an interest such as this THREAD, "Do you drink coffee?" This is an easy one in which to participate especially if you are a caffeine fiend such as me. So let us now watch the DUmmies discuss java in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, suddenly craving a cup of iced coffee,...

Starbucks Corp... announced plans for "targeted" price increases in some markets on certain products as green arabica coffee prices hit 13-year high and other raw ingredients jump. "Over the last six months a highly speculative green coffee market and dramatically increased commodity costs have completely altered the economic and financial picture of many players in the coffee industry," said Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz. "And while many, if not most, coffee roasters and retailers began raising prices months ago, we have thus far chosen to absorb the price increases ourselves and not pass them on to our customers. But...

A beetle known asthe coffee berry borer that threatens the health of Hawaii’scoffee industry has been found on several farms in Kona on the Big Island. Officials at the state Department of Agriculture says the beetle was discovered last week by a University of Hawaii graduate student who was in theprocess of conducting research. “She was finding about 90 percent of the trees in the field she was doing her research in were infested,” said state entomologist Neil Reimer. The beetle is a native to Central Africa but is found inmany of the world’s coffee growing regions, including Central and...

Coffee prices hit a 13-year high Wednesday, extending a rally that has sent prices up about 43 percent in the past three months. Sen. Charles Schumer , D-N.Y., says he wants U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to warn some major coffee growers in Brazil and Vietnam not to stockpile their crops. He said that could boost coffee futures contracts even more.

A new report given before the European Society of Cardiology Congress suggests that drinking coffee could help older people who suffer from high blood pressure. According to lead researcher Christina Chrysohoou of the University of Athens in Greece, older people who drink one to two cups of coffee a day elastic blood vessels than those who drink less or more. For the study, Chrysohoou and her team examined 485 Greek men and women between the ages of 65 and 100. They found that 56 percent of the group drank one or two cups of coffee a day and that the...

Food And Drink Prices To Soar By Addison Wiggin 08/30/10 Baltimore, Maryland – Today’s report begins with an abominable horror: The world’s most valuable commodity has soared to its highest price in a generation. Coffee futures are approaching a 13-year high of $1.88 today. And the case for more expensive coffee is growing stronger every week: Columbia had a smaller-than-normal harvest last year, and dry conditions in Brazil this year have pinched supply even tighter. Demand for this delicious, addictive stimulant is (naturally) growing. Thus, stockpiles at Intercontinental Exchange-certified warehouses are down 35% this year and swill makers like Maxwell...

There’s an unusual art display in Waterloo’s Public Square. Thousands of coffee-filled cups have been carefully arranged to recreate an iconic image – King Tut’s mask. It took seven hours for artists and volunteers to put together the mosaic.

Perhaps you've seen the rotating ads on CMR promoting the Mystic Monk coffee. Well, they do more than roast beans. They are a newly-founded energetic community of contemplative Carmelites known as the Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel who are serious about what they do: "strict monastic enclosure, two hours of contemplative prayer daily, study and spiritual reading, and manual labor." While the community is currently still small (under 20) they are being inundated with vocation inquiries and are planning to build a new monastery on a striking site in Wyoming to be known as the...

Iran's Oil Mafia April 16, 2007 Frontpagemagazine.com Hassan Daioleslam Robert William (Bob) Ney is a current federal prisoner and a former Ohio Congressman from 1995 until November 3, 2006. Ney pled guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Jack Abramoff lobbying and bribery scandal. Ney reportedly received bribes from Abramoff, other lobbyists, and two foreign businessmen - a felon and an arms dealer - in exchange for using his position to advance their interests. Conspicuously missing from this dossier of disservice to the country was Ney’s assistance in the creation of a Washington-based lobbying...

NORTH SPOKANE-- Bikini Baristas in North Spokane are at the center of a clothing controversy. Some locals claim the outfits at Big Shots Espresso at Lidgerwood and Francis have crossed the line. The girls say they’re just trying to have fun at work. In fact, they were comfortable enough to let KREM 2 News videotape them at work. The owner says the girls make up to $19 an hour. But not everyone likes it. One woman says she found it shocking to see the ladies out dressed like “porn stars” and “prostitutes” trying to sell coffee. The baristas say they’ve...

Getting caffeinated is going to get costlier. The J.M. Smucker Co. just bumped up the price of most Folgers, Dunkin’ Donuts, Millstone and Folger Gourmet Selections coffees that are sold retail IN THE U.S., according to Reuters. The approximate nine percent hike is due to ongoing increases in the cost of green coffee beans. The price increase will be immediate. Prices for the aforementioned coffee brands had already been jacked up by an average of four percent in May by Smuckers. Arabica coffee futures started a steep climb back in June. IN the past eight weeks, the market has increased...