I love coffee. I love its taste and aroma.Coffee is a magic, its an adventure. Every single cup of coffee is part of a story. In my blog I am going to share some ''coffee stories'' through Social Media.
Not all trade is fair! Farmers and workers at the beginning of the chain don’t always get a fair share of the benefits of trade. Fair trade enables consumers to make this right!
The following video explains exactly what Fair trade is and how people from all around the world can help for that cause.
Coffee could be magic in very different ways. Sometimes I am amazed of its power to wake me up after a long night with no sleep at all. A cup of coffee has the power to make people become friends or even enemies. Coffee is a ritual, a magic ritual.
The most mystic power of coffee is telling the future. If you are lucky to know one of these nice old ladies who have been taught from their grandmothers to 'read' the future in a cup of coffee, you are going to be surprised what a majestic experience this is. Do not miss the chance and spend half an hour to have a cup of nice Turkish coffee and to hear all about your future. ‘Reading' the future in a cup of coffee is a gift that can be transmitted from women in a family.
It could only be done with Turkish coffee using some special rituals, like turning the cup upside-down after finishing the magical drink. After several minutes spent in a friendly talk, the cup is 'ready to tell' through the 'reader' all about the main points of your future life. Have you ever tasted Turkish coffee? I once had the chance to have a real Turkish coffee in a beautiful garden, under a blossoming chery tree with a very experienced coffee-reading lady. She told me the most fascinating story I have ever heard. And this will be 'my story' that I am going to tell to my children and grandchildren as it all came true. It is, of course, about love.
There is a nice video on YouTube with information on how to make Turkish coffee, step by step. Turkish coffee is not only for future telling, it has an amazing taste!
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Costa coffee - "I was made for loving you"
or "costa heads"
I am happy to share with you one of my favourite coffee brands and its new advertisement. The campaign launches with a TV spot featuring people, including genuine Costa baristas, buried up to their necks in coffee beans, while singing along to a cover of ''Kiss'' song ''I Was Made For Loving You''.
I honestly don't like this commercial. The cover is great, but all these heads in the coffee beans..no! It is really hard to connect Costa staff's professionalism with the singing "Costa Heads". However, the message from the song is definitely attractive.
COSTA GIVES FANS THE CHANCE TO APPEAR IN ITS NEW ADVERT
Costa will turn its customers into stars. An app launches this week that will allow Costa fans to record and upload themselves singing along to the Kiss song, with winning performances featuring in the final ad. The app, available via the Costa Facebook page, or through the App Store on iTunes, means fans and baristas can join in and share with their friends.
What a good opportunity for all Costa fans! They can sing about their favourite coffee showing their love.
Facebook hooks up with Starbucks for physical gifts trial
A Facebook button allows users to send friends real gifts including Starbucks gift cards, cupcakes and teddy bears.
Users can choose a gift, attach a message and then post it to a friend's timeline or send it privately.
The recipient is then able to unwrap a preview of the gift and enter the address they want the physical version to be sent to, while the friend who purchases the gift is able to pay upfront or add payment details later.
This would make a great present to coffee lovers, especially for Starbucks fans. If I receive that kind of Facebook gift from a friend, I will be very happy, but probably it will not work for everybody. It is a tricky use of social media from Starbucks.
Coffee makes people come together......in different ways - face to face or through social media channels.
Nowadays we use social media everywhere. Social media is news, social media is a friend, social media is sometimes a nice sip of coffee. World changed. People can't always be in the same city, same country or even in the same continent with their friends and relatives. Connecting through the channels of social media while sipping coffee is always fun, if you are reading the news or having a nice chat with a friend or even a stranger....
