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What that plate under your coffee cup is actually for

The plate underneath your coffee cup is typically used to carry the coffee, but it didn't use to be that way.

Is the K-Cup coffee fad over?

Keurig Green Mountain's awful sales could be a sign that demand for coffee pods may be waning. Another maker of single serve coffee cups reported poor results as well.

This Is Why Your Cup Of Coffee Could Make You Fat

A dietician has explains why a simple cup of coffee could be adding to your belly fat.

The Proper Way to Hold a Coffee Cup

Believe it or not, there's a real etiquette to it.

I Ate at Least One Vegetable With Breakfast Every Day and Here’s What Happened

It turns out an easy way to get more of your recommended daily vegetables is to start earlier.

10 professions that need the most coffee to survive

Here is the list of jobs that need the most coffee to survive at their work based on a survey by Dunkin' Donuts and CareerBuilder.

How to make the perfect cup of coffee, according to science

Make a great homemade brew every time with this top tip

How to Make the Best Coffee You’ll Ever Drink

One taste and you’ll cast off your Keurig, boycott your barista, and ditch the drive-thru

What Is The Café Cubano?

All across Latin America, coffee producing countries have traditional ways of preparing coffee that have been passed down from generation to generation. The café cubano, which unsurprisingly originated in Cuba, is one such example.

Cafe Classic: "I Don't Want To Do That"

Editor's Note: Ever been told "No" by senior leadership? It happens, and often it happens with what we think are our best ideas. Chuck Csizmar shares some Classic pointers with us. Ouch. That phrase coming from senior leadership is still ringing in your head. You just delivered a fact-based and what you considered compelling argument in support of your compensation program recommendations, and the best you…

Cafe Classic: The Stuff of Legends!

Editor's Note: Every organization has its legends. Are they true? How do they, how should they impact our work? Margaret O'Hanlon tackles this Classic topic. I've been getting to know a few new clients recently. They've been introducing me to their culture and I've been helping them learn a bit from their demographics. In writing a report for one client yesterday, I was repeating back to them a factoid they gave me. It went something like, "70% to 80% of new employees make…

Cafe Classic: Do I Have To?

Editor's Note: We have often, here at the Cafe, discussed the challenges faced by HR and Compensation pros who serve smaller companies - not the least of which is recognizing (and getting leadership to recognize) the importance of moving beyond informality and complete discretion in making critical people decisions. In today's Classic, Chuck Csizmar addresses this challenge relative to expatriates and overseas assignments. Recently a U.S…

Are You Brewing Your Coffee Correctly?

The Pit Stop Cafe: Where everybody knows your name

Welcome to #GrandLakeEats, a feature highlighting the restaurants, chefs and owners who make up the various eating establishments around Grand Lake.This

Cafe Classic: Do You Ignore Behavior?

Editor's Note: Who and what really gets rewarded in your organization? Do nice guys finish last? Chuck Csizmar addresses this Classic question. Nice guys finish last. We've all heard that phrase before. Which probably means that there's something to it. Now why is that? Because we've seen it happen, haven't we? Again and again. In the work environment all too often the steady and reliable performers…

You'll go away wanting more from CAM Café

If you haven't yet eaten a meal at the CAM Café inside the Cameron Art Museum, what are you waiting for?