Starting a new thread for 2013 and maybe beyond. Sometimes I see stuff on the Internet that I think other members might find interesting, funny, educational, .... and may want post it here without starting a separate thread. Please post your discoveries and thoughts here as well. Or create a separate thread as you wish or see fit. It's all meant to be fun and entertaining.
Cafe Tidbits - News and stories from around the web
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Recently ran across the I Love Coffee.jp blog by Ryoko Iwata. She has collected a number of short, informative, and entertaining posts from around the web. Most of the entrees are worth checking out (but no fact checking attempted by me). I recommend visiting the website and decide what to read for yourself.
But especially note worthy are these:
1) Coffee spa in Japan:
2) Face-off: Coffee vs. Tea:
3) I also prefer this vending machine:
But especially note worthy are these:
1) Coffee spa in Japan:
2) Face-off: Coffee vs. Tea:
3) I also prefer this vending machine:
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The Japanese are vending geniuses!
First, one of these
and then one of these
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First, one of these
and then one of these
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To borrow a phrase. Japanese coffee (and vending) is Boss!!
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Anybody ran across these Coinstar (aka Redbox) coffee kiosks? Saw the CEO talking about them in a video clip the other day, seems they are going to roll more of these out in the coming year:
Redbox Turns Barista Brewing $1.50 Lattes Alongside DVDs
Redbox Turns Barista Brewing $1.50 Lattes Alongside DVDs
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I am neither long nor short Starbucks, but saw some news reports on their most recent quarter. A few stats that caught my eye:
- Have sold 150,000 Verismo pod machines since it launched last fall. And they plan to aggressively compete against Green Mountain and their pod business. They view this a multi-billion dollar business. (So maybe there will be some future price war with k-cups??)
- 1 out 10 adults (in the US) got a Starbucks gift card over the Christmas holiday season.
- Starbucks has about 18,000 cafes around the world. I was curious thow that stacked up against McDonalds and according to wikipedia McDonalds has 34,000+ locations and Subway tops them both with 38,000+. (That's a lot of coffee and sandwiches)
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sounds like how they do research on rats.
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If you do enough googling on pu'erh health benefits, you will find articles discussing how this is quite common in tibet due to yak butter tea being a staple and the lower-quality leaves often used to prepare it.
I was just reading an article about how Portland will be voting on adding fluoride to the drinking water (I will vote YES on this) and in the comments section, one of the anti-fluoride folks linked this article. Too bad that they didn't read it first.
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You should be aware that the fluoride added to the water supply is vastly different from the fluoride found in tea. It is literally re-purposed industrial waste. I don't recommend it, and if I were in Portland, I would definitely vote NO. Even if you LIKE sodium fluoride in your drinking water, it is not right to enforce forced medication on those who do not want it. You are, however, free to add fluoride to your own water anytime you like. It is all but impossible to remove once there.
Would you be willing to elaborate on your dislike a bit more? I mean, penicillin is repurposed bread mold but most people agree it's a wonderful thing when used correctly.
Well sure fluoride is produced as a byproduct of various industrial processes. Some anti fluoride activists have invoked the negatively perceived term "industrial waste" to invoke an emotional response. This is much like marketers whose plastic becomes a polymer product identical to that being used on the space shuttle.
I'll leave the fluoridation of water issue to the voting public. Please leave politics and political discussion out of this forum.
I'll leave the fluoridation of water issue to the voting public. Please leave politics and political discussion out of this forum.
I like how plastic, polymer and composite are interchangeable now days based on how much the thing costs.
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21 to Drink Coffee?
"The U.S. FDA announced a plan to investigate and potentially regulate caffeine. "
"The U.S. FDA announced a plan to investigate and potentially regulate caffeine. "
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The above Atlantic article has a lot of interesting links. I think most people know about the origins of Coca-Cola, but I think you may still enjoy this article along with the rest.
Why We Took Cocaine Out of Soda
Why We Took Cocaine Out of Soda
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When you just wanted a cup of coffee...
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Oh! say cay ti tsai?
