Hot Coffee in a Can?

I recently received an e-mail message from a visitor concerning "ready-to-drink" coffee and tea. I didn't know he was talking about self-heating cans. I thought he was talking about iced coffee, or cold coffee in a can. I plead ignorance – innovations like hot coffee in a can wouldn't appear as quickly in my neck [...] Read more »

The Top Coffee Brands according to Consumer Reports

My friend, Lin, has already done the research at Consumer Reports for the lists I'm presenting. Unlike the top 10 coffee brands by sales, these are lists of the best tasting coffee. All I'm doing is regurgitating her lists as bite-sized morsels of information. Read more »

What are the Top 10 Coffee Brands?

While attempting to find out what the top 10 coffee brands are, I discovered a problem. I can't seem to find any data more recent than the end of 2008, and I can't tell if this data is reflecting global sales or if it's US-centric. There are those that will argue that the majority of [...] Read more »

Starbucks Instant Coffee? Via Ready Brew is Just Too Expensive

I spotted a news article and read various sources to discover that Starbucks will be rolling out with a new instant coffee called "Via Ready Brew" in the US and Canada during September. The price? While there is no firm price set, they plan to charge USD $2.95 for a "book" of three or $9.95 [...] Read more »