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Greek Coffeehouse Chain Opens Sydney Shop

Mikel, Greece's leading coffee chain is expanding in Australia as its first shop opens in Sydney’s Five Dock this Saturday, 25 August. “Mikel Coffee is growing to respond to the continuously increasing demands of its customers,” Mikel Coffee Company Au...

Greeks Welcome New Year Ready to Pay More for Basics

A barrage of raises in basic goods and services accompanies the New Year, as Greek households have to pay more for fuel oil, fuel gas, telephone service, cable television, coffee and cigarettes. The new direct and indirect taxes on consumer...

The Best Barista in the World Is… Greek! [video]

Nikos Kanakaris, aged 32, won the 2016 'Barista & Farmer' TV reality show. He made it to the finals after being selected among 200 other contestants who lived and worker together in a Brazilian coffee commune. Finally, he made his...

Enjoy a Café in Athens: Where to Go

There is no shortage of cafeterias, or coffee shops, to choose from in Athens. You find them at the Acropolis Museum and around every corner of the city. Greeks have refined the art of "going for a coffee" to...

Cyprus Tourism Organization Teaches Visitors How to Make Frappe Coffee [video]

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation came up with the unique and innovative idea of releasing a video with instructions on how to make the Greek frappe coffee. The frappe coffee is an instant cold coffee with ice and water, mixed to...

Greeks Look for Future Inside Coffee Cups

The ancient art of tasseography, or reading the leftover coffee grounds in the cup, is alive and well in Greece and it is a great entrepreneurial idea to beat the financial crisis. Or at least that's what Laura Secorun Palet...

International Food Franchises Failing in Greece

The Greek market is a very difficult place for international food and coffee franchises. Greeks are creatures of habit and it is not that easy to change their routine, the way they eat or enjoy their coffee. It is not a...

Larissa: The Greek City of Coffee

Many Greeks believe that Larissa is the city of coffee, but until recently this notion was mostly based on a feeling rather than facts. According to statistical date released by the Larissa Chamber of Commerce, until June 30, 2014 there...

Greece: Cheap Water and Expensive Coffee

Greece has very cheap bottled still water, but coffee there is among the most expensive in countries surveyed by Omnibus for Britain’s Royal Mail. Overall, however, prices in Greece are competitive, beaten only by Turkey and Spain. Furthermore, 56 percent of respondents said that they had visited Greece in the past.  

'Athens Insiders' Give Tourists a Different City Experience

How to set Greece in motion is the center of countless discussions, with main ideas focusing around two themes: tourism and faith in “new blood.” Just a few days ago, U.S. magazine “New York Times” featured a story on...