Topic 13 of 88: More coffee, More coffee, More coffee
Wed, Nov 5, 1997 (13:52) |
William E. Roland (KitchenManager)
Hook up that ol' caffeine IV and start typing!
95 responses total.
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Response 1 of 95: Rev. Thomas H. Smith (CotC) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (10:57) * 1 lines
No, no, NO!... Room-temperature espresso enema!
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Response 2 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (12:29) * 2 lines
sad, sad news...
I spent yesterday (my day off!) in doctors offices and the "voice of reason" went off the deep end IMO when she recommended I give up all caffeine (including chocolate) I am in mourning and think I shall drown my sorrows in a double cap!
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Response 3 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (12:37) * 3 lines
Why does they want ya
to give it up?
(I know my reasons...)
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Response 4 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (12:38) * 2 lines
Don't worry, we'll be your support group!
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Response 5 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (12:43) * 2 lines
Honestly... seems like I am high risk for breast cancer with relatives on both maternal and paternal sides having dealt with it. "Studies" link breast cancer to high fat and high caffeine diets... I asked whether it was the high fat diet or people with high body fat percentages were at risk (because I'm definitely one but not the other) she said her recommendation was to lower fat AND eliminate caffeine.
I'm trying to find that 'fine' line between healthy and happy.
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Response 6 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (12:45) * 2 lines
Let me look some stuff up,
and I'll be back as soon as I can.
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Response 7 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (13:22) * 2 lines
Is that going to be tough? Can you do it?
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Response 8 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (09:39) * 2 lines
My health is valuable to me but if I am forced to cut out something I enjoy very much... well yesterday I couldn't (did not try to) resist a bit of semi-sweet chocolate BUT I did buy new decaf teas and am still drinking decaf coffee. Because I don't eat meat, my fat consumption is pretty much from dairy and the HDL cholesterols I get in olives and avocados. I again, refuse to give up some seemingly simple pleasures (like REAL cheese) but I will try to use more olive oil instead of butter in my cooking.
If someone made it a dare, of course I COULD do it. But do I want to?
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Response 9 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (09:44) * 2 lines
Keep listening to that inner voice.
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Response 10 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (12:45) * 1 lines
It's pretty loud... hard to avoid!
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Response 11 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (14:55) * 1 lines
No coffee for me today so far, and it's 2:09 !
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Response 12 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Nov 13, 1997 (23:47) * 2 lines
WHAT? Do I have to drink stacey's
and terry's allotments?
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Response 13 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (05:12) * 5 lines
No, no, no. You might keel over. DO NOT drink
our allotments.
Yesterday was a no coffee day pour moi!
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Response 14 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (09:49) * 3 lines
[BAnd today????
[BI'm doing the tea thing -- with honey.
It's actually a loose tea I picked up in Austin called "sereni-tea" Corny, eh? A good combonation of mint, chamomille and yarrow.
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Response 15 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (11:35) * 7 lines
YOu *MUST* know this Stacey.
There is a way cool lady I met from Denver who does
the most killer coffee substitutes imaginable.
I must get this info to you soon.
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Response 16 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (12:05) * 1 lines
Send quick... faaaaadddddddinggggggggggg.
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Response 17 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 14, 1997 (13:09) * 2 lines
It's somewhere . . . in my memory banks . . . searching . . .
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Response 18 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (09:48) * 1 lines
I'm on a loose tea kick now!
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Response 19 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (10:59) * 2 lines
Still searching . . . I can see her clearly.
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Response 20 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (11:05) * 1 lines
C'mon, Mr. Detail-Oriented.
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Response 21 of 95: Rev. Thomas H. Smith (CotC) * Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (12:09) * 3 lines
I'm hyper-sensitive to caffeine (no snickering, WER!!) but I've recently found a fun and effective way to counteract it if'n I drink it too late at night and NEED to go to sleep. Valerian root and Melatonin produce quite the synergistic effect (in me, anyway) and have the added effect of producing some truly _funky_ dreams!
