Archive for March, 2008

Italian espresso cup

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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Bellingham Herald - available at a train station café in Pontedera. Crostini of all kinds at Palaia’s Sagra di Crostino festival. Drunken pears simmered in brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, cloves, raisins and Chianti wine. Vanilla-cream-filled croissants with espresso or Espresso Machine Tips

PR Newswire - Nordstrom at Ala Moana Center will also feature four food offerings, including a Marketplace Cafe, two espresso bars and the company’s only Gelato Bar. Opening day started at 7:30 a.m. with Nordstrom hosting a cosmetics tailgate party outside its mall Espresso Machine Tips

San Francisco Gate - Not to be outdone, Oakland’s Cosmic Chocolate company created bite-size espresso-and-Cognac flavored candies with Obama’s image. But no Clinton. Espresso Machine Tips

American Reporter - If the new NBA game ball was any livelier, it would be akin to Richard Simmons, after 11 hours sleep, drinking eight cups of espresso before leading an exercise class on speed. Espresso Machine Tips

San Francisco Gate - The only one I’d recommend is the tiramisu ($9), which distinguished itself because it wasn’t too sweet and had a pleasant bitter edge from espresso. Espresso Machine Tips

MLive.com - Beal calls today’s baby-room hues “delicious colors” that carry, like espresso or cherry, in furniture wood finishes. In fact, brown is one of the most popular colors for bedding, she said. Espresso Machine Tips

Brasilia espresso machine

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Food Labels That Deserve Your Dollars
Biloxi Sun Herald - Coffee and chocolate. Coffee and chocolate marked “USDA Organic/Organic,” “Fair Trade Certified,” “Rainforest Alliance Certified” and “Bird Friendly” are worth the extra cost.
Source: www.sunherald.com

Senate travel perks for sale?
Los Angeles Times - The foundation was created in 1991 after then-Senate President Pro Tem David Roberti, a Democrat from Los Angeles, found he had nothing to offer visiting foreign dignitaries but coffee in disposable cups.
Source: www.latimes.com

American Eagle adds summer service to Buffalo
Birmingham Business Journal - American Eagle Airlines will launch a daily nonstop flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport during summer. The new service will run from June 1 to Sept. 2 and is in addition to the carrier’s
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Green thinking is well established. Green brands, not so much
ZDNet Blogs - Oh goody, I’m home at my computer on a Saturday night (yes, sad). But, bonanza, I’ve just hit the jackpot: Some green tech stats for you to contemplate with your Sunday morning coffee! Two sources for you. The first is the third EcoPinion survey
Source: blogs.zdnet.com

CUBICLE CULTURE
Wall Street Journal - Lajoie learned some useful tips on applying makeup and how much cinnamon to add to the coffee before percolating. “That’s the only advice I still use from her,” Ms.
Source: online.wsj.com

Rancilio espresso machine

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Bradenton Herald - Steve and Sue Taylor took a chance in 2005. They bought the Bradenton coffee and pottery business, Espresso Yourself, sold off their lives in Birmingham, England, and immigrated with their family under an E2 visa, or an investor visa Espresso Machine News

Seattle Post Intelligencer - The new interior eschews traditional stained-glass windows and crosses for a mod-style orange-and-gray color scheme, with lime-green chairs and a downstairs espresso machine. Espresso Machine News

Arizona Daily Star - Rasmussen, who grew up in Tucson, started EastPointe Church on the far East Side in 2005 — a church that caters to young professionals and is designed in a café style, sort of like Starbucks, complete with an espresso bar. Espresso Machine News

Economist.com - And then there is Argentina, with its Italians and their espresso machines. But only Venezuela has good coffee beans and enough European immigrants. Espresso Machine News