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The first words that spring to mind when you hear the name ‘Hugh Jackman’ may be along the lines of ‘heart-throb’ or ‘Wolverine’ or ‘filmstar.’ The words ‘ charity’ and ‘coffee’ may not be on the tip of your tongue. However, after reading this article, perhaps this will change. Hugh Jackman has just launched a [...]
Posted by Phil on the 17th November 2011
It seems that Peter Andre has various strings to his bow. As well as his career as a singer-songwriter and a personality on television, plus his well-documented personal life, it appears that Peter Andre has time to launch other ventures too. What has he been up to? You may have read in the news that [...]
Posted by Phil on the 16th November 2011
Make a note in your diary – if you are free and can fly over to Ethiopia between 16-18 February 2012 and you like coffee, you’re in for a treat. What’s going down? There is to be the ninth African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition in the country. The event was announced by the Eastern [...]
Posted by Matt on the 15th November 2011
There has been a recent survey by Canstar Blue in assessing coffee consumption and the findings which have received attention in the press are rather surprising. Why? What is so unusual about the results of this survey of coffee machines? In simple terms, it seems that the men of New Zealand are much more partial [...]
Posted by Phil on the 14th November 2011
You may have noticed that in September the world went a little bit coffee morning crazy. Across the length and breadth of Britain, well-meaning and dedicated souls were organising coffee morning after coffee morning, big and small, to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The campaign was dubbed the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and this [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 11th November 2011
Heather Bird has made it a mission in her life to help the charity Climb to raise funds. Why? It was triggered when her daughter was diagnosed with a condition some 16 years ago and she wanted to help out. Climb is a national charity which specialises in helping those of all ages – youngsters, [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 10th November 2011
When you think about Haiti, what springs to mind? Perhaps the tropical Caribbean climate? Or the Haitian cuisine? Or even the devastation of the earthquake to affect the country last year? However, the odds are that ‘coffee’ is not the first word at the tip of your tongue. But did you realise that it is [...]
Posted by Matt on the 9th November 2011
The people of Ripon are doing their best for the brave men and women who volunteer for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. There is to be a November coffee morning in the town hall, to raise funds for the organisation. It is intended to be a festive event and visitors will be able to buy [...]
Posted by Matt on the 8th November 2011
The tables have turned and the civets of the Philippines are smiling because of it. Once upon a time, being a civet in the countryside was a risky business – farmers were not very keen on the creatures and had a habit of killing them if they found them. Civets, it became clear, had a [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 7th November 2011
This question is not quite as silly as it sounds. It relates in fact to some brand new farming methods which are being piloted in Rwanda in Africa, to help to address climate issues and help their coffee industry at the same time. According to some predictions, things are going to get much hotter around [...]
Posted by Matt on the 4th November 2011
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