Then I'm all well-rested in the AM for mo' coffee, mo' coffee, MO'!
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Response 22 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Nov 17, 1997 (12:28) * 1 lines
ever thought of switching to half caf/ half decaf? That's how I weened myself.
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Response 23 of 95: Rev. Thomas H. Smith (CotC) * Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (10:24) * 1 lines
But where's the fun in that?
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Response 24 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (10:55) * 1 lines
Well, after you've been off caffeinated coffee for awhile, half caf is a LOT of fun!
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Response 25 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (10:58) * 1 lines
Drinking coffee again today. Can't seem to cut it out.
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Response 26 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (11:02) * 1 lines
I am too -- decaf with half and half and some dulce -- dessert coffee!
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Response 27 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 18, 1997 (15:04) * 2 lines
dulce in coffee, as in seaweed?
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Response 28 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (10:54) * 1 lines
no, sugar with a typo!
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Response 29 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Nov 20, 1997 (12:10) * 2 lines
General Mills International Coffees
for me today, Viennese Chocolate Cafe.
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Response 30 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Nov 20, 1997 (13:34) * 2 lines
Tiny bit o java today.
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Response 31 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Nov 20, 1997 (13:43) * 1 lines
Decaf Colorado Blend
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Response 32 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (13:18) * 3 lines
Two cups o' stale, burnt coffee left
over from the wife's all night study
session...
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Response 33 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (18:28) * 1 lines
YUK!
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Response 34 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (23:20) * 2 lines
Are you getting laid back km?
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Response 35 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (01:25) * 1 lines
???????
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Response 36 of 95: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (18:10) * 1 lines
ohmigod, wer's at a loss for words!
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Response 37 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (10:03) * 3 lines
and it's shaking the foundation of my existence!!
C'mon WER.... SAY SOMETHING!!!
*giggle*
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Response 38 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (11:37) * 1 lines
LOL?
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Response 39 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (18:41) * 1 lines
*smile*
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Response 40 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (17:31) * 3 lines
Drinking some coffee as we type...
(hope you're smile is as pretty in person
as it is on here...)
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Response 41 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (18:22) * 3 lines
thank you for the compliment
hope I pass the inevitable comparison test!
a mighty subjective matter but I'll give it a whirl.
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Response 42 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (02:42) * 6 lines
(you did just fine, btw, Stace...)
The coffee beer is out again, it's
Red Hook Double Black Stout.
That's right, kids, a stout beer brewed with Starbucks coffee...
(just cross-posting the words makes my mouth water!)
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Response 43 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (03:47) * 1 lines
I don't like coffee - can't even make it.
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Response 44 of 95: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (21:15) * 1 lines
Coffee is YUM--but not in the summer.
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Response 45 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jul 26, 1998 (23:13) * 3 lines
how about on autumn?
(and, btw, that's why double ice caps were invented...)
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Response 46 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (00:50) * 1 lines
yuksies
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Response 47 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (09:28) * 1 lines
Hey, I like those iced cappucinos at Borders cafe. Good stuff.
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Response 48 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (11:14) * 3 lines
The very idea gives me the shivers!
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Response 49 of 95: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (11:14) * 3 lines
HA HA, wer!
Those iced thingies remind me of a Slurpee.
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Response 50 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (11:14) * 1 lines
and, around here 7-11's sell cappucino Slurpee thingys...
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Response 51 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Jul 27, 1998 (11:14) * 1 lines
The only thing I like to slurp is frozen Coke.
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Response 52 of 95: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (21:14) * 1 lines
I was in the 7-11 last night at midnight (!) and noticed their banner proclaimed French Vanilla cappucino coolers. It made my skin crawl to think about it.
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Response 53 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jul 30, 1998 (22:07) * 1 lines
http://www.coffeetalk.com/
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Response 54 of 95: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, Sep 28, 1998 (17:14) * 1 lines
cofffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Response 55 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (00:50) * 1 lines
noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Response 56 of 95: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (07:40) * 1 lines
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!
