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I've been taking a long coffee break. Continuation of Seriously Buzzed is pending, as the fall semester is over and other duties call. If you have coffee news or experiences you'd like to add, please contact me about becoming a contributor. Thanks for your patience!

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Today is Earth Day. Celebrated since 1970, Earth Day was created to encourage environmental awareness and create new goals to protect our planet.If you haven't all ready seen the comic strips in your newspaper or online today, take a look. Comic strip cartoonists are in on the effort, publishing a comic in celebration of Earth Day.They are many ways to take part in Earth Day efforts, today and

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You may have rushed to get your taxes filed and to the post office today. Now begins the 6- to 8-week wait to get your refund. Dunkin' Donuts, however, wants to give us a little gratification right now.Dunkin' Donuts are offering a free doughnut with the purchase of any size Dunkin' Donuts hot coffee at participating locations across the nation. Whether you filed taxes or not, the offer only

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The Clover single-cup coffeebrewer uses a vacuum-pressfilter process to produceresults in 40 seconds.In one of many efforts Starbucks is testing to create a better customer experience, Starbucks is letting customers pour their own drip coffee in some stores. Customers pay before or after serving themselves from the brewer placed near the condiment station. This decision was made in part to curb

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That's right: Just one daily cup of coffee may cut the risk of Alzheimer's disease, the most common kind of dementia, new research suggests.Caffeine blocks the bad effects of high cholesterol found linked to dementia.The University of North Dakota scientists' published report in the Journal of Neuroinflammation is based on research conducted on rabbits fed a high cholesterol food diet.The rabbits

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Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, will start selling six different coffees under the Sam's Choice brand in the US in April.Wal-Mart will offer its customers the coffee experience in a 10- to 12-oz. bag for $5.88. By comparison, Starbucks 12-oz. bags of coffee costs between $7-$10 and Folgers Gourmet Selections 11-oz. bags of coffee cost between $8-$10.The Sam's Choice brand of coffees will

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If given the choice between sipping your coffee out of a ceramic mug or a paper/plastic cup, then which would you choose?If you chose the paper/plastic cup for any other reason than portability and fitting in your car's cup holder, then please enlighten me.If you chose a ceramic mug, then it's likely you prefer to have a hold on something heavy and sturdy, right?There may another reason to choose

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Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz spoke to shareholders at the annual meeting in Seattle yesterday (shortly after my last blog post) and came up with six resolutions to fix Starbucks' image:The Masterna. A newer, smaller model espresso machine than the one currently in use, the Verisimo, which is too tall to allow customers to interact with the barista and watch their drink being made, breaking the

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Let's face it: coffee drinkers and investors are getting tired of Starbucks. CEO Howard Schultz is determined, though, to keep Starbucks fresh by giving the company a face lift. Schultz will announce more changes for Starbucks' stores to carry out at the company annual meeting Wednesday.One of the all-ready decided changes is getting rid of the breakfast sandwiches. The heated sandwiches hide the

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How has Rwandan coffee become so high-quality? What are the specific benefits of Rwandan coffee for farmers and their families? What value does Rwandan coffee hold to US coffee importers? What does the future hold for the Rwandan coffee industry?A panel of coffee experts will discuss these questions and the economic and social benefits of the Rwandan specialty coffee industry at a media briefing

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Coffee is a favorite drink to many Americans. 7-Eleven's Slurpee® is one of America's top-selling drinks as well, delivered in many satisfying flavors, both carbonated and uncarbonated. 7-Eleven, Inc. put the two together and recently introduced the Slurpuccino, a coffee-flavored Slurpee. The Slurpuccino is not milk-based, but is caffeinated, fat-free and 61 calories of delicious per 8-ounce

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Daily gourmet coffee drinkers make up 17 percent of the US adult population. According to the 2008 National Coffee Drinking Trends market research study, Americans are drinking less coffee this year. Overall daily coffee consumption of adults eases from 57 percent of adults last year to 55 percent. But more Americans are drinking gourmet coffee than ever before - 17 percent of adults drink

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Caribou Coffee is the second largest company owned specialty coffeehouse business in the U.S., with nearly 500 locations in 18 states. Several people have told me they are crazy about Caribou Coffee. I had never experienced Caribou Coffee until Tuesday.Driving home from an unfamiliar around 7 p.m. with Google Maps directions in hand, I missed a turn. Straight ahead was a shopping center with a

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The Olsen twins at The Chanel Fashion show at La Grand Palais in Paris yesterday.The 21-year old twin actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are adding another line to their extensive repertoire: authors.The ladies are writing a coffee-table book about fashion titled "Influence," due to be published in Fall 2008 by Penguin Young Readers Group, Razorbill. "Influence" will include exclusive photos

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In my quest for devout coffee consciousness, I have found a number of great comic strips, including Inanimate Objects. Made by Todd Zapoli from INeedCoffee.com, the two main characters are coffee mugs.

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The Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland has created a machine that serves as a "taste tester," measuring the aromatic qualities of espresso and coffee. It analyzes and assesses chemical information of the espresso into qualities like acidity and woody-ness (see image). The researchers have conducted several studies on replacing human sensory profiling and believe they have finally done it.I

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I've read conflicting opinions on whether coffee causes anxiety. Nevertheless, from personal and professional experience, I have decided on an opinion shared by others:If you're a highly anxious, high-strung person, having a stressful day in hopes that coffee will make you feel better or not used to the amount of coffee you plan on drinking, then DON'T DRINK COFFEE.Some say coffee causes you to

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Your alluring aroma and smooth profile entice me. I savor your warmth. You are an earthy and peppery-spiced Columbian Supremo, a sweet and tangy Costa Rican, a dark and full-bodied French Roast and so much more. Your different flavor combinations always keep me guessing. You arouse me on many mornings and beckon me to take you - cream, sugar and every last drop of you.Coffee, I realize that

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According to Purdue University researchers, the calorie-free sweetener saccharin -- found in the pink packets you put in your coffee like Sweet 'N' Low rather than sugar -- may make it harder to lose weight.In their lab study, some rats were fed with saccharin-sweetened yogurt and others with natural sugar-sweetened yogurt. The ones who had saccharin consumed more calories later, causing weight

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One 12 oz. bold coffee, two Dasani water bottles, three hours and two bathroom visits later, my mouth is dry.But it's a myth: coffee doesn't cause dehydration.I always heard coffee made you thirsty, but it's not true.Caffeine acts like a mild diuretic - in other words, it causes you to pee more frequently - but no more than water does. You might lose a little more fluid than usual at one time

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Last night, my friend and I stepped outside after having just seen Persepolis and it felt like 30 degrees! Brrrrrr!Parked on the other side of the shopping center lot, both of us tried not chattering our teeth when we talked on our way to the car. Having shivered like crazy in the car ride before the heat kicked on, I noticed it was 10:45 p.m. - 15 minutes before Saxbys closed.I said we're going

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Welcome to Seriously Buzzed!My name is Jana. I'm a college undergraduate in my senior year and pursuing a bachelors degree in communication with a journalism concentration. I'm taking an online journalism course this semester. In this class, we are required to create a blog.Me? A blogger? It's odd I had never considered it before, because I love to share what's on my mind...cool.Hmm, what could I

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