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  • A wake up call if ever you needed one: Could climate change impact your daily coffee ritual?

    2011-10-20 11:25:25 // // The Idealog Blog
    Some people might turn a blind eye when it comes to climate change but, if it were to result in their daily coffee ritual being snatched away from them, they may well start paying attention. But global warming could indeed be threatening our global coffee supply. The news comes from a perhaps surprising source, none other than mega-coffee chain Starbucks.
  • Selling espresso to Italians

    2011-10-19 10:42:59 // // Idealog #35: features | 2 comments
    Expat Andrew Meo is selling espresso to Italians after taking over Rocket’s coffee machines.
  • Looking for your WoJo?

    2010-10-12 17:35:48 // // The Idealog Blog
    Adding to the list of big name corporations applying a green lick of paint to their business ethos, Starbucks have taken a turn on the sustainability road and on the way they’ve found their WoJo, and it’s all thanks to Kiwi design company The Formary. WoJo is a new fabric made from sustainable New Zealand wool that is woven with jute fibers from Starbucks recycled coffee sacks.
  • Want coffee? Pump it

    2010-07-16 14:52:42 // // The Idealog Blog
    We love this product which, single-handedly, redefines the idea of a portable coffee machine.
  • The Cuban connection

    2009-06-26 13:50:15 // // Idealog #21: features
    Some people will go a long way for a decent coffee. The quest has taken Geoff Marsland and Tim Rose around the world, mingling with Cuban spies, tagged as terrorists and welcomed by Havana’s Communist elite. Lauren Bartlett meets the proprietors of Wellington’s Havana Coffee Works