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Coffee in the News roundup

DelusionalAngel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:37:31 +0000

VASSALBORO (NEWS CENTER) — A proposal to open a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro has been approved for permit by the town planning board. (Read rest of the story here).

Really, who needless topless bars? The coffeeshop will open at 6 and I bet it’s cheaper than a topless bar!

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Raise high the coffee bean! Good news, coffee-drinkers: a new study shows your beverage of choice may lower your chances of getting oral, esophageal and pharyngeal (back-of-the-throat) cancer. (Rest of Story HERE).

See! Always a new story on how good coffee is! We’ll ignore the bad ones

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The Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers has launched a multimillion dollar lawsuit against cartoonist Mike Peters, over a Jan. 2 “Mother Goose and Grimm” strip that jokes of a link between Colombian coffee with crime syndicates. (Rest of story HERE).

Err, that’s not nice, though I’m not sure it’s worthy of a $20 million lawsuit. Now cartoonists will be asking for a bailout!

Coffee in the news… linkage

DelusionalAngel — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:06:58 +0000

Ahh never underestimate the will to drink coffee from a cup? Astronaut invents zero-G cup to drink his coffee from a cup. Story here.

Starbucks warns it’s just gonna get worse for them. Hmm. Duh. I still love them, despite all of the hate comments there.

Don’t drink and drive… Coffee, that is. Man spills coffee on himself and wrecks his semi. Story here.

Malaysia pulls coffee from shelves

DelusionalAngel — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:18:05 +0000

In Malaysia as many as 9 coffee brands have been pulled from shelves when it was found they had dangerous chemicals in them — chemicals used to treat erectile dysfunction… I suppose that sound *cough* harmless enough except that if taken daily they have side effects and even cause death. I bet some guys are still not giving up said coffee if they have it in their houses. Story here.

Bikini baristas

DelusionalAngel — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:09:36 +0000

It seems that Bikini Baristas will soon be appearing in Portland, OR. I hope they heat the places because having lived in OR and specifically Portland for some time, I have to say, it’s a bit cold to be walking around in bikinis except maybe in July and August.

Not just for drinking..

DelusionalAngel — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:04:04 +0000

It can apparently buy you enough time to get away from a robber too. A convenience store clerk threw two pots of coffee at a robber and then rant out of the store. It apparently didn’t stop the robbery however. Story here