The Iced Coffee Competition Begins
Spring has arrived and in most parts of the northern hemisphere, the weather is at least beginning to become warmer. For those in places such as California and Florida, spring has been around a while and summer weather approaches fast. It is time to start thinking of those cold drinks everyone longs for in the hotter days. The coffee bars and fast food restaurants are already ahead of us, their iced coffee strategies well planned.
Despite the rise in sales of cold coffee drinks, most people in the U.S drink coffee hot rather than iced. In 2009, only 30 of coffee drinkers consumed at least one blended, iced, or frozen coffee drink. However, this is up from 2008, in which only 27 percent drank any type of cold coffee drink. This would seem to indicate that drinking cold coffee drinks are on the rise in the U.S.
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Will Gourmet Coffee be the Deciding Factor in the Fast Food Breakfast war?
Whether it started with Starbucks or the fast food restaurants, it is hard to say. It seems that some fast food chains were losing breakfast business to establishments with better coffee. After all, who wanted to stop twice on the way to work, one place for coffee and another to eat? People were apparently growing content with a mere muffin or croissant as long as the coffee was good.
The next thing we knew, Jack-in-the-box had their own coffee, which Jack introduced in a commercial. You may not remember the commercial, but you likely remember, “It’s hot, it’s fresh, and it doesn’t cost four bucks.” This was an obvious dig at Starbucks, whose regular coffee does not cost $4.00, though their coffee drinks often do. Since then the breakfast war has raged in an ever-escalating cycle of upgrades to one chain or another.
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Coffee Review: Black Mountain Gold Irish Cream Coffee
You have probably seen the bags of Black Mountain Gold Coffee in your local grocery store and passed them by. It is very easy to assume that the coffee in those shiny gold convenience packets is cheap “office coffee.” However, once you try these little bags of flavor, you will most likely change your mind. The coffee inside them is well roasted and equally well flavored and the convenience of the pre-measured bags is great.
Black Mountain Gold coffee is a product of the Rogers Gourmet Coffee and Tea Market. They make several other product lines as well such as San Francisco Bay Coffee, a line of gourmet coffees. San Francisco Bay Coffee comes in many flavors and sizes and is available in some grocery stores. You can also purchase 3-pound “supersaver” bags of San Francisco Bay Coffee at Costco stores nationwide.
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How Far would you Go for a Good Cup of Coffee?
Sometimes it can be extremely difficult to find a place to have a good cup of coffee. That may seem absurd to people who live in urban or even suburban areas, but it is true. There are areas where you might be able to find some bad or even mediocre coffee at a coffee shop. However, good coffee can at times involve a lengthy car trip if you happen to be in the wrong place.
For example, there are times when taking a long road trip requires traveling through rural or even uninhabited areas. You can drive for hours without seeing so much as a roadside diner, let alone a decent place for coffee. You can carry your own coffee, but in time, it either gets cold or runs out. You simply have to endure until you reach the next town with a place to buy more.
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