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Guide dogs are an astonishing help to those who have poor or lost sight. The Guide Dog organisation helps many people each year to learn to adjust to a set of canine ‘eyes’ to aid them in life. In Scotland, a coffee morning took place recently to help to raise funds for the good cause. [...]
Posted by Phil on the 29th July 2011
Foodstuffs have long been used in beauty preparations. Think of Cleopatra’s milk baths, images of cucumber slices on eyelids to reduce puffy eyes, or homemade avocado face masks. Did you know that coffee berry preparations are also in demand? Coffee berries come from coffee plants (Arabica) and look a little like cherries. Usually this part [...]
Posted by Phil on the 28th July 2011
In time honoured tradition, the coffee shop has been used again recently to raise funds for charity in a coffee morning. The event took place in Stourbridge and the local Conservative Member of Parliament, Margot James, also joined in the campaign and got involved with serving up drinks for the customers in a good cause. [...]
Posted by Matt on the 27th July 2011
Coffee is important to the African country of Rwanda. It is one of its major exports and the war-torn country is anxious to increase levels of productivity and working practices. For this reason, the local news has recently reported on a new initiative to improve the production and promotion of coffee. A seminar was arranged [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 21st July 2011
Coffee shops are great places for bonding with the local community. This has even been translated into our television culture with favourite programmes, such as the long-running Friends, acknowledging that coffee shop culture is a great place to meet, greet and hang out. A new coffee shop in Yorkshire is carrying on this time-honoured tradition [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 20th July 2011
There has been a new breakthrough in the Taiwanese textile industry – and it all has to do with the humble coffee bean. After lagging behind for a few years, the industry has just found an unlikely use for this plant which is making waves amongst well known and prestigious clients, such as Nike and [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 19th July 2011
According to reports in The Jerusalem Post, there is a new fashion to the cafés around Israel. There is a new scheme to promote reading, called ‘Same Old Story’ and it is catching on – over 200 cafes have already taken part. What does the project do? Second hand books are sold to customers for [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 18th July 2011
African coffee industries are on the move – various plans are afoot to build and shape the coffee culture and national businesses. Tanzania is an excellent case in point – the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute is almost a decade old and is charged with boosting the national coffee industry via research projects. How does the [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 15th July 2011
Don’t you love to hear good news about successes in this economic climate, rather than all the doom and gloom about the recession, credit crunch and so on? If so, read on. Vietnam has had a good year so far, in terms of the coffee industry – the first six months have been something of [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 14th July 2011
All over the country, the stops are being pulled out for the great charity coffee event: the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Scheduled to take place at the end of September to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity, plans are afoot with ways to increase revenue for this good cause. Not to be out-done, [...]
Posted by Phil on the 13th July 2011
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