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Green Coffee -- Greencoffee.ca (Delta, BC) ****
Dan Emerson runs this personal service-type operation, providing roasting machines and green coffee beans for the home roaster. Located in the Lower Mainland in Delta, BC, and serving Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Pacific Northwest.
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Researchers cultivate decaf beans *
Decaf brew from a coffee plant that has been genetically modified to produce beans with very little caffeine could one day come to a coffee shop near you.
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Saeco launches new espresso machine ****
The Saeco line of fully automated machines is modern and elegant, easy to use, and at the touch of a button, the machines: grind whole beans for each cup individually; allow users to choose the strength of the dose; tamp the coffee to ensure perfection; perform the brewing and dispense authentic espresso complete with a thick golden cream.
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Seattle voters reject espresso tax *
Voters in this caffeine capital have rejected a proposed 10-cent tax on espresso drinks after the initiative jolted an otherwise sleepy, off-year primary with a double shot of controversy.
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Seattle's Best Coffee® Café Opens at Bentall 5 in Vancouver *
Snowbean Coffee Companyopens the largest North American edition of Seattle's Best Coffee® (SBC) in Canada, as a retail café in downtown Vancouver, BC.
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Third annual Krups Kup of Excellence Canadian winners announced *
Coffee machine-maker Krups salutes Canada's finest independent cafés. . .
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Vancouver Coffee and Tea Houses *
Coffee, tea . . . and thee.
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Wake up and smell the coffee *
As farmers' incomes drop and communities suffer, Oxfam's RIEKY STUART and the Coffee Association of Canada's SANDY McALPINE form a rare alliance to search for a solution
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* Hotel Confidential: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel *****
The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel is one of those heretofore undiscovered local secrets; so "unknown" is it, that many Vancouverites don't even know it's a hotel and mini-convention centre. But visitors -- and savvy business types -- have discovered it in droves.
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The Empress Loves Seattle's Best *
Visit the Bengal Lounge at The Fairmont Empress during the month of February and get in on the action by tasting the Seattle's Best Sinful Seduction Martini.
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Torrefazione Italia company (Garber review) *** 1/2
Torrefazione is an Italian wording, meaning "coffee roaster." Who knew?
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