Archive for September, 2007

The Father of Our Coffee Culture

Corby Kummer — author of The Joy of Coffee — offers a tribute to the late, great Alfred Peet this week. While most folks who’ve written about Mr. Peet have focused on the Peet’s / Starbucks relationship and the West Coast roast style, Corby groks that Al’s work …

Coffee Notes from All Over

It’s gotta come from somewhere… To the surprise of nobody at all, Starbucks is looking to double its coffee imports from Africa by 2009.

“People are looking for something different, and East African coffee is very exotic in terms of its flavors and characteristics,” says Philip Gitao, director …

Probably pining for the fjords…

With apologies to Monty Python:

‘E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! …

September is the Cruelest Month

T. S. Eliot had it wrong… it’s not April, but September that’s the cruelest month.

Whatever the reason — and there are usually many — my writing suffers in September. Looking through the Bloggle archives, there’s paltry few posts in September. Why that is, I can’t really say. I have other …