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New Beanhunter Site: Sneak Peek #5
Posted by Adam | Thu, Jul 15th 2010, 04:13 | Under News

It's so old school to have two (or more) search fields isn't it?  Yeah, we think so too.  So we have collapsed it down to one!  But that's not all we've been busy doing!  Not only can you search by name and location by entering them in the one box (e.g., "Espresso Room London"), but you can also enter keywords, say like, equipment!  Interested in finding all the La Marzocco's in London?  Just search for "London, La Marzocco"!  Want to know where you can find Di Bella coffee in Melbourne?  Just search for "Di Bella, Melbourne"!  The same will work for all types of equipment - be it syphons, grinders, and more (including the bean brand).



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New Beanhunter Site: Sneak Peek #4
Posted by Adam | Wed, Jul 14th 2010, 05:08 | Under News

Well it is all about the coffee isn't it!  We have redesigned the cafe pages to not only make it easier to write a review, share it, add to your favourites, and view photos - but we've also added new information.  The big addition is the bean type and equipment.  This means of course that you will be able to search by these new additions too :-)  Users will also be able to correct details (like address, profile picture, etc.) which are then confirmed by the Beanhunter team.  Another small (but very useful) addition is showing how many reviews each user has completed.  Reviews can also be sorted by popularity whilst clearly showing how many people like each review (and who those users are).  Oh - the nearby cafes module also shows the distance!  We think it's a great step forward.


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New Beanhunter Site: Sneak Peek #3
Posted by Adam | Tue, Jul 13th 2010, 04:47 | Under News

With an ever-increasing volume of great content being added to the site (i.e., reviews, cafes, photos) we wanted to make it even easier to find it and interact with other users.  On the new site you will be able to:

  • "Like" reviews (and have this linked to your Facebook account if you desire).
  • Follow particular users!  This way whenever that user adds new content, you will be able to quickly see when you login to Beanhunter.com or by receiving email notifications.
  • Share your content automatically (through Facebook and Twitter) and manually (through a wide range of services).
  • Receive email notifications on a heap of activities - this includes when someone adds content to a cafe you have reviewed.
  • You will also note that on - just about everything - you can quickly see how recent the content is.



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New Beanhunter Site: Sneak Peek #2
Posted by Adam | Tue, Jul 13th 2010, 04:30 | Under News

We want you to shine - so we have seriously revamped the user page.  From here, people can see whatever description you have made public, who you are following, who is following you, your latest content, your blog/facebook/twitter (if you want), and an interactive map showing all your reviews!  People can also see your favourites and all of the photos you have added. More sneak peeks coming tomorrow!


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New Beanhunter Site: Sneak Peek #1
Posted by Adam | Mon, Jul 12th 2010, 05:07 | Under News

Well it's just been over a year now and Beanhunter is a vibrant community with over 3000 users.  One of our goals has been to keep on improving your experience - making it easier to bring coffee lovers and great coffee together.  That's why we have been very busy at work over the last six months (since the launch of our iPhone Application) on developing the next major version of the site.  We will be launching it very soon, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek of five awesome (and highly requested) new features in the meantime.  We'll release a sneak peek of one major feature a day Monday to Friday this week :)  Keep a look-out here, or follow us on Twitter or Facebook to hear it first.  Oh, and here's #1...

#1 Redesigned Hom
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Today is Beanhunter's 1st Birthday!
Posted by aramsay | Tue, Mar 2nd 2010, 04:56 | Under News

Happy Birthday Beanhunter! I cant believe we have turned 1 today!

On the 3rd March 2009 Beanhunter was launched so that coffee lovers from all over the world could find great coffee no matter where they are. The response over the past 12 months has been fantastic with lots of cafes getting entered every day from all over the world.

Here are few of the key milestones that have happened:

- Beanhunter was born 3rd March 2009
- We have given away one Rocket Giotto machine, a Di Bella Home Barista Pack, 3 x Presso Espresso Machines, a Bean Green home roasting
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Geefunk Wins Lamborghini Coffee Pack!
Posted by aramsay | Mon, Mar 1st 2010, 03:50 | Under News

Congratulations Geefunk who is the winner of the Tonino Lamborghini Coffee Pack for their review of Taste of Europe! Geefunk has won 1kg of Lamborghini coffee beans, 250gm tin ground coffee, 250gm tin coffee beans, 8 flavours of our European drinking chocolate, Espresso cups, Cappuccino cups & a Tonino Lamborghini cap.


It was another massive month with over 430 reviews entered into the Tonino Lamborghini giveaway during February. We at Beanhunter love reading all the user reviews being submitted every day. Some are absolute gold! As mentioned in the
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Beanhunter Update
Posted by Adam | Mon, Feb 15th 2010, 01:09 | Under News

With only a few weeks until we celebrate Beanhunter's first birthday, we just wanted to provide a quick update about all things Beanhunter.


iPhone Application

The biggest and most recent news is that in January we launched the Beanhunter iPhone App!  We think it has been a great success, and are now already up to version 1.02.  We have really appreciated all of the feedback that our users have provided - rest assured that planning for Version 2 of the application is well underway, and we hope to include some really neat features (and several of those most requested)!  We have also tried to be as responsive as possible when people experienced problems.


Server Upgrade

The iPhone application also had some other effects - namely the HUGE load that it placed upon our server.  In the month of January (in which the application
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Anthology Wins Bean Green Home Roaster Pack
Posted by aramsay | Sun, Jan 31st 2010, 08:09 | Under News

Congratulations Anthology who is the winner of the Bean Green giveaway for his review of Home Dining Room. He has won an iRoast 2 home roaster and 6kg of some of the worlds best green beans thanks to our friends at Bean Green! Im sure he will be roasting like a pro in no time with this gear & will be the envy of all his mates.

It's been a huge couple of months during this giveaway with over 500 reviews entered and more than 800 new users who have joined the Beanhunter community! Be sure to keep entering those reviews as we have more amazing prizes to give away this month.

Coffee Soon?

Al Ramsay
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Beanhunter iPhone App now available!
Posted by aramsay | Wed, Jan 13th 2010, 13:12 | Under News

Happy New Year!

Beanhunter for the iPhone and iPod Touch

We are very excited to announce Beanhunter now has an iPhone application!


Finding great coffee has never been so easy! Using your iPhone or iPod Touch you can now find the best places for coffee whenever and wherever you are.


Features:

- Find cafes near you (or anywhere in the world) and read reviews
- Write reviews, add cafes and photos directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch
- Save favourite cafes for quick access on your phone or online

So if you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, download the Beanhunter App now for free and let us know what you think.


Coffee soon?
Al


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