Shares of coffee companies are piping hot. Case in point: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, a wholesaler that reported impressive earnings on July 29. Coffee has "proven pretty recession-resistant," says Ric Rhinehart, executive director of the Specialty Coffee Assn. He says coffee-shop sales have slipped, but at-home consumption is up. Green Mountain's innovation is an at-home brewer that makes a single cup of coffee in about 30 seconds.
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