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# coffee - Sunday 12 April, 2020
How one coffee business is adapting to Covid-19 changes with a new support scheme
Ferg Brown from Roasted Brown has come up with a way to boost his own coffee sales while supporting his customers.
# coffee - Sunday 8 March, 2020
Some Irish cafes won't be taking reusable cups in a bid to tackle coronavirus
Several Irish cafes have already taken steps to protect staff and customers from Covid-19.
# coffee - Thursday 19 December, 2019
Landmark EU court ruling finds airline liable for hot coffee spilled on passenger
In 2015, a six-year-old girl flying from Palma de Mallorca to Vienna was badly scalded when her father’s coffee fell into her lap.
# coffee - Thursday 5 December, 2019
New Zealand airline trials edible coffee cups
The cups are baked from a biscuit base.
# coffee - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
Drinking coffee can reduce risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, study says (but don't over do it)
The benefit is lost if more than four cups of coffee are consumed, however.
# coffee - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
Poll: Would a 'latte levy' encourage you to stop using disposable coffee cups?
The levy would be part of a range of measures proposed by the environment minister.
# coffee - Saturday 12 October, 2019
'When I want to go out, I want to have a coffee, but it's impossible'
Michael Leitch can’t leave Japan’s team hotel without being mobbed by autograph-hunting fans.
# coffee - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
Poll: Do you prefer tea or coffee?
It’s International Coffee Day.
# coffee - Thursday 8 August, 2019
Three cups of coffee a day increases your chances of a migraine, according to new research
One to two caffeinated drinks were reported to have no impact on migraine odds but any more than that increased the likelihood of one occurring.
# coffee - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
The first cup: 10 early risers share their favourite places to grab a sunrise coffee in Dublin
In town and looking for an early fix of caffeine or breakfast? Here are some starting points.
# coffee - Wednesday 15 May, 2019
Up a mountain, by the sea, in a caravan: 6 of the most unlikely places for coffee around Ireland
We highlight some of the most unique spots to get an Americano – and enjoy the view while you’re at it.
# coffee - Monday 11 February, 2019
FSAI recalls four slimming tea and coffee products over 'unauthorised' health claims
The authority has asked wholesalers and retailers to remove these products from shelves and to display point-of-sale notices to inform customers.
# coffee - Thursday 24 January, 2019
Poll: Have you changed your coffee-buying habits following the VAT hike?
Would you pay extra, or are you not a coffee drinker?
# coffee - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Your morning coffee could be at risk of 'extinction', experts warn
Researchers in the UK have said that 60% of coffee variations are at risk.
# coffee - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
The hospitality VAT hike has kicked in and customers might notice a jump in their morning coffee
Hotels, restaurants and hairdressers are among those affected.
# coffee - Saturday 22 September, 2018
Following a three-year feud with Cork council, Starbucks has closed its Patrick Street store
The Irish operators of the coffee chain have opened numerous unauthorised outlets in recent years.
# coffee - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
'Compostable cup for your coffee sound good? It all depends on where it ends up'
Recyclable and compostable options are only truly beneficial if they end up, and are processed, in the correct waste facility, writes industry expert Brian O’Sullivan.
# coffee - Sunday 3 June, 2018
People asked to host coffee mornings to help make hospitals more fun places for sick kids
Volunteers spend time with sick children in hospital, doing crafts, reading to them or playing games with them.
# coffee - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
Starbucks closes more than 8,000 stores in US for racial bias training
The move was prompted by the arrest of two black men who’d been sitting in a Philadelphia branch.
# coffee - Friday 30 March, 2018
California judge rules that coffee needs to be sold with cancer warning
The lawsuit called for the coffee industry to remove acrylamide from its processing.
# coffee - Saturday 24 March, 2018
Every café in this Wicklow town now offers a discount for reusable cups
It’s estimated that over 200 million non-recyclable cups are disposed of annually in Ireland.
# coffee - Monday 19 March, 2018
Latte levy and reusable cup discounts could reduce our plastic cup waste by 250,000 a day
On average Irish adults drink four hot drinks a week, with those aged 16-24 are the biggest spenders.