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Response 57 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (09:29) * 1 lines
You also a big coffee drinker. The idea sounds so cosy to me - pity the taste makes me shiver.
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Response 58 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (10:16) * 1 lines
What do you like to drink in the morning Riette, tea?
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Response 59 of 95: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Tue, Sep 29, 1998 (20:46) * 2 lines
mmmmmmmmm
teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Response 60 of 95: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Sep 30, 1998 (00:13) * 1 lines
leeeeeooooonnnnniiiii
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Response 61 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Sep 30, 1998 (06:14) * 1 lines
A can of Coke does fine for me.
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Response 62 of 95: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, Sep 30, 1998 (22:25) * 1 lines
(*shudder*)
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Response 63 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Oct 1, 1998 (00:51) * 1 lines
Same thing, though, isn't it? Lots of cafeïne, except one can swallow the Pill down without burning your throat to bits.
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Response 64 of 95: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Tue, Dec 8, 1998 (18:09) * 10 lines
What kind of pill burns your throat?
Sorry, could not resist!
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Response 65 of 95: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (03:50) * 1 lines
Does your mother know you're here???
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Response 66 of 95: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Fri, Jan 15, 1999 (16:55) * 1 lines
Of course she does. She also has a computer.
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Response 67 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Feb 20, 2000 (22:19) * 1 lines
Whatcha wanta know about Kona Coffee except that straight it is not drinkable in my discerning palate's opinion. Waaaaay too bitter. Eats bowls off of Battleship silverware. takes the bottom out of your cup and stomach simultaneously. Blended, it is superb.
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Response 68 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 13, 2000 (15:29) * 26 lines
Coffee with Drambuie
Who can resist the smooth silky texture of this delicious
liqueur - Drambuie - a recipe gifted to The Mackinnons of
Strathaird by Bonnie Prince Charlie. As a fugitive in Skye
while fleeing from the English forces, Bonnie Prince
Charlie took refuge with the Mackinnons on Skye who offered
him shelter. In return for their hospitality, he gave them
this recipe for his own liqueur. Still made to this day
from that secret recipe based on whisky, Drambuie is THE
liqueur of Scotland.
Ingredients:
-1 measure of Drambuie
-1 - 2 teaspoons soft brown sugar
-pot of strong coffee
-double cream
To serve - Warm for each serving a "comfortable to hold"
stemmed glass or glazed stemmed goblet. Put in the
Drambuie, stir in the brown sugar and fill with coffee to
one inch below the rim. Stir until the sugar is completely
dissolved, then pour the cream over the back of a silver
(if possible) teaspoon so that it floats on the surface. Do
not stir again.
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Response 69 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jun 13, 2000 (19:54) * 1 lines
Boy, that's sure worth a try. How about Kahlua and Coffee?
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Response 70 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 13, 2000 (21:38) * 2 lines
We ate early so did not indulge in either the coffee (still too warm outside) or the Kahlua. However, later on...*sigh* It would have been wonderful later...
(wrong company.....*bigger sigh*)
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Response 71 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Wed, Jun 14, 2000 (02:08) * 1 lines
Needed coffee last night to offset the effects of red wine and an irritating 22 year old!!! Still slept like a log.
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Response 72 of 95: hungry spring (sprin5) * Wed, Jun 14, 2000 (08:01) * 1 lines
What's up with the 22 year old?
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Response 73 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Wed, Jun 14, 2000 (16:50) * 1 lines
Hormones mostly!!!! (Love!!!) .... and a mother who is in thesis and too small house crisis
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Response 74 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jun 15, 2000 (00:24) * 1 lines
Sounds like normal household madness this time of year. You know, it is when the sap rises *grin*
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Response 75 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Jun 16, 2000 (09:38) * 1 lines
Well, someone put a tap on it please - I'm drowning!!!
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Response 76 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jun 16, 2000 (22:58) * 1 lines
I hear you! I would laugh but it is no laughing matter...*sigh* and Sugar maples are not old world trees. sigh
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Response 77 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Jun 17, 2000 (03:26) * 1 lines
Coffee, PLEASE someone!!!! How about Columbian, nice and strong and tasty.
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Response 78 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jun 17, 2000 (16:06) * 1 lines
Kona is good... One cup at night will keep you awake for days on end.
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Response 79 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Jun 17, 2000 (17:04) * 1 lines
I think I'll settle for a milky one right now, and hope I sleep
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Response 80 of 95: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Jun 19, 2000 (21:18) * 1 lines
A strong shot of kahlua, and you'll be out all night.
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Response 81 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Jun 20, 2000 (00:06) * 1 lines
about now, that sounds great. Better than those Long Island Iced Teas you were imbibing last summer?
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Response 82 of 95: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, Jun 24, 2000 (16:29) * 1 lines
Ho ho, don't get me started! This year's passion is Hard Lemonade.
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Response 83 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Mon, Jun 26, 2000 (04:12) * 2 lines
What on earth is that???? A SOFT drink???? *grin*
Trying desperately to replace coffee with iced water and lemon. Have succeeded so far (it's 10 am)
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Response 84 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jun 29, 2000 (21:12) * 1 lines
Nuthin soft about "Hard" anything in America. It means a liberal amount of one or another adult beverage has been added.
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Response 85 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Jun 30, 2000 (01:32) * 1 lines
oh - Hooch! (that's what one brand here calls it!)
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Response 86 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jun 30, 2000 (15:48) * 1 lines
been called that here, as well...
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Response 87 of 95: Autumn (autumn) * Sat, Jul 1, 2000 (23:00) * 1 lines
This is much classier than common hooch...:-)
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Response 88 of 95: Maggie (sociolingo) * Mon, Jul 3, 2000 (04:58) * 1 lines
Hooch is the brand name here - there are a lot of different ones out now - popular at parties. My daughters drink them.
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Response 89 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 13, 2002 (22:06) * 6 lines
Rich coffee lovers are going crazy for a new kind of coffee, made from the coffee beans that have been through the alimentary canal of the Indonesian monkeys. You can get a cup of such coffee in exclusive American cafes for five dollars. Mark Mauntanos, an importer of this expensive product advised, about 230 kilos of this coffee is delivered to the world market during a year. Experts say, the people of Indonesia have known such a drink for hundreds of years. They noticed that the monkeys, which live in the palm-woods in Sumatra and Java eat coffee beans, but do not digest them. The Europeans, who studied the nature of the most developed apes stated that they selected only the best coffee beans, which went through their intestines undigested.
Pravda
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Response 90 of 95: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Oct 14, 2002 (13:23) * 1 lines
Ack! As a vegetarian, I'm not sure how I feel about drinking that! Looking forward to bringing back loads of fresh beans from our trip to Costa Rica next month. I'm hoping to do all my Xmas shopping at the cafe!
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Response 91 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 14, 2002 (14:45) * 55 lines
6. Best Coffee Made From Monkey Poo; Crappuccino
Daily Star
Wed Nov 21 2001 10:22:30 ET Coffee drinkers are going bananas
over a brew that's made of MONKEY DUNG.
Brits are flooding exclusive US stockists with orders for the
brew, called Kopi Luwak, made from berries that have passed
through the digestive system of Indonesian monkeys. Unlucky
coffee plantation staff have to search through the dung to
gather the bizarre "harvest" of coffee berries, which are said
to emerge virtually intact.
Experts reckon the monkey business gives the drink a unique
"earthy" taste, which has made it the most expensive and sought-
after coffee in the world.
It is in such short supply - just 500 lb of it is harvested a
year - that it is virtually impossible to get hold of in Britain
and has only limited availability in the States and Japan.
Experts say the brew first came to light hundreds of years ago,
when explorers sampled it on the Indonesian isles of Java,
Sumatra and Sulawesi.
The monkey - known as the Palm Toddy Cat - lives on a diet of
alcoholic tree sap and coffee berries.
US-based food and drink critic Chris Rubin said: "Whether it's
because the intestinal juices give some special flavour or
because it eats only perfectly ripe berries, the Toddy Cat's
droppings produce what many say is the world's finest coffee."
Some exclusive US outlets sell Kopi Luwak for around a FIVER a
cup.
US Coffee supplier Mark Mountanos has snapped up 110 lb of the
beans. He said: "We've had interest from all over the world
because it is very hard to get hold of."
US coffee shop owner Richard Karno ordered a pound from Mark's
firm - but only after he convinced him it wasn't a joke.
He said: "It's the best coffee I've ever tasted. It smells
musty, but it roasts up real nice."
http://www.badgettcoffee.com/issue56.html
Gourmet Coffee Warehouse
671 Rose Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
Contact: Richard Karno (Owner/CEO)
Telephone: 888-8COFFEE or 310-392-6479
Fax: 718-499-7771
Email: rkarno@yahoo.com
Internet: http://www.gourmetcoffeewarehouse.com
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Response 92 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 14, 2002 (14:59) * 47 lines
I laughed. “Wait - so there are actually monkeys trained to pick coffee beans?”
“Of course not. They are not trained. It is a natural phenomenon. They pick the fruit off
the tree and eat. That is how you get Monkey Coffee. Surely you have heard?”
Actually, I had read about this stuff. Monkey Coffee was something that had existed in the
19th Century, supposedly the best coffee in the world.
“So there really is such a thing?” I asked.
“It is a well known fact. I have read it is a delicacy in some countries.”
“Yes, yes. I’ve read that too. They say it is because the monkeys will pick only the best,
the ripest berries, right?”
“So some say. Others claim it is the chemical reaction within the bowels.”
“Bowels?”
“Yes. The monkeys eat the beans and then pass it through their digestive system. That is
the monkey coffee.”
“You mean it’s monkey, uh, feces?”
“As I have said, nobody drinks it here. They are unclean animals.” He wrinkled his nose.
“But it was a terrible problem in Shrevenoot. The monkeys ate all the best beans
I was never quite sure whether to believe all this until much later, back in the U.S.,
when I discovered that Monkey Coffee had recently became part of the gourmet coffee
roster. It does not come out of either a monkey or India, but is the product of a small
Indonesian creature called the Palm Toddy Cat , a nocturnal tree-lover who lives on the
naturally alcoholic tree sap used to make palm toddy (wine) and fresh coffee berries.
Whether it's because the animal's intestinal juices impart some special flavor (perhaps
because of its alcoholic diet) or merely because it eats only perfectly ripe berries, the
Toddy Cat’s droppings, cleaned, produce what many say is the world's finest coffee.
Japan buys most of the stuff nowadays, but the U.S. firm of M.P.Mountanos (800-229-1611)
also sells it under the name Kopi Luwak at about $300 a pound, making it the world's most
expensive cup of Joe. Another firm called Raven's Brew Coffee (ravencup@ptialaska.net or
800-91-RAVEN) sells it by the quarter pound for $75 and, in that grand American
tradition, throws in a free T-shirt showing the beast hard at work with a cup under its
ass and the caption "Good to the Last Dropping."
http://home.earthlink.net/~stewartallen/india.html
Topic 13 of 88 [food]: More coffee, More coffee, More coffee
Response 93 of 95: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 14, 2002 (16:09) * 82 lines
Luwak Coffee
Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!news.mit.edu!shivers
From: shivers@lcs.mit.edu (Olin Shivers)
Newsgroups: alt.food.coffee
Subject: Luwak coffee (was "Special coffee?")
