Award-winning barista and NZ Barista Championship judge, Andrew Feldon, is visiting the Bay of Plenty to share his passion for coffee and provide a free latte art demonstration for coffee lovers. Feldon who is head barista at award-winning Hawthorne Coffee Roasters, Hawkes Bay, will take over the ki ...

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It’s no secret that as work days become longer and more things need to be accomplished at one time, humans turn to coffee to help them stay alert and up to speed on the evolving world. For many, coffee is the only reason for waking up in the morning, while for some, having a coffee break at 2pm is t ...

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There are many ways to make coffee. Espresso is the most popular these days, but there are other methods that coffee aficionados love to explore. Roasts for espresso are blends of different beans, usually fairly darkly roasted to go with milk, Duncan Northover, of Strictly Coffee in Frederick ...

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The kitchen is usually a cluttered place for most families, but a new product from Feoart and Avooq can help make the kitchen a bit more organized and elegant.  The Abacus Pod Rack is a savvy kitchen accessory that holds and dispenses Nespresso Coffee Capsules.  With the Abacus Pod R ...

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Coffee experts say 30 percent of coffee drinkers are using coffee pods, and the little cups aren’t cheap. Coffee experts say 30 percent of coffee drinkers are using coffee pods, and the little cups aren’t cheap. The Coffee Icon Superstore is a one-stop shop for coffee lovers. Th ...

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BASF is one of the first plastics manufacturers to expand its PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) product line by a new special grade optimized for the production of air-tight coffee capsules that retain the aroma. This engineering plastic goes by the name Ultradur® B1520 FC (FC: food contact) ...

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The “ISSPresso” machine, which is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station in April 2015 to make high-quality coffee for astronauts. Water enters the machine through the bottom bag, and coffee is pumped into the upper bag. Moments after David Avino turned on an espres ...

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A desktop ATM— the size of a coffee vending machine—ATMs inside kirana stores and battery-powered ATMs with wireless dongles are some of the innovations that operators of white-label ATMs (WLAs) are looking at to ensure viability of rural machines. However, despite the ‘no frills’ approa ...

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BASF can be depended on to present a host of applications and innovative materials when it attends an event, and the Fakuma trade show in Friedrichshafen was no exception. But what was enjoyable to see was that at least one of these was being put to good practical use during the show. Visito ...

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It’s a multi-billion dollar industry and now the coffee war is heating up. A coffee company owned by a prominent Ottawa family has launched a $600-million lawsuit against a home-brew java giant. “I feel like David against Goliath some days,” says Club Coffee CEO John Pigott, holding up his company’s ...

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TreeHouse Foods has developed a private label coffee pod it claims is compatible with Keurig Green Mountain Inc.’s 2.0 system – which was designed in part to thwart private label copies. “We are particularly pleased to announce that we have successfully developed new single serve coffe ...

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It looks like someone has cracked the DRM in Keurig’s coffee machine which stopped it from accepting rival coffee pods. Coffee maker Keurig’s hit the headlines by having a programmed coffee maker which was protected by DRM. The move was widely viewed as a desperate attempt by Green Mount ...

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