DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Iowa Department of Public health said a woman found a dead bat in her coffee filter after she had been drinking the beverage.
BANGKOK, March 24 (UPI) -- A researcher has found a way to preserve the aroma of jasmine rice and add the aroma to other rice varieties, the Bangkok Post reported.
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Albert Peet, founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea who opened his first Berkeley, Calif., store 41 years ago, has died at age 87, the company said Friday.
SEATTLE, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. is commoditizing its global coffee-shop brand and increasing its vulnerability to competition, Chairman Howard Schultz says. The stores "no longer have the soul of the past," Schultz wrote in a memo. "Some people even call ou
MITO, Japan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A cafe in Mito, Japan, is serving "Coffee Stout," a coffee-flavored beer, the Mainichi Daily News reported.
SEATTLE, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Starbucks Coffee Co. of Seattle said Tuesday it was recalling about 73,000 Barista Aroma stainless steel 8-cup coffee brewers.
LONDON, July 10 (UPI) -- Kraft Foods Inc. will spend about $1.1 billion to buy Britain's iconic United Biscuits, a noted maker of cookies.
WAYLAND, Mass., July 6 (UPI) -- A man convicted of trying to steal a deluxe espresso maker from a Boston-area Starbucks said he wanted to be able to make his girlfriend good coffee. Louis Guido, accompanied by his girlfriend Karen Campbell, picked up the DeLonghi Magnifica Super Automat
JAKARTA, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Fears that Chinese civet cats can spread SARS haven't affected local demand for a rare coffee harvested in Indonesia with the animals' cooperation.
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 25 (UPI) -- Embraer -- the world's No. 4 aircraft maker -- lowered Tuesday its delivery forecast for 2003 and 2004. The move comes as Swiss Air said it was halving its order for 60 jets from the company this year.
