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Ruling in a case that began in 2001, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Black Bear Micro Roastery and its owner, Wolfe's Borough Coffee Inc, may keep selling "Charbucks Blend," "Mister Charbucks" and "Mr. Charbucks" coffee.
Interesting, didn't work out for these folks against another mega-corp and it seems very similar.
McDharma's
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No numbers but Gizmodo had this on their site not too long ago:
- Starbucks has about 18,000 cafes around the world. I was curious thow that stacked up against McDonalds and according to wikipedia McDonalds has 34,000+ locations and Subway tops them both with 38,000+. (That's a lot of coffee and sandwiches)
..the annual worldwide coffee harvest, which now exceeds 19 billion pounds, is enough coffee to fill more than a million dump trucks parked end-to-end, they would reach from Seattle to Boston and back to Los Angeles...
Interesting vacuum brewer, if you are looking to change up the way you brew your tea.
This Vacuum Brewer Infuses Your Tea (or Booze) With Almost Anything
Though the cost for this new hi-tech brewer is reportedly 13K. Video demonstration: