NPR : Ads Give Dunkin' Donuts National Appeal

Take Tea and See, Again - New York Times

NPR : Starbucks Dismisses 'Saturation' Warnings

Starbucks Turns to TV In Bid to Boost Results - WSJ.com

Marketplace: Idea for Starbucks: Teens on Beans

Fair Trade in Bloom - New York Times

At Starbucks, Songs of Instant Gratification - New York Times

Founder Sees Lots of Room for Lots More Starbucks - New York Times

Life Changes, With a Latte to Go - New York Times

To Burundi and Beyond for Coffee’s Holy Grail - New York Times

To Burundi and Beyond for Coffee’s Holy Grail - New York Times

To Burundi and Beyond for Coffee’s Holy Grail - New York Times

Advertising Age - Why the Coffee Kings Are Losing Their Power

"Pay up and smell the coffee" - globeandmail.com

One has to wonder who pockets the bulk of this price?

"The worst op-ed ever written?" - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine

"When the Drought Came, a Kenyan Farm Died" - National Public Radio

This commentary makes the point that really drove me to start this blog and has rejuvenated my interest in making something of this space.

Here, a Kenyan doctor, now in the US, talks about the demise of his family's coffee farm in Kenya. Listen to it and think about what you can do not only to learn by his coffee experience, but how you can help this be part of the larger experience and environment that he describes so movingly.

"Coffee addicts give Starbucks a surprise" - International Herald Tribune

The world of illy, where espresso coffee meets the arts, opens the mind, becomes an intense journey

"Starbucks Smells the Death of its Brand Experience" - Starbucks

"Starbucks Chairman Says Trouble May Be Brewing" - WSJ