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Welcome to Badgett's Coffee eJournal
"All the Coffee That's Fit to Print"TM
Issue No. 67 . . . . . . June 28, 2002
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In This Issue:
1. Welcome
2. Some Words from Our Sponsors
3. Coffee and AL QAEDA
4. A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
5. Honeybees Boost Coffee Yields
6. Berkeley Seeks Politically Correct Coffee
7. Hotbed Of Jazz Now Brewing Cool Java
8. Scientists: Space Is Color of Latte
9. Coffee, Books Come Together At Library
10. Frost Watch is the Name of the Game for Coffee Growers
11. Coffee Company Gambling that People Care
12. Where Good Coffee is Served Up Without Mixing Politics
13. Matinee Idol
14. Links to My Friends
15. Feedback
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Three things keep the Internet from being all it should be:
viruses, spam, and excess shipping charges.
Viruses: I just do not understand how someone gets a thrill from
sitting at their computer and writing and sending out a program
that causes millions and millions in damages to others' computers.
Spam: It is annoying but even more damaging is its effect. It
keeps us from wanting to read the worthwhile email messages.
(such as this journal) We all get "delete happy" with any email
that looks even remotely like spam.
Excess Shipping Charges: Internet businesses have to wise up to
the fact that consumers will spend $10 in auto expense going to
a store to buy something that they could buy online but refuse
because they know the $6.95 S&H is a rip-off. No one likes to
be gouged by phony charges. Anyone can call UPS and find out
that the actual charges on the $6.95 (for example) is often less
that $4.00. And some items can be mailed for less than a dollar.
Some S&H charges are more extreme than this example,
but the point is that Internet businesses need to make their profit
on the merchandise, not on the shipping charges.
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Coffee Books
Dozens of great books about coffee. Unplug the TV and open a book.
The coffee world is fascinating and complex and we all have much
to learn. If you have a good book on coffee that should be on
this list, please send the title and author and we'll check it out.
www.badgettcoffee.com/books.html
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Have you ever seen a deer crossing at a deer crossing? I haven't
either but I keep looking.
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3. Coffee and AL QAEDA
By DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL
June 17, 2002 --
IN the war on terrorism, choice of coffee may be definitive.
First came the boycott of Starbucks by American Muslims for Global
Peace and Justice - on the grounds that the firm's CEO is "using
inciteful language to 'legitimize' Israel's actions" in the current
conflict and that his "statements exude Islamophobia."
The group sent out a "Global Action Alert" claiming that Starbucks
CEO and founder Howard Schultz incited violence against Palestinians
in a speech to a Seattle area synagogue. The boycott has now been
picked up by activists in at least five Arab countries.
For complete article, please go to:
www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/50463.htmBack to Top
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small
people always do that, but the really great make you feel that
you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
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4. A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-Words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
B"H
Morality Redefined
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What's needed is not groveling compliance to accepted values.
What's needed is a restraint born of a higher awareness, a sense
of the Divine. A sense of awe for what lies within another human
being and within the creatures we consume. An awareness of
something higher than our own minds, of a transcendence within
the very ground upon which we tread.
A sense of right and wrong born of such awareness is more than
just a goal for the future. It is the bread and water of
humankind's survival right now.
And it is humanity's step over the threshold of a new era.
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"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life,
the clearer we should see through it." Jean Paul
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5. Honeybees Boost Coffee Yields
NewScientist.com news service
Honeybee pollination can double a coffee crop's yield, new research shows.
The plants are primarily self-pollinating. But research by David Roubik
at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama shows bee
pollination is much more important than farmers thought.
For complete article, please go to:
www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992403Back to Top
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RABBI PLISKIN'S DAILY LIFT
Daily Lift #52 Build Relationships On Common Goals
Two people who want to have a good relationship need to be
aware of a basic principle: When each one tries to pull the
other to his own direction, there will be conflict and constant
quarrel.
But when people focus on their common goals, the differences
between them will not cause difficulties, and they will have a
peaceful relationship.
