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You might think that the modern coffee craze began in 1971 with the opening of the first Starbucks in Seattle, Wash. Scroll back the clock a bit further and you will discover the real forerunner of our caffeine-crazed coffee culture: Dallis Bros. Coffee.

Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffee retailer, plans to triple its coffee shops in China during the next four years and step up expansion elsewhere in Asia, an executive said Tuesday.

Dylan Hardman, the head roaster at Maine’s , won first place with his team at this past weekend’s Roasters Guild Competition in Roanoke, West Virginia.

San Diego loves Italian food. Who can blame us? Unfortunately "Ital- ian" encompasses quite a large trough of choices.

Kraft Foods Inc. plans to start selling its Gevalia coffee brand in grocery stores in August, raising its stake in the increasingly competitive coffee industry and going up against former partner Starbucks.

A beetle smaller than a sesame seed is boring its way into Kona coffee beans and threatening the nation’s only coffee-growing region’s premiere crop.

A Kraft Foods executive acknowledged to Starbucks’ CEO nearly a year ago that Kraft had "neglected" their relationship, but the food maker still wants a court to force the coffee chain to pay for ending the distribution pact.

Burger King is looking to put some pep into its new breakfast push by giving out free cups of coffee every Friday morning this month.

A tropical storm that battered Central America over the weekend drove the price of coffee higher Tuesday.

First came fancy Frappuccinos. Up next from the Starbucks: A basic cup of vanilla-flavored Joe brewed in your own kitchen.