Obviously that excess is best :) -Terry
--- In [email protected], Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry, > I too love my coffee, but I have cut back > drastically from 5 to 6 mugs a day to 2 to 3 mugs. > Perhaps you might be drinking way too much coffee and > harming yourself internally without realizing it? But > then, what does a scorpio mug like you understand > about excesses? > ~Mike ;-) > ================================== > > --- Terry L Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > Coffee caffeine is my 'psycho-active substance' of > choice :) > FAQ > http://www.nfbnet.org/files/general_info/CAFINE.TXT > > -Terry Liberty Parker > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > Central Texas' coffee craze > Updated: 7/31/2005 6:12 PM > By: Tracey Panek > Story&VideoAt www.News8Austin.com > > > > The best part of waking up isn't a cup of Folger's > anymore. Gone are the days of instant coffee like > Taster's Choice or - shudder to think - decaf like > Sanka. > > Gourmet coffee is big business. And while Starbucks > has been ubiquitous with gourmet coffee for the past > decade, it has upped the ante for others. > > Starbucks got people hooked on caffiene, choice and > convenience. After a while, coffee enthusiasts started > checking out the competition, now that words like > "macchiato" and "nonfat, no whip" roll off the tongue. > > > That's why places like Jo's Hot Coffee in South Austin > and Little City in downtown and campus have secured > their share of the market. > > "We consider competition friendly, for the most part, > and we try to cater to the community. We think we > offer products and a scene and a vibe here that's very > fitting to South Austin. If people want to choose to > go somewhere else for their coffee, that's their > choice, but we try to bring as many people as we can > in here," Jo's manager Michael Rodriguez said. > > In fact, Jo's will soon open a second location > downtown. > > > > WATCH THE VIDEO > > > > Coffee craze > > News 8 Austin's Hermelinda Vargas reports > on the coffee craze that has hit Central Texas. > > > > > > