Archive for the tag 'coffee'

May 12 2009

Toast Dipped in Coffee Or Tea

Published byJody under appreciations,what i did today

My grandfather used to eat toast dipped in tea for breakfast. He had no teeth. Today I dipped my buttered toast in coffee. I have all my teeth. Speaking of my grandfather, who’s dead but was a memorable character: – He had no teeth and didn’t wear dentures. – He was missing 3 or 4 [...]

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Feb 25 2009

Corporate Guilt

Published byJody under consumer

In An Americano With an Extra Shot of Guilt, Please, Darren Barefoot observes the hypocrisy of a coffee shop, which he sums up nicely: We’re entirely comfortable selling you an environmentally insensitive product, but want you to feel guilty about giving us your money. Plus, [as filmgoer juan points out on Flickr] we’ve been unwilling [...]

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Apr 24 2006

Favourite Coffee Question

Published byPhillip under food & drink

I recently bought a bag of organic fair trade coffee beans from Bolivia. $11.60 for a 500g, which is cheap for quality coffee beans. It’s the best coffee I’ve had in a long time. A smooth, medium roast. I drink it with cream and I love it. I’ve paid as much as $35 for Jamaican [...]

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Jan 15 2006

Black Coffee Makes Me Vomit

Published byJody under food & drink

I once tried to wean myself off the cream and sugar I put in coffee. The first time I went cold-turkey, drinking just black coffee, I vomited an hour after I drank it. Maybe it was the eggs I ate with breakfast. The next day, drinking it black, I vomited it again about an hour [...]

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Dec 24 2005

Coffee Poll

Published byPhillip under food & drink

Here’s a question pertinent to the holiday season: How do you take your coffee? Black. with Cream. with Sugar. with Cream and Sugar. Don’t drink coffee.    Free polls from Pollhost.com

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Mar 10 2004

A double-double plus a pinch of MSG – Part 1

Published byJody under consumer,food & drink

It’s come to my attention that there’s a rumor about Tim Hortons putting MSG in their coffee. According to snopes.com they don’t: Tim Hortons coffee contains neither nicotine nor MSG. Indeed, it contains nothing other than coffee. Just as the USA has its Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of commercially-sold ingestibles, [...]

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