Coffee Convo Episode 47

Updates

• Ways to support us:
  
• More people just like you joining the website at coffeeconvo.com: Koreckinator, Glenn, Peter, Tony, Siddhartha, Dale, and Jenny
• An opportunity for YOU to save some money on your coffee roasting hobby/habit, or even get into the hobby. CoffeeBeanCorral.com is offering 20% off your first order of coffee beans. They have green coffee beans, home roasting solutions, coffee makers, and just about anything else a Coffee Convo type might desire. Make sure you check out the Coffee Bean Matrix!
• AMG Update:
  
• WO Update: African coffee tasting.
  

• WO: Tully's, Caribou, Tim Hortons, and Starbucks all have tough quarters:
  
  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008383399_webtullys12.html  
  http://www.nrn.com/breakingNews.aspx?id=359976
  http://www.nrn.com/article.aspx?id=360078
  
• AMG: Despite the economic hard times, is coffee an inexpensive luxury?
  
• WO: The "Futures" of Coffee:
  
• WO: So you wanna get started in trading:
  
• AMG: Starbucks at Folsom first in nation to become a Certified Sustainable Business:
• WO:Hawaii bans genetically modified coffee
  
• AMG: Coffee company continues to perk up the troops through Operation Gratitude:
• WO:50,000 seedlings now - 50,000 lbs of coffee a year soon:
  
• AMG: Save money with DIY milk steaming:
  
• WO: Save money by drinking coffee... at home:
  
• AMG: Everything you ever wanted to know about brewing coffee:
  
• WO: Ties into How to make great home espresso:
  

• AMG: Make it yourself! http://mayamade.blogspot.com/2008/10/sack-hack.html
  Order your own coffee bags here: http://www.coffeebeancorral.com/category.aspx?categoryID=48
  
• WO:  Another Ning network: Meet Baristas, Managers, Owners, Roasters, Farmers, all in one place. http://www.baristaexchange.com/ The coolest part is with your CoffeeConvo.com login, you can just easily sign-up at The Barista Exchange.