Profile America: Coffee Rationing
Decreed in 1942, coffee rationing proved very unpopular.
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Profile America: Decaf Coffee
Saturday, June 23rd. Through the centuries of coffee’s popularity, if someone ordered the beverage, there was no question about what kind. Today, many Americans prefer their coffee decaffeinated. That option dates to early in the last century, thanks to Ludwig […]
Profile America: America’s Coffee Perks Up
Tuesday, December 26th. The millions of Americans who for a century and a half have enjoyed well-brewed coffee can direct their gratitude to James H. Nason of Franklin, Massachusetts. He received the nation’s first patent for a coffee percolator on […]
Decaf Coffee
Friday, June 23 — Through the centuries of coffee’s popularity, if someone ordered the beverage, there was no question about what kind. Today, many Americans prefer their coffee decaffeinated. That option dates to early in the last century, thanks to Ludwig […]
Profile America : Getting In The Coffee Habit
Sunday, April 2 — Sometimes, tastes seem to go in great cycles. For example, in 19th century America, local coffeehouses, which roasted their own beans, ruled. Then, in 1900, Hills Brothers started packing roasted, ground coffee in vacuum tins. In the […]
Profile America: International Coffee Bean Celebration
Monday, January 23 — Several decades ago, America’s coffee culture featured very little variety. Average annual per capita consumption was high, reaching 46 gallons in 1946. But it mostly was a uniform roast, made by a percolator or a drip method. […]
Profile America: The Coffee Perk Up
Monday, December 26 — The millions of Americans who for a century and a half have enjoyed well-brewed coffee can direct their gratitude to James H. Nason of Franklin, Massachusetts. He received the nation’s first patent for a coffee percolator on […]
Profile America: Sanka — “Sans Caffeine” Coffee
Thursday, September 29 — International Coffee Day is just two days away, but for all of coffee’s historic popularity, some otherwise appreciative consumers respond poorly to its caffeine jolt. The solution dates to early in the 20th Century, when Ludwig Roselius, […]
Profile America: Getting In The Coffee Habit
GETTING IN THE COFFEE HABIT Saturday, April 2 — Sometimes, tastes seem to go in great cycles. For example, in 19th century America, local coffeehouses, which roasted their own beans, ruled. Then, in 1900, Hills Brothers started packing roasted, […]
One This Date: AMERICA PERKS UP
America Perks Up — Coffee Percolator Sesquicentennial The millions of Americans who for a century and a half have enjoyed well-brewed coffee can direct their gratitude to James H. Nason of Franklin, Massachusetts. He received the nation’s first patent […]
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