The Coffee Franchises are Here to Stay

coffee cup and saucer While it seems that nearly everyone is doing their best to simply survive the global recession, the coffee franchises seem to be unaffected by it. If the recent coffee franchise report at franchisedirect.com is to be believed, the coffee industry is doing very well despite the receding economy.

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Coffee Addiction — Give Up Coffee? Me? Never!

Starbucks Addiction Everyone in this world is addicted to one thing or another. Anytime you crave something, whether it's harmful or not, it's an addiction. Is a coffee addiction harmful? If you believe what some other folks have written, you may be inclined to quit drinking coffee entirely. I'm not saying they're wrong about coffee addiction. I just believe it's what they believe.

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Coffee Similar to Starbucks at Home

Starbucks After watching the employees at one of the Starbucks locations in Phoenix, Arizona, my wife decided to do an experiment to see if she could make coffee that tasted as good as Starbucks coffee. More specifically, she wanted to reproduce the taste of their lattes.

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