“Coffee” on The Daily Caller

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. (more)

Fellow ladies: Are you tired or unhappy? Perhaps a trip to Starbucks (or if you live in a cool area, a mom and pop coffee shop) will cheer you up. (more)

Young American adults have increased the amount of coffee they drink daily in 2011, after feeling better about their finances following the global economic crisis, a survey showed on Saturday. (more)

SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks Corp. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. have reached a deal that will bring single-cup Starbucks coffee and Tazo tea pods to Keurig coffee machines. (more)

In New York State, 18-year-olds need to show ID to buy cigarettes, get married, and vote. Now one lawmaker wants to make them show ID to purchase … energy drinks. (more)

Coffee addicts have a new reason to celebrate—Starbucks announced Sunday it will begin offering a new menu item: the 31-ounce Trenta cup. (more)

Starbucks wants to move beyond coffee – and it’s shedding its name from its logo to do so. (more)

This Sunday, December 5, many people will raise their glasses and celebrate Repeal Day — the anniversary of the end of Prohibition, a day when Americans regained a measure of individual freedom. However, some recent actions by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest that aspects of Prohibition linger on nearly 80 years after the passage of the 21st Amendment. As a result, consumers are witnessing a dwindling variety of products and entrepreneurs are seeing their dreams and businesses washed down the drain. (more)

If you thought the TSA body scans and sensual pat downs went too far, then you will be displeased to learn that the federal government is now considering using technology that will deactivate your cell phone while you are in a moving vehicle. This is in response to the fact that, according to Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood, 5,500 people were killed last year due to distracted driving. (more)

In a crowded Washington DC bar one recent Friday night, a patron carrying a nefarious-looking black plastic bag pushes his way past bearded hipsters and preppy Capitol Hill staffers, stopping at a table packed with weekend revelers. (more)

The nanny state has won again.  Adult beverages containing caffeine and alcohol have come under increasing attack as people drinking underage, overdrinking, or otherwise abusing the product have suffered the obvious consequences.  Certainly this nasty little endgame is cause for concern.  But blaming a product, and once again, ignoring the personal responsibility aspect, is the latest example of counterproductive government overreach. (more)

The company that produces the Four Loko beverage said it will remove the caffeine and two other ingredients from its products after facing a cascade of criticism and regulatory scrutiny for producing the energy drinks, which combine high levels of the stimulant with alcohol. (more)

Three beers, a can of Red Bull and a large espresso: no big deal, many college students might say. Three beers, a can of Red Bull and a large espresso times three or four, and they still might tell you they’re not intoxicated. (more)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Starbucks drinks, long considered symbols of Americans’ penchant to overspend, are about to get even pricier. (more)

Most parents wouldn’t want their children or teens drinking several cups of coffee a day, much less in one sitting, but energy drinks that are now popular with young Utahns often contain several times the caffeine found in a standard cup of Joe. (more)

A sexual tryst turned violent early Friday when a man used a corrosive liquid to douse another man he caught with his transgender lover, police said. (more)

Who knew that a little coffee shack next to a gas station in Severna Park, Maryland could be so successful. The snaking line of cars waiting for Java Divas to open isn’t so surprising, though, when you find out what’s inside. (more)

A flight attendant with a short fuse threatened to unleash jihad on American Airlines after it fired him for hurling a coffee pot at a stewardess, the feds charged yesterday. (more)

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday urged consumers to stop using an instant coffee product that is being marketed as a sexual aphrodisiac, saying it could dangerously lower blood pressure. (more)

Writes the Consumerist: (more)