Debenhams, British Department Store, To Drop ‘Confusing’ Coffee Terms

British department store Debenhams is hoping to clear up any confusion caused by complicated coffee names — like “cappuccino,” “latte,” “mocha” and “black coffee” — and replacing them with descriptive terms “frothy coffee,” “really really milky coffee,” “chocolate flavoured coffee,” and “simple coffee, with or without milk” as part of a campaign to translate menus into “plain English.”…

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Cafe, OperationsSCAA Launching Green Guide for Coffee Retailers0 Nick Brown / October 23, 2012 3:22 pm The Specialty Coffee Association of America will soon be releasing a support guide for coffee retailers who want to run a greener business. The Green Guide, […] D.E. Master Blenders Quarterly Sales Mixed, Germany Slow

D.E. Master Blenders, the Dutch coffee and tea company spun off by Sara Lee and June, came up slightly short of revenue estimates for the third quarter, largely due to slow sales in Germany…

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