coffee

Coffee prices are higher than ever. Here's what it means for your cup

4:29am December 17, 2024

by Alina Selyukh

Droughts in top coffee-growing countries have shrunk the supply of beans. Supermarket brands like Nescafé and Folgers have already raised prices — but the world keeps drinking more and more coffee.

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Image shows man in front of airstream coffee shop

Business

Winston-Salem Airstream coffee shop named 'Best Drive Thru Coffee' in national contest

12:06pm November 03, 2023

by Madeline Rothfield

A Winston-Salem business is recognized as the best drive-thru coffee shop in the country

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Coffee fruit dries in the late-afternoon sun on a farm in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

Savor your coffee; someone probably lost sleep over it

8:00am July 09, 2023

by Nic Neves

When I get up and make my first cup of coffee, I do it like performing a sacred ritual. I know that those beans traveled far, and were cared for.

This June 26, 2019, photo shows a Starbucks sign outside a Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh.

More than 300,000 bottles of Starbucks bottled Frappuccinos have been recalled

9:06am February 20, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The bottles of Starbucks' vanilla Frappuccinos may contain pieces of glass, the Food and Drug Administration said.

A display of Starbucks coffee pods at a Costco Warehouse in Pennsylvania. A recent article says using coffee pods might be better for the climate, but the science is far from settled. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Environment

Yeah, actually, your plastic coffee pod may not be great for the climate

10:18am January 21, 2023

by Julia Simon

Across social media, headlines this week said that single use coffee pods may be more climate friendly than other ways of making coffee. That may not be the case, based on the science.

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Folgers, a throwback coffee brand in a time of nitro lattes, wants to be cool

1:28pm November 03, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Folgers is the biggest seller of ground coffee in U.S. stores, but it has confronted a painful realization: its reputation is ... not strong.

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Customers at Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada will be able to provide a reusable cup for their drink by the end of next year, the company announced Tuesday.

Starbucks plans to phase out paper cups in the U.S. and Canada

3:11pm March 16, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

As part of the company's goal to reduce waste by 50% by 2030, customers will be able to bring a reusable cup to get their drinks by the end of next year.

A coffee grower in Ethiopia performs a traditional coffee ceremony.

East Africa is responsible for America's favorite morning brew

7:42am March 08, 2022

by Simran Sethi

America owes its favorite beverage to East Africa, says a Memphis coffee shop owner whose trip to Ethiopia transformed his understanding of the beverage.

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Business

Amid COVID Closures And Layoffs, Some Local Businesses Thrive

10:55am May 15, 2020

by David Ford

Earlier this month, North Carolina began Phase 1 of reopening.

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Michael Pollan gave up caffeine entirely for three months while working on his audiobook, Caffeine. "I recommend it," he says of his time without the drug. "I had some great sleeps." But he didn't realize that a temporary "loss of confidence" and lack of

Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don't Have To Quit)

4:51pm February 10, 2020

by Terry Gross

When Pollan decided to write about caffeine, he gave it up — cold turkey. "I just couldn't focus," he says. "I was irritable. I lost confidence." Caffeine reshapes the brain in surprising ways.

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