There is a bright side: So far, the economy has driven few people back to brewing coffee at home in the morning.
The employees will, most likely, have already packed up all the pastries and may or may not still be brewing fresh coffee.
Green Mountain is a market maven in the single-cup coffee brewing industry, but has yet to emerge as an international player.
In 1998, it began to partner with Keurig, a single-cup coffee brewing machine maker to manufacture and sell the K-cups, and bought the whole company in 2006.
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When he wakes up in the morning, as the coffee is brewing, instead of shaving and suiting up, he is already signed into his remote system and already begun to sift through his daily emails, enabling him to take care of a great deal of work well before the time that he would have arrived at work if he was to commute daily.
Like I said, there are days in which -- my guess is it will happen again this week -- where you pick up that newspaper or you turn on your computer at 4:30 a.m. in the morning while your coffee is still brewing and you groan and, oh, God, what -- you know, great, this is going -- and then you get on your BlackBerry.
Unable to find a machine to produce coffee precisely the way he wanted, he created one that is true to his shop's name it stirs coffee as it is brewing, which Mr. Mazzola says distributes flavor more evenly and robustly.
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But when he started brewing beer in 2003, he realised the civet coffee would lend the ideal taste to a strong stout.
Inside, the second-floor space is gleaming with top-end espresso machinery and brewing equipment, and a plain communal table surrounded by coffee drinkers commands the centre of the room.
The brewing style differs from a traditional Turkish three-time boil as the coffee gets removed from the stove when the first chocolatey foam pops to the surface.
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Good baristas are expected to know in detail the process of coffee-making from cultivation and harvesting to roasting, blending and brewing.
For coffee lovers constantly on the go or hobbyists wanting to experiment with different brewing methods, the Nomad may be worth considering.
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Green Mountain is the seller of the Keurig single-serve brewing systems that are gaining popularity in homes as well as in places that sell coffee, like Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks.
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Through its global network of owned and franchised coffee retail outlets, Starbucks offers a wide range of products from coffees and teas to sandwiches and brewing equipment.
While the original family-run roasters still prosper, and most of Australia remains content with a simple latte or short black (perfectly made, of course), the cities are now in the grip of coffee's third wave: single origin beans, premium small batch roasts, terroir and alternative brewing methods such as the Clover syphon, filter and cold drip.
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