Archive for November, 2005

Briefly Noted

Short shots of coffee:

Slate Magazine — in a bid to become the paean of consumer reviews — suggests you forget everything you think you know about tea-kettles. (Not a tea-drinker, you? Those self-same kettles are just the thing to fuel your press pot and pour-over cones.) This time Slate’s …

It’s Pathetic!

Merry Christmas, Charlie BrownAh… the classic Christmas stories: Holiday Inn, It’s A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and my personal favorite, A Charlie Brown Christmas.

You may never own an Inn in Vermont, experience what the world would be like without …

Udderly Debunked

Learned scientific-type persons have now thoroughly debunked cow-tipping as nothing more than myth, or rural legend. (Not exactly urban now, is it?) Seeing as how it’s impossible and all, I can state categorically that neither I nor my brothers, nor any member of my extended family in or around …

Tasting: Seattle’s Best “Henry’s Blend”

Rating: ★★½☆☆

The story on the oh-so-hipster bag says that Henry’s Blend is “named after the big friendly cat that once lived at the original Seattle’s Best Coffee roasting plant on Vashon Island.”

Aptly so.

The trouble with a stray cat is, that cat’s never really gonna be your friend. A stray cat’s got no boss, no loyalties and no apologies — ever. Oh sure, you might think that cat’s your buddy… but you’re kidding yourself. If a better deal comes along it’s outta here and gone, and don’t you go making the mistake of getting in its way. No sir, a stray cat is inconstant as a November sky.

More Coffee, Less Cola

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health found that coffee does not lead to long-term effects on high blood pressure for women. The study followed 155,594 female nurses over a 12-year period and found those who drank more than three cups of …

Brooklyn: Fingers Crossed

Ever wanted to see how a coffee house is born?

Witness Cafe Grumpy… a not-quite-yet-opened shop on the corner of Meserole Ave. and Diamond St. in Brooklyn, New York. (Fortune, is this your back-yard, or what?)

They’ve lined up Seattle’s Victrola to source their beans, and a trick Synesso …