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Perfect Coffees.Com Newsletter Issue #35

December 1, 2006

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In This Issue
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=> Coffee Gift Ideas
=> Feature Article
=> Recipe Of The Month
=> Coffee Trivia
=> Looking For A Coffee Maker?
=> Contact Us

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Coffee Gift Ideas
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If you are looking for a gift idea, a coffee gift or a coffee gift basket are fun to receive and priced for any budget.

For a corporate or personal gift, a coffee gift basket is perfect because they can be customized for any personality. Make it a sports coffee gift basket for the sports fan or how about a few books with some gourmet coffee for a reader.

Some people like to make their own coffee gift baskets and customize each one for different personalities and interests. But if you don't have the time, the Internet has an endless supply of coffee gift baskets to choose from.

Want another good coffee gift? How about a membership to a gourmet coffee club? Every month you'll be remembered and it's a great way to experience different gourmet coffees. Who wouldn't love that?

Coffee roasters also make a unique coffee gift idea and who ever gets this gift is in for a real treat.

Coffee makers also make great coffee gifts for any occasion. They are reasonably priced and can usually be shipped directly to the gift recipient.

A travel coffee mug is another great coffee gift. Wouldn't you rather drink out of your own mug than from a paper cup? If you go to Starbucks or any other gourmet coffee shop in the morning, just pour your hot coffee into your own travel coffee mug and you'll enjoy it a lot more.

Whether you are holiday gift shopping, shopping for a birthday or any other gift giving occassion, a coffee gift is a real treat.

Starbucks Coffee Gifts

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Feature Article
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Is Dunkin’ Donuts Starbucks New Competition?

In the 1990's Starbucks Coffee first made its march across America and then across the world. As of August 2006, Starbucks had 12,142 locations and in 2005 had grossed $6.4 billion in revenue.

That is up 21 percent from just one year earlier, and with those kinds of numbers, who can possibly catch up with them. But believe it or not, Dunkin' Donuts is not only becoming a huge competitor, but is quickly rewriting coffee history.

It all started in 1995; a year after Starbucks opened its first store in Boston. Dunkin' Donuts then began its plan to grab a share of the coffee market and introduced a line of flavored coffees. Their coffee was an instant hit and customers lined up for a taste of their coffee regularly.

Dunkin' Donuts now sells 2.7 million cups of coffee every day. That is almost one billion cups a year. These beverages now account for 63 percent of Dunkin's domestic sales. Dunkin' currently offers a wide range of flavored blends, espresso products, chai tea, and hot chocolate.

Dunkin' Donuts has a new coffee campaign and an expansion plan that goes head to head with Starbucks in most major cities. Last September, the Dunkin' Donuts chain announced an expansion plan to bring the brand of its coffee, to the national level.

Dunkin' Brands who is the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts, Togo's and Baskin-Robbins plans to more than triple its stores from 4,800 now to about 15,000 nationwide by 2015. This is a big switch for chain once known for its donuts and baked goods.

The two companies market their coffees a little differently? Dunkin' Donuts markets with the idea that coffee is fuel, while Starbucks is selling you on drinking coffee as a lifestyle.

Coffee demand in the United States is the highest it's ever been with the average American now drinking nearly 24 gallons of coffee a year. So now is the perfect time for Dunkin' Donuts to grow their chain of stores with their successful coffee campaign.

It doesn't seem to matter that they arrived late on the coffee scene, because Dunkin' Donuts reinvented itself and for now it seems to be working. But will they become Starbucks new competition?

One thing is for sure, as fast as Dunkin' Donuts is opening new stores, Starbucks has a new rival. As for coffee drinkers, it will give us more options, and from that we get to ultimately decide who wins the battle.

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Recipe Of The Month
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Apple Cherry Crisp

INGREDIENTS:

2 (21-oz.) cans apple pie filling or topping
1 (14.5-oz.) can pitted red tart pie cherries in water, drained
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup Brown Sugar, firmly packed
1 cup uncooked rolled oats, (quick or old fashioned)
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter or margarine (1 1/2 sticks)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat oven to 400° F.
In ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan, combine apple pie filling and cherries; spread evenly.
Set aside.
In large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt.
Using pastry blender or two knives in scissor fashion, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Sprinkle evenly over fruit.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until fruit is bubbly.
Cool slightly.
Serve warm or at room temperature.

Yields: 9

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Coffee Trivia
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A four verse poem to coffee was written in Mecca in 1511.

A coffee plant needs lots of water requiring annual rainfall of 59 inches.

The Arabica is the original coffee plant. It still grows wild in Ethiopia.

Only about 20% of harvested coffee beans are considered to be a premium bean of the highest quality.

More than half of the population in the US drinks coffee.

Arabica coffees were traditionally named by the port they were exported from, the two oldest being Mocha, from Yemen, and Java, from Indonesia.

The coffee tree requires a temperature of 66-77 degrees farenheit making it a tropical plant.

Vietnam has played a major role in the increase of global coffee supply. Nearly all coffee grown in Vietnam is of the Robusta variety.

Americans preference for coffee grew during the early 1800's after the War of 1812, which temporarily cut off access to tea imports.

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Looking For
A Coffee Maker?
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Our sister web site to Perfect Coffees.com Best-Coffee-Makers-Online.com allows you to easily shop by brand and compare coffee makers to purchase exactly what you're looking for at great values.

It's time for Christmas shopping again. Coffee makers make perfect gifts so remember the coffee lover on your Christmas list.

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