Your Politics Don’t Mean Beans

It was inevitable, really, what Farm Coffee has done:

THEY’RE ROASTING presidential candidates on Bill Hill, which is not nearly the same as grilling them.

Ashlawn Farm Coffee has introduced an Obama Blend, a “sweet, balanced” combination of “dark and light roasted coffees from Kenya, Java and the Americas,” and American Hero Coffee, “a light-roasted, highly caffeinated” brew that’s “edgy, strong,” made from beans grown in Vietnam. The latter’s redolent, you might say, of Sen. John McCain.

But what about a Hillary Brew?

That, says Carol Dahlke, Ashlawn co-owner and roaster, is … uh … in development.

In development. Hey… they aren’t trying to find a civet cat, are they?

From the Earth Shaking News, Dept.

Wowsers.

Kraft Foods is changing the blend of its flagship coffee brand, Maxwell House, to give “mainstream America” a richer, less bitter cup of coffee, a spokesman said on Monday. Maxwell House … will be made of 100 percent arabica beans starting this autumn, with the exception of its instant coffee and Master Blend…

I have to wonder… is this a mind-bending change of heart, or a reaction to a hitch in the supply of Vietnam’s Robusta?