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	<title>Velocity Coffee</title>
	<link>http://velocity-coffee.com</link>
	<description>a latte faster, a latte better</description>
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		<title>Velocity-Coffee.com Now Offers Online Espresso Drive-thru Equipment and Kiosk Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Velocity-Coffee.com is ramping up our online presence. We&#8217;d like to point out that in addition to offering our espresso business consulting services and drive-thru espresso coffee kiosk buildings for sale, we now offer online and off-line sales of espresso equipment that is selected specifically for success in the drive-thru coffee business. 
Our online sales can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2008/03/06/velocity-coffeecom-now-offers-online-espresso-drive-thru-equipment-and-kiosk-sales/</link>
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		<title>Espresso Drive-Thru Business: The Black Gold Rush is On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Profits and Prime Drive-Thru Locations at Stake
All over the US, espresso entrepreneurs are mapping out prime locations and snapping up claims. The prize? Duplicating the phenomenal business success of the early espresso drive-thru operators of the Pacific Northwest. 
For residents here—the land of the drive-thru espresso business—it&#8217;s become a given. We expect coffee on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2008/02/26/espresso-drive-thru-business-the-black-gold-rush-is-on/</link>
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		<title>King Coffee &#8220;Velocity&#8221; Drive-Thru Kiosk For Sale</title>
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Thinking about the drive-thru coffee business? We still have a great opportunity on a drive-thru building—ready to ship and fully-loaded&#8230;.
 
This is a like-new model that we used for two years before it was leased for six months. It now has to be moved from it&#8217;s current location in Springfield, Oregon, and we are looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2008/02/25/king-coffee-velocity-drive-thru-kiosk-for-sale/</link>
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		<title>$20K Coffee&#8230;Stirred, Not Shaken&#8230;.</title>
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Here&#8217;s someone on the right track. Creating excitement and not worrying about being the value leader.
You gotta love this! Especially after that depressing piece below featuring Starbuck&#8217;s new South-of-the-Border Taco Bell trick. 
The New York Times article about this exclusive halogen-heated japanese siphon bar, has gone all over the internet, and I even saw it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2008/01/30/20k-coffeestirred-not-shaken/</link>
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		<title>Starbucks and the Commoditization of Coffee</title>
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Has Starbucks been thinking a bit too far outside the bun&#8230;er, cup? It makes you wonder&#8230;what are they really selling? Do they need a &#8220;value menu?&#8221; 
&#8220;When a product becomes indistinguishable from others like it and consumers buy on price alone, it becomes a commodity.&#8221;

Are they branching out to compete with truck-stop coffee? Where does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2008/01/28/starbucks-and-the-commoditization-of-coffee/</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Make a Deal on a Drive-Thru Espresso Building!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now is the time to get into Drive-Thru espresso!
&#8230;and here&#8217;s your chance.
This is a photo of the building that&#8217;s available now. We built it and then operated it for nearly two years (starting in 2005) at 3650 Main Street in Springfield, Oregon. Then we leased it out, with equipment, to another operator on a lease-option [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2008/01/07/lets-make-a-deal-on-drive-thru-espresso-building/</link>
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		<title>Another coffee health bonus!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
While scientists don&#8217;t have a clear biological understanding of this, a recent study backs up earlier results from Europe and Japan showing coffee offering protection from liver cancer.
The reduced risk appears to be related to liver cancer resulting from alcohol-induced cirrhosis of liver. So, while it would be best to cut down on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2007/08/09/another-coffee-health-bonus/</link>
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		<title>Oregon Drive-thru joins the offensive with bikini-clad baristas</title>
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Sales down? Competition getting the best of you? Regulations holding you back? Just shed some clothes. In America, anything goes. Ditto for the fiercely competitive Pacific Northwest drive-thru espresso market. This Oregon drive-thru is just the latest in a series of Northwest drive-thru operators who find that espresso sells better with skin.
What do we think?
It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2007/05/14/oregon-drive-thru-joins-the-offensive-with-bikini-clad-baristas/</link>
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		<title>Robotic Roasting? Proof is in the cup: approved by Ken Davids&#8230;.</title>
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Ken Davids of Coffee Review gave a thumbs-up 89-point review to a smart-machine roasted blend by Texas Roast.
Mr. Davids describes the blend as having a &#8220;very impressive aroma&#8221; and &#8220;grapefruit notes with distinct cedar and semi-sweet chocolate.&#8221;
&#8220;Ever since the review, online sales of our coffee have been booming,&#8221; says Jeff Schneider of Texas Roast. Schneider [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2007/05/11/robotic-roasting-proof-is-in-the-cupapproved-by-ken-davids/</link>
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		<title>The Latte Factor™</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody wants your spare change. And now that even includes the spare change our customers dig up between the seat cushions for their daily latte.  Even  Oprah&#8217;s found out about it. It&#8217;s been targeted with a trademarked ™ economic term and listed as an online word of the day.
latte factor (LAT.ay fak.tur) n. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://velocity-coffee.com/2007/04/30/latte-factor/</link>
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