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Coffee prices hit 47-year record high after challenging growing season

(news nation) — Consumers can expect higher coffee prices as the global coffee market breaks a 47-year record. Arabica coffee, a type of coffee bean grown primarily in Central and South America, sold for $3.44 a pound earlier this week, breaking the previous high of $3.35 set in 1977. Brazil is a major producer of […]

New Coney Island ‘green’ giant adds popular coffee chain

Coney Island's retail and dining scene is gradually improving. Therefore, we are happy to share new information as it arrives. LCOR's 1515 Surf Avenue is one of several new apartment projects drawing middle-class residents to the waterfront area. The new 1515 Surf Ave. in Coney Island has more than 320 market-rate rental apartments and 130 […]

Starbucks opens coffee shop with a view of North Korea

Thanks to Starbucks, coffee lovers can now enjoy a dark roast while overlooking the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. The Seattle-based coffee house chain opened a new store Friday near Gimpo, South Korea, where customers can get a glimpse of what it's like across the heavily militarized border in the north. Hundreds of […]

New paper cancer detector costs less than a cup of coffee

A remarkable new device promises to make cancer detection cheaper, faster, and more accessible than ever before. As explained in an article in the next issue, lab on chipresearchers at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) announced they have developed a system that can detect cancer markers in the blood with higher responsiveness […]

Port strike grinds coffee shipments to a halt at East and Gulf Coast ports

John DeCicco Jr., CEO of DeCicco & Sons, details the impact of the longshoremen's strike on his company as it prepares for fruit shortages. The strike currently in progress is Unionized longshoremen The unloading of imported coffee has been suspended at Eastern and Gulf ports, tightening supplies for coffee drinkers in the United States, the […]