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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.

The Easiest Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

If you’re trying to improve your coffee brewing it’s not hard to get overwhelmed quickly. There are lots of methods—French press, pour-over, sip...

Why House cafeteria workers are paid better than Senate cafeteria workers

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…

Why Travis Sheridan of Venture Café is Rocking It and How You Can Learn More!

By: Amy Cabanas Have you ever walked into a place and just knew something amazing was happening there? Ever felt the “buzz” was palatable? Well then you’ve been to Venture Café on a Thursday evenin…

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?

Where everybody knows your name

Yes, belonging to places is good – it feels right, we fit in. We should all belong to some place, to some group, to some church, even to someone. Where do you feel as if you belong?

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?

Cafe Classic: Misapplying Maslow

Editor's Note: Even today, Maslow's Hierarchy is ubiquitous, particularly in fields where human motivation is a critical factor. Should it be? From all appearances, Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is generally accepted throughout the business world as concrete, unwavering fact. What a shock that a simplistic, linear explanation of human motivation is enthusiastically embraced by the masses and accepted as unquestionable fact. I suspect that this…