Monday, February 15th, 2010

Is President Obama a Coffee Drinker?

A quick search on the internet pulls up quite a few coffee roasters that offer a Barack Obama blend.  The coffee blend that honors our 44th President usually has a mix of Kenya, Hawaiian and Indonesian coffee.  In Seattle, Seattle Coffee Works offers an Obama Blend that uses Kenya and Sumatra.
Since it is President’s Day [...]

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Decaf Americano

Even decaf can look cool if placed on a shiny table under the nighttime glow of a red neon light.

Source:
Fremont Coffee Company – Photo taken from the table under the sign in the front room.

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

There’s Honor, Even in Decaf

Some baristas really care, don’t they?
I recently stopped by the Mudhouse, the classic Charlottesville hang out and anchor to the Downtown mall. I was feeling a little chilly and a little sweet-toothed on this fall day, and so I ordered an even weenier drink than I usually do: half a cup of decaf, half a [...]

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Decaffeinated

I recently moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. With all the packing and unpacking, and finding my way around, there’s been very little time for writing. Or sleeping. Frankly, I’m exhausted. As such, I almost switched to regular coffee.
Almost. So close. I was right there.
For one, I continue to carry the anticipatory self-loathing before ordering decaf at [...]

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Soy Good, for Decaf

So I happened upon a new form of disguise this weekend. A new method of both up-ing the tastiness of generally blah-to-icky decaf coffee and also hiding a little of the decaf-self-loathing I carry around.
Decaf soy latte. This is my latest strategy to keep the coffee flowing.
In my fully caffeinated coffee days, I enjoyed just [...]

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

The Decaf Diaries, Part Deux

When last we met, I was pregnant, abstaining from all coffee-beverages of any kind. And so I spent forty weeks and two days without a single cup from the beautiful bean.
It wasn’t until I had a newborn at home, and I learned what true sleep deprivation means did I rethink the whole coffee thing again.
There [...]

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

The Decaf Diaries, Part One (with requisite tomato-throwing)

What? Decaf? On Coffee Hero?!
I know, I know. Just get it out of your system. Throw something at me. Yell. Call me names. I deserve it.
If it makes you feel any better, you should know that I’ve been similarly flogging myself for the five years that I’ve been drinking (gasp!) decaffeinated coffee.
It all started when [...]

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee Plant

This weekend several coffee websites were abuzz about the Coffea charrieriana (or Charrier Coffee), which is a coffee plant that naturally has no caffeine.  This made the Top 10 species list by The International Institute For Species Exploration and rightfully so.  A coffee plant that can produce coffee without caffeine is a major breakthrough.
Some people won’t [...]

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