Whenever you find yourself about to quarrel with another
person, ask yourself, "What goals do we have in common?"
This way of looking at the situation will make it easier for you
to find a solution that will be satisfactory to both.
(see Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler - Michtav MaiEliyahu, vol.4,
p.16; Rabbi Pliskin's "Consulting the Wise")
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6. Berkeley Seeks Politically Correct Coffee
ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 18, 2002
BERKELEY - A Berkeley lawyer wants to make sure that everyone in
town can drink coffee with a clean conscience.
A new initiative proposed by Rick Young would restrict all brewed
coffee sales in Berkeley to organic, shade-grown or Fair
Trade-certified coffee. Fair Trade promises that the farmers who
produced the beans received a fair price.
For complete article, please go to:
www.uniontrib.com/news/state/20020618-1307-ca-berkeleycoffee.htmlBack to Top
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"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention
in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
Mitch Ratliffe
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7. Hotbed Of Jazz Now Brewing Cool Java
New Orleans Coffee Company Wins Innovation Award for Coffee Products
New Orleans, La.-- June 12, 2002 --/Xpress Press/ -- Louisiana is
exporting more than hot jazz and the rich eats of Emeril and Chef
Paul Prudhomme -- it's brewing some cool java too. The New Orleans
Coffee Company this month received an Innovator of the Year award
for its use of a patented cold-drip process that produces a liquid
concentrate gourmet coffee. Called Cool Brew, coffee drinkers can
now pour some concentrate into a mug and add hot water for a cup
that tastes fresh brewed.
Quest for a smooth cup turns up empty
A pharmacist whose quest for a smooth cup turned up empty founded
the New Orleans Coffee Company. By re-purposing the 150-year-old
cold filtration process, Phil McCrory was able to produce the
ultimate smooth cup that the consumer could quickly prepare at home.
"My goal was to create a great tasting, fresh cup of coffee that
could be prepared in an instant with out any bitterness," said
McCrory. "Our signature ingredient, 'chicory' gives the coffee a
New Orleans regional flavor. It's our version of "BAM" without
the bite," he said.
Until now, CoolBrew and the company's iced coffee product called
Café Au Lait have been exclusive to Louisiana residents. Soon
sections of the U.S. will see the products on supermarket shelves.
What can't be found on the shelf, can be ordered online at the
CoolBrew.com website. www.coolbrew.com
CoolBrew is available in two blends: French Roast and Original
(Coffee and Chicory). Lovers of flavored coffees have the
additional choices of CoolBrew Original enhanced with Vanilla,
Hazelnut, Mocha, Toasted Almond, or Decaf.
A 16oz. Bottle of CoolBrew retails for $4.49 or consumers may
purchase 32 oz. bottles for $7.59. Readers may order from the
website or e-mail the Brew Master for more information at:
BrewMaster@CoolBrew.com
The New Orleans Coffee Company is family-owned and operated.
Phil McCrory works along side his sons Greg and Jeff in a 30,000
sq. ft. plant. Always looking forward, the company's original
offices were solar powered with stainless steel barrels converted
into coffee extractors.
New Orleans Coffee Company was voted the Overall Winner 2002
Innovator of the Year by New Orleans City Business Newspaper.
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"I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though
she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about.
I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say
'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away
from the Internet?'" Mike Godwin
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8. Scientists: Space Is Color of Latte
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Good news for coffee lovers: Space, the final
frontier, is the color of a latte. So say astronomers Karl
Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry at Johns Hopkins University.
In January, the two determined that the universe was a sprightly
pale turquoise, then after discovering a glitch in their software
in March, they realized that the average color was actually a milky brown.
Not knowing what to call it, besides beige, they solicited suggestions,
prompting nearly 300 e-mails with ideas including Big Bang Beige,
Cappuccino Cosmico, Galactic Gold and Infinite Sand.
The winner? Cosmic Latte.
