Almost 80 percent of Germans drink coffee every day and the popularity of specialty coffee is on the rise. As a result, competition was steep this week as Germany's best baristas clamored to brew up the country's - and eventually the world's - top coffee.
Frothing up passions: barista Daniel Gerlach pours dazzling images into cappuccinos and cafe lattes. After taking the German throne, he is now shooting for the World Latte Art Championship.
Brrrrrrr! Now that it’s cold, windy and wet we’re all looking for some great indoor hangouts to meet friends and keep us entertained too. We asked our friends at Oooh, Berlin to pick out 15 places from their free Berlin district guides we hope you’ll love.
After refusing to drive the 'brothel-car' provided to him by his company, a coffee deliveryman was sacked without notice - a decision he took to the employment court.
Germans consume more coffee each year than beer or mineral water and outdrink the French when it comes to caffeine. Food writer Nadia Hassani explains how to enjoy the drink with a German kick.
A German coffee retailer is selling false teeth and crowns alongside its fresh-roasted beans, in a move criticized by dentists as interference in the dentist-patient relationship.
Beer is still brewed in Germany according to centuries-old purity laws, but despite this German beer often contains arsenic, a study published on Sunday revealed.
Expats on both sides of the counter are fueling a gourmet coffee revolution in Berlin. Pippa Wentzel visits a brewing competition to taste the city's flourishing java scene.
Germans appear enamored by the Taiwanese tea phenomenon known as bubble tea, with a shop offering the Asian treat opening nearly every week somewhere in the country, the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i> reported.
A German coffee producer has come under attack for allegedly taking advantage of a brutal land-grab in Uganda that made way for a "sustainable" plantation.
Perk up gourmet coffee lovers, a Hamburg coffee shop is selling beans harvested from the faeces of an Asian civet that eats ripe coffee berries and partially digests them, daily <i>Hamburger Morgenpost</i> reported on Friday.
German coffee maker and retailer, Tchibo, is testing a new format involving larger stores with a wider selection of retail goods that are stocked for longer periods.
