For Dunkin’, a Tempest in an Iced-Coffee Cup

Later that day, the conservative blogger Michelle Malkin chimed in, likening the scarf to a keffiyeh and calling it “jihadi chic.” Then the story, as they say on the Internet, went totally viral.

New York Times

Do I Detect a Hint of ... Joe?

They sniffed and slurped. Then came the tricky part: finding the mot juste to describe the flavors. “I thought the Kenya had hints of curry and cedar,” began Ms. Meister, 26, who is also a copy editor and the writer of a coffee blog called Meet the Press Pot (meetthepresspot.blogspot.com).

New York Times

Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad

Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

Boston Globe

Starbucks to roll out energy modifier

The “+Energy” mix will include B-vitamins, guarana and ginseng, the PI said. Starbucks will leverage its North American Coffee Partnership with Pepsi-Cola next month to roll out an RTD version of Doubleshot Energy + Coffee in retail locations where Starbucks’ Frappucino is sold.

BevNet

Quest for first-rate coffee to up demand for Arabica

“Maxwell House’s announcement to change their US coffee marks an important watershed, given they were one of the Big Four (Nescafe, Folgers, Yuban andMaxwell House) that drove the shift away from Arabica towards cheaper Robusta back in the late 1990s,” noted the analysts.

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