SILVER SPRING, Maryland — The General Conference (GC) has declared a radical rebranding of every Adventist coffee table across the globe. Say goodbye to those nefarious furniture pieces, because, starting now, they’ll all be officially dubbed “Hot Chocolate Tables.” Yes, you read that right! No longer will the shadow of caffeine loom over faithful homes; […]
“If your dream is to open a coffee shop, put it next to an Adventist college campus,” says the US-based Coffee Shop Owners Association (CSOA). In their quarterly best practice advisory, the association pointed to exploding revenues reported by coffee shops that are currently located within a five-mile radius of Adventist schools. “The vast majority […]
by Jim Walters | 1 August 2022 | “Happy Sabbath! How would you like your coffee?” That, or a similar Sabbath morning greeting, is now heard in some congregations across Adventism: At the avant-garde Crosswalk (CW) church in Redlands, California, or at its secondary campuses in Los Angeles, Portland, Chattanooga, Sacramento, or Massachusetts—where CW Coffee […]
SEATTLE, Washington — Starbucks Coffee Company is suing the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists for what it calls “systematic slander of caffeine.” The company claims that Adventist rhetoric against caffeine has robbed the coffee chain of profits in markets around the world. Starbucks spokesperson Max Gittery said that due to the rapid growth of Adventism, […]
