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I was just emailed a link to an old TV commercial for Folgers Coffee.  Enjoy!

Source:
Folgers Coffee – Papa Eddie solves a crime (old) – Youtube video by 322873

We at Coffee Hero wondered whether you could get a decent cup of coffee behind the Iron Curtain.

Last weekend I stopped into the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie for a coffee and found a bunch of cool coffee artifacts. Vashon Island is a ferry ride southwest of Seattle. It was a good thing I had my camera on me. Below are some of the photos I took. At the [...]

Yesterday a commenter mentioned a new video on YouTube that explains the 3 different waves of coffee.  It is worth sharing this coffee history.  The video is called Awaken Cafe – Third Wave Coffee by French Press Films.

Sources:
Awaken Coffee – Third Wave Coffee – Video on YouTube.
French Press Films – Maker of the Third Wave [...]

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Years since the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, formally separating the American colonies from Great Britain. Translation: Happy Fourth of July!
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August 21, 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of U.S. statehood for Hawaii, the only significant coffee-growing state in the U.S.
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Ranking of the United States among the world’s coffee-importing countries.
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Countries that [...]

Besides seeing the Space Needle, one of the stops most tourists make when visiting Seattle is visiting Pike Place Market.  Every coffee drinker knows this where the first Starbucks opened back in 1971.  I visit the Pike Place Market frequently and I began noticing an issue in recent months.
In July of 2008, Starbucks announced they [...]

I was walking through Seattle on Saturday when I looked down to my right.  In the overgrown weeds I saw a plaque.  The plaque stated that this was the site of the very first service station in the world.  According to the Wikipedia page on Filling Stations, it was actually the second.
The world’s first purpose [...]

In baseball parlance, a “cup of coffee” is when a minor-league player is promoted to the majors for a few games, then sent back down to the minors.

Hat tip to TigerAl for this piece of coffee trivia.  Eric Harris, one of the two gunmen in the Columbine High School Massacre, had an issue with the “X” pronunciation of espresso.  The 1999 Salon article “Kill mankind. No one should survive” by Dave Cullen found this rant by Eric Harris.
“You know what I hate? [...]