For complete article, please go to:
www.nytimes.com/aponline/science/AP-Color-of-the-Universe.htmlBack to Top
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"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train.
Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty
miles an hour and you're just sitting still?" J. Paul Getty
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9. Coffee, Books Come Together At Library
By ELLEN GEDALIUS
Published: Jun 22, 2002
FAIR OAKS/MANHATTAN MANOR - Lattes and libraries, biscotti and books.
So it goes at Jan Kaminis Platt Library, which opened Bookends Cafe
earlier this month.
The coffee shop is the first in a Hillsborough County library, but
it is just the latest in a nationwide trend toward library cafes.
For complete article, go to:
www.tampatrib.com/News/MGA5TCOOQ2D.htmlBack to Top
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"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says
something about human nature that the only form of life we have
created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our
own image." Stephen Hawking
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10. Frost Watch is the Name of the Game for Coffee Growers
Smell Coffee! Brazil Holds The Cup
KP Sethunath
While soccer fans addicted to the Samba rhythm can't take their
eyes off the amazing run of Brazilian stars in the World cup, a
different set of enthusiasts are also keeping a close watch on
the fortunes of Brazil in another area for which the South American
country is famous for: Coffee!
Now is the season of 'frost watch' in Brazil, the largest coffee
producer in the world. Coffee growers and traders from all over
the world are glued to weather bulletins to find out whether there
is any indication of a frost hitting the coffee growing regions
of Brazil. A frost in Brazil is the only hope in the short-term
for the revival of the coffee industry, passing through one of
the worst price crash in history.
For complete article, please go to:
www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=11361Back to Top
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"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how
you made them feel." Carl W. Buechner
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11. Coffee Company Gambling that People Care
By: Tristram DeRoma, Editor June 20, 2002
Perhaps you saw them last Thursday as you were making your way
through the "Gourmet Foods" section of Stop and Shop. Better yet,
maybe you heard them.
Armed with an acoustic guitar, a pair of maracas and some vocal
cords, Naren Sonpal, Virginia Berman and Bob Everts weren't just
singing South American folk songs to sell their brand of coffee.
As co-owners of Equal Exchange Coffee Company, they were also
there to sell customers a couple of concepts, such as fair trade
and environmental protection.
According to news reports, the world is experiencing a glut in
the coffee market. Since coffee is considered a commodity, this
is causing a poverty crisis for small coffee producers throughout
Africa, Asia and South America. With prices going for as little
as 20 and 40 cents a pound these days, many of these farmers are
being driven into poverty, since that price is far less than what
it costs to even produce their coffee. According to Berman, the
Equal Exchange Coffee Company has been helping to remedy this
problem since 1986 by buying its coffee directly from farmer-owned
co-ops at a guaranteed minimum price of $1.26 a pound, no matter
what the market's doing.
For complete article, please go to:
www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4502614&BRD=1637&PAG=461&dept_id=9180&rfi=6Back to Top
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"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing
our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to
deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."
John Stuart Mill
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12. Where Good Coffee is Served Up Without Mixing Politics
By Mohammed Alkhereiji, Arab News Staff
JEDDAH, 16 June - Starbucks, the world's largest and most successful
coffeeshop franchise, has had a turbulent year in Saudi Arabia. But
business is now booming and its coffee is the talk of the town.
There were Islamic protests over their logo and a wide-ranging if
unofficial boycott that has left many American franchises in the
Kingdom flat lined. Yet the company Time magazine credits with
"making coffee-drinking fashionable" continues to expand at an
incredible rate.
For complete article, please go to:
www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=16056Back to Top
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"If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry
for tomorrow morning, sleep late." Henny Youngman
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13. Matinee Idol
Our mocha homage to the finest flavors the concession stand offers.
Ingredients
1/2 oz. Da Vinci Gourmet Buttered Popcorn Classic Syrup
1/2 oz. Da Vinci Gourmet Chocolate Sauce
1 shot espresso
10 oz. steamed milk
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a 12 oz. cup.
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