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Egad, are we turning into coffee snobs?There is a Caribou Coffee kiosk at a local store, and I stop there often enough that I have their "perks" card (nothing to do with percolators) and a week or two ago it offered a 25% discount on Caribou merchandise. One item I had been considering, but was put off by the price, was a French Press. I'd ( Read more... )

While the Flavia machine had the advantage of a larger water reservoir and smaller packets, I think the Keurig has won me over. The water reservoir is not that big a deal, and supply storage isn't too big an issue. The convenience of being able to purchase locally for it is certainly nice, but what really made it easy to get used to is that it ( Read more... )

$WORKPLACE had a delayed Christmas party about a week ago and besides the meal there was a set of drawings. A few things attracted my attention and a few things did not. I was glad not to have wound up with a Minnesota Vikings carving and such. Not getting a 40-inch 1080p monitor TV was slightly disappointing, but such things are expected. But I ( Read more... )

It was something of a surprise a couple years ago when a Starbucks was built (about where the Happy Chef had been) in Fairmont. Starbucks? The purveyors of overroasted, overpriced, pretentious coffee... in Fairmont? It didn't make sense ( Read more... )

I know that espresso is a special preparation of coffee. What is this expresso I keep seeing mentioned, though? From the name of it, it sounds like it might be some sort of coffee-flavored fast-acting laxative.

* $WE_TREAT_SMALL_MAMMALS (where sistaur works) hasn't had to deal with any of the current pet food poisoning cases, but the phone has been ringing off the hook with concerned folks.

* Yes, I do like sushi. Sushi Tango (is that between Sushi Sierra and Sushi Uniform?) is good.

* The chocolate martini is way too good for one's own good. We each had ( Read more... )

I like the coffee flavor, and I like the aroma of brewing coffee. Yet I only very rarely drink coffee. It's that coffee itself never seems to taste anywhere near as good as it smells. It's a disappointment to drink. On the occasions I do drink coffee I often try it black ("Do you want your coffee black?" "What other colors do you have?") but ( Read more... )