Versatile Infusion Coffee Brewers extend BrewWISE line

Press Release

The new BUNN 1-gallon Infusion Series™ Coffee Brewer (ICB) uses BrewWISE® technology to brew into 1 or 1.5 gallon ThermoFresh® servers and airpots. The intelligent, easy-to-use digital system enables the ICB to use pre-infusion and Pulse-Brew™ technologies for maximum flavor extraction for specialty coffees. Available in both single and twin models, the ICB can brew ½ to 1 ½ gallon batches, from 5.1 to 18.9 gallons of perfect coffee per hour. Both models can brew into 84 to 128.5 oz. (2.5 to 3.8 litre) airpots and 1 or 1.5-gallon (3.8 and 5.7 litre) baseless ThermoFresh servers. Coffee can then be easily transported to meeting rooms, breakfast bars, or other remote locations.

By pre-setting the three coffee profile selection buttons, customers will receive the same great coffee every time. These versatile brewers have two programmable batch switches allowing for full and half-batch brewing. The digital display provides easier programming and control in either English or Spanish and in English or metric measurements. The twin brewer is dual voltage adaptable, which means that it can operate at either 120V/15amp or 208-240V/20amp. A 230-volt single model is also available.

For more information visit www.bunn.com or call 1-800-637-8606.

Summer sales perk up

By Susan Buchanan

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Summer is no longer a string of dog days for U.S. coffee roasters, who have abandoned the phrase "see you in September" as demand starts to even out year-round.

An old rule of thumb among commodity traders was that coffee drinking declines during summer's warmth, while gasoline demand rises during the vacation season. But that doesn't apply much to coffee these days.

"Our business is down about 10 percent in July and August compared with the winter, but back in the 1960s it was down as much as 40 percent," said Donald Schoenholt, president of Gillies Coffee Co., roasters in Brooklyn, New York. "After air conditioning spread from movie theaters to office buildings and then to homes, people for the first time could sit cool at home and drink a hot cup of coffee."

Americans aren't like the British "who like a hot drink, mainly tea, on a hot day," he said.

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Iced drinks jolt summer coffee sales

James Edward Mills
Wisconsin State Journal

The buzz around Madison this summer isn't just mosquitoes. Area coffee shop owners say that iced coffee drinks have curbed the chilling effect warm weather has traditionally had on the sale of caffeinated beverages.

"We used to see a dip in the summer months. But as of about two or three years ago, that dip went away. It's just steady on now," said Peter Kettler, senior trader for coffee importer Holland Coffee, 3010 Progress Road.

"The only thing that I can think of is the growth of specialty coffee and about how it's become so much a part of so many different people's lifestyles, and also the growth of iced coffee drinks."

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Coffee Drinking Lowers the Risk of Liver Cancer in Japanese

Researchers from Japan have reported that drinking one or more cups of coffee per day lowers the risk of liver cancer by over 40%. They found that this effect was also present in patients with liver disease who were at high risk of developing liver cancer. The details of this report appear in the August 10, 2005 issue of the International Journal of Cancer.

Liver cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in the world, although the incidence in the U.S. is relatively low. Chronic hepatitis B and C infections are an important cause of liver cancer and are reputed to cause 90% of all cases in Japan. There is suggestive evidence that treatment of hepatitis C infections with interferon and anti-virals may decrease the incidence of liver cancer. There have been significant decreases in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan and Brazil without changes in the incidence of hepatitis C and B infections.

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Bunn-O-Matic Recall

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Bunn-O-Matic Announce Recall of Home Coffeemakers Name of product: Bunn® home coffeemakers

Units: About 1.75 million

Manufacturer: Bunn-O-Matic Corp., of Springfield, Ill.

Hazard: The coffeemaker’s plastic pour-in bowl and lid can melt or ignite due to an electrical failure, posing a burn and fire hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Bunn-O-Matic has received 17 reports of the bowl or lid melting, though no injuries have been reported.

Description: The recall involves Bunn® home coffeemakers with model numbers GR-10B, GR-10W, B-10B, B-10W, and BT-10B (including any of those same model numbers ending in the additional letter D) with six-digit date codes ending in “01,” “02,” or “03.” Also involved in the recall are the same models with dates codes ending in “04” and middle digits between “01” and “21.” If the date code has a seventh digit, consumers should ignore it and use the first six digits. The model number and date code are stamped on a small white or silver sticker on the bottom of the coffeemaker. The 10-cup Bunn® coffeemakers have either a black or white plastic base and top, and measure 14.25 inches high by 7-inches wide by 13.75 inches deep. The word “BUNN®” is printed on the front of the machine in chrome.

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Starbucks upping its ante in China's coffee market

Company's stake in joint venture with Maxim's to increase from 5% to 50%

The Associated Press

HONG KONG - Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it will regain control of a southern China joint venture as overseas investors gear up for a brewing battle in China's coffee market.

In a deal with its Hong Kong partner Maxim's Caterers Ltd., the Seattle-based coffee maker agreed to raise its stake in the joint venture from 5 percent to 51 percent.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. But Maxim's, Hong Kong's biggest catering firm, will acquire a 30-percent interest in Starbucks' new operation in China's southwestern city of Chengdu as part of the transaction.

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