United Coffee Sees Coffee at About $1.80 a Pound in 2012BusinessWeekBy Isis Almeida on April 26, 2012 Coffee will trade at about $1.80 a pound until the end of 2012, a drop of 42 percent from a 14-year high last year, according to United Coffee, a private-label coffee maker and supplier to McDonald's Corp.and more » View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker – Google News Technorati... 

GenevaLunch UCC to Buy United Coffee for $617 Million in its Biggest DealBloombergUCC Holdings Co. will buy United Coffee of Switzerland for about 50 billion yen ($617 million), in the biggest acquisition the Japanese coffee maker has made so far. The closely held company will buy the Geneva, Switzerland- based coffee maker from …Japan's UCC Holdings buys United CoffeeFinancial Timesall... 

BBC News Philips profit up in first quarter after the company sells rights to 'Senseo …Washington Posts purchase of the “Senseo” brand of coffee maker that the pair jointly developed. However, the company said Monday that Europe's economy is weak and its earnings may only improve in the second half of the year due to cost cutting.Philips Q1 profits rise on Senseo asset saleCBS... 

Never buy K-Cups for your Keurig againAllentown Morning CallLynn Serfass in Schnecksville loves her coffee, and she enjoys the convenient single-serve option of her Keurig coffeemaker. What she doesn't love is the high cost of those little, disposable K-Cups and thinking that every time she brews a cup of … View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker – Google News Technorati... 

Bittersweet Eulogy as a Bialetti Kicks the BucketGizmodoHell, a bit brace? For me, it was a Bialetti Moka Express stovetop coffee maker. I loved it, but I'm glad it's gone. The thing required constant supervision. It needed exactly 3 minutes, 30 seconds to produce a pretty great cup of coffee.and more » View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker – Google News Technorati... 

Nestle wins Nespresso patent battleReutersSwitzerland-based Nestle is by far the world's biggest coffee maker with a 22 percent share, underpinned by its half share of the instant market. The George Clooney-marketed system has proved a hit with espresso coffee lovers across Europe and is …and more » View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker – Google News Technorati... 

COFFEE TALK: Alternative methods offer quality brews at homeMurfreesboro PostThis month we'll discuss some of the home brewing methods that can give you a better cup than your standard automatic drip. This may have you asking, “What's wrong with my coffee maker?” One of the most important issues is that most automatic drip …and more » View full post on Automatic... 

Brewing up market sharePlastics NewsWhile automatic-drip coffee makers like those sold under the Mr. Coffee brand name are still the most popular in the US, holding 39 percent of the market today, their share is slowly shrinking, while the one-cup format is on the way up. View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker – Google News Technorati Tags: Brewing, market, News, Plastics, share  Read More →

Textspresso machine takes coffee orders through text messageGizmagInstead, Zipwhip got a little creative and built the "Textspresso" coffee maker, a machine that accepts and brews specialty coffee orders via text message so the beverage is ready once a person arrives to pick it up. So why would you need to order …and more » View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker... 

Bangstyle TopBrewer: Brew Coffee With Smartphone or TabletBangstyleThe Denmark-based company, known for the invention of the first completely automatic cappuccino machine in 1985, didn't stop buzzing in the 80s. Dedicated to improving the quality of home-brewed morning java, Scanomat stirred up a coffee maker–or … View full post on Automatic Coffee Maker – Google News Technorati...