On AlterNet: coffee

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "coffee"

The Coffee Illusion: What the Magic Brew Really Does to Your Brain

David McRaney, AlterNet. September 5, 2011.

Coffee does not make you "superhuman." The truth is that you become addicted to caffeine quickly, and soon you are drinking coffee to cure withdrawal more than for stimulation.

Oh No, Have We Hit Peak Coffee?

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. March 10, 2011.

It's time to wake up -- climate change is happening here and now, and it's killing our buzz.

Why Caffeine Is the Perfect Addiction for a Worker Bee Society

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. May 15, 2010.

There's a $60 billion-plus industry pushing hard to promote caffeine's image in the public mind.

Does Fair Trade Coffee Lift Growers Out of Poverty or Simply Ease Our Guilty Conscience?

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. February 11, 2010.

Is the Fair Trade movement just a marketing scheme or does it truly provide a living wage for coffee growers?

Starbucks' Latest Evil Plan to Take Over (More) of the World

Priyamvada Gopal, Comment Is Free. July 25, 2009.

Starbucks' new stealth strategy is de-branding: giving stores different names and more local "community personality".

Networked Percolators at Risk of Distributed Denial-of-Coffee Attack

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.

Internet-connected espresso machine vulnerable to hackers.

Hey Coffee Drinker, Ditch That Paper Cup

Ruben Anderson, The Tyee. May 5, 2008.

North America consumes 50 million trees a year for paper cups. Buy a travel mug already!

Will Coffee Be a Casualty of Climate Change?

Dean Cycon, Chelsea Green Publishing. January 25, 2008.

Coffee farmers in South America don't need to read the latest IPCC reports; they already know.

Trademarking Coffee: Starbucks Cuts Ethiopia deal

Anton Foek, CorpWatch. May 16, 2007.

Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop chain, and the Ethiopian government are on the verge of unveiling a deal that the company hopes will end attacks on the company's carefully constructed ethical image.