Date: 18 Mar 1995 21:59:19 GMT
Organization: Lab for Computer Science, MIT
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In-reply-to: patrick@cnoc.demon.co.uk's message of Mon, 13 Mar 1995 18:33:27 +0000
Newsgroups: alt.food.coffee
From: patrick@cnoc.demon.co.uk (patrick stephen kavanagh)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 18:33:27 +0000
A colleague at work has mentioned that there is a coffee that is
special in that it is eaten by an animal, he knows not what, before
it is processed for human consumption.
Can anyone back up this claim?
-- Patrick Stephen Kavanagh
Yes, I can back this up. There is a type of nocturnal civet called the Luwak
that roams around in Indonesia and eats perfectly ripe coffee cherries. After
the coffee cherries pass through the Luwak's digestive system, the locals
collect the Luwak's droppings and wash them off, recovering the coffee beans
still encased in their protective endocarps. So passing through a Luwak's GI
tract is pretty similar to the initial phase of coffee-cherry processing --
the outer hull and fruit are pulped and removed. Then you just hull the
recovered beans and proceed as usual.
Luwak cofee is very hard to get a hold of on the world market, because the
annual production is miniscule, and not amenable to scaling by industrial
techniques -- you can't automate or train a nocturnal civet! And even if you
can find it, the price is sky-high. It's the coffee analog of hunting for
truffles with pigs.
Every time I tell someone about Luwak coffee, we have *exactly* the same
interaction (which is the same one I had when I was first told about it).
At some point in the story, when you explain how this Luwak eats only the
perfectly ripe coffee cherries, the listener gets this cautious look on
his face, and says (always the exact same words), "Are you telling me that..."
and the teller always nods and says, "Yes, that's exactly right. Roasted
cat-shit for $300/pound."
Were it myself, I would be marketing this stuff under the brand name, "Kacafe,"
but my venture capital friends just won't listen to me. I can't stop wondering
would I would use for a logo.
If you want to try this coffee, I do know of a US operation that imports and
roasts coffee, and is able to get Luwak coffee: J. Martinez & Co. Although
the bulk of their business is large-scale supply, they will sell to
individuals via mail order. I have also heard that their Atlanta store is in
Buckhead, and on certain days they will brew a pot of Luwak coffee in-house
and sell it by the cup.
Truth in advertising: I have never had an opportunity to try Luwak coffee,
so I can't tell you personally what it's like, but on my next trip to Atlanta
I am definitely going to try to go by the Martinez store and sample some.
However, I have friends who have had it, and they said it was fabulous.
The descriptions I recall were "very complex," "very distinct -- not like
anything else I've ever had," and "unique." One of my friends thought it
lived up to the price tag; another thought it was great, but given that
Blue Mountain coffee is merely a tenth the price...
I mail-order my (non-Luwak) coffee from the Martinezes, because it is pleasant
to deal with friendly experts, and the coffee is noticeably better than what I
can get where I live in Harvard Sq (Coffee Connection), so I do know their
business line: 800-642-5282. If you call and get a Jamaican accent, that's a
Martinez: Johns Jr. and Sr. and Melanie. They have always been very helpful to
me in ordering coffee, even in the tiny half-pound and pound purchases that I
make, and they are happy to talk about coffee. They also ship in those fancy
low-oxygen gas-valve bags. They do not sell vanilla-flavored raspberry coffee.
One more tip. I have noticed that whenever I call before 10 am, I always get a
friendly Atlantan on the phone, never a friendly Jamaican. The Martinezes
appear to be real night-cats. Like the Luwak.
-Olin
http://www.ai.mit.edu/~shivers/luwak.html
Topic 13 of 88 [food]: More coffee, More coffee, More coffee
Response 94 of 95: Autumn (autumn) * Thu, Oct 17, 2002 (00:20) * 1 lines
This is so wrong...!
Topic 13 of 88 [food]: More coffee, More coffee, More coffee
Response 95 of 95: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Dec 13, 2002 (17:16) * 1 lines
eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww!!! This is VERY wrong!
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