Links for March 11
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11:18AM
It’s that time of the week again. . .
Changes in weather patterns are creating problems for Colombian coffee growers in both output and quality, according to the New York Times. link
The Seattle Times investigates how climate change is affecting Costa Rican coffee producers. link
On a related note, coffee prices touched a 34-year high this week-FT. link
The rise in coffee prices is making coffee a more attractive crop to grow for Mexico’s opium poppy farmers, as reported in this article from the WSJ. link
Democrats in the House, led by Oregon’s Earl Blumenauer, wrote a letter to the Republican leadership asking them to reconsider their decision to reintroduce Styrofoam cups to the House cafeteria. link
After much speculation over the last few months, it appears that Starbucks is going to work with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to put Starbucks coffee in the K-cups after all. link
US News has some good news about the health effects of drinking coffee, and some concerns about caffeine-drinking kids. link
MSNBC has an article about cafés that cater to bikers. The author mentions Portland as a bike-friendly city with bike cafés, but does not bother to interview anyone here. Too bad. link
This headline from Australia has a logical flaw in it. Can you figure out what it is?
Corby Kummer of The Atlantic has a great assignment—searching Rome for pizza, coffee, and gelato. How does one get paid to do that? That is the question. . . link
For my Korean friends, an article about coffee in Korea. link
Enjoy your weekend. Hopefully it is sunny where you are. Spring is almost here!
Reader Comments (2)
You'll have to help me on the Australian headline flaw...sorry,I'm not logical at times. But you already knew that.
I guess it's more about the whole article than just the headline. It assumes that you need milk to have great coffee, something that is not at all true. And yes I did.