# coffee - Wednesday 14 March, 2018
'Coffee shops are the new pubs': How coffee took over Ireland - and what's coming next
In the age of Peak Coffee Shop, we talk to those at the heart of Ireland’s independent coffee industry.
# coffee - Saturday 3 February, 2018
Would you buy a coffee from this robot? It just started working at Japan's 'strange cafe'
A coffee will cost you about €2.50.
# coffee - Monday 22 January, 2018
Opinion: Drink coffee on the go? It's time to start paying 25 cent for your disposable cups
Introducing this temporary levy could raise €300 million for recycling initiatives, writes Ian Fahey.
# coffee - Thursday 14 December, 2017
'It's a bittersweet day for me': Bobby Kerr is leaving his Insomnia coffee business
Over the last 20 years he has built the company into one of Ireland’s biggest coffee chains.
# coffee - Thursday 23 November, 2017
Poll: How often do you drink coffee?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
It's official: Coffee is good for you (but not too much, now)
Three or four cups a day leads to the greatest benefit, according to the study.
# coffee - Friday 17 November, 2017
New green initiative for London buses as it's set to fuel them with... coffee
Some six thousand litres of oil extracted from ground coffee waste will be added to fuel tanks of the city’s transport authority on Monday.
# coffee - Sunday 1 October, 2017
Starbucks has lost its appeal over an unapproved outlet in Swords
The owners had claimed the premises was being used as a ‘shop’, not a café.
# coffee - Monday 25 September, 2017
Coffee shops that reward customers with reusable cups advised to refuse dirty ones
An environmentalist has advised that coffee chains should give a 20-cent discount to customers who have reusable cups – but implementing that isn’t entirely straightforward.
# coffee - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
Dublin cafés give out free coffee in protest against Starbucks expansion
The initiative was started by one business owner who was unhappy to hear about a new Starbucks opening.
# coffee - Saturday 22 July, 2017
The late-night flight that inspired a chef to make the first Irish coffee
Plane-weary passengers inspired a Tyrone chef to invent an Irish coffee almost 75 years ago.
# coffee - Tuesday 11 July, 2017
Two studies show association between coffee-drinking and living longer
Altogether more than 680,000 took part in the two studies.
# coffee - Monday 1 May, 2017
Poll: Is it impolite to refuse a cup of tea when offered?
Your daily bite-sized ballot break.
# coffee - Friday 28 April, 2017
Poll: Do you own a reusable coffee/tea mug?
Your daily bite-sized ballot break.
# coffee - Wednesday 19 April, 2017
A new coffee shop is opening in an actual freight container on Thomas Street
How many of us can say we’ve drank a coffee inside one of these?
# coffee - Monday 27 March, 2017
This coffee shop has the most wonderfully 'Dublin' loyalty cards
Ah you’re finally a bollix.
# coffee - Sunday 29 January, 2017
A hipstery Seattle coffee company have opened a new café on Dublin's Parliament Street
Here’s what you need to know about Fonte Coffee.
# coffee - Thursday 26 January, 2017
'There was a culture here that people didn't like paying for stuff. Thankfully, it's mostly gone'
This entrepreneur travelled to Australia to find a career – and fell in love with coffee.
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Poll: Have you been reading more books than usual lately?
WHILE BOOKSHOPS AROUND the country have had to shut their doors in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions, many operators have turned their focus to online sales.
A huge demand for reading materials from stuck-at-home bookworms and stressed parents has given shops a lifeline.
Some independent bookstores in Ireland have been online for years, but others have had to develop websites in recent months as they closed up their stores.
TheJournal.ie spoke to some bookshop owners about how they have been managing and all noted that they were blown away by the demand for online orders during the shutdown.
So, today we want to know: Have you been reading more books that usual lately?
Poll Results:
Yes, I've been reading more (3739)
No, I've been reading at my usual pace (2665)
No, I don't read books (1459)
Not sure / no opinion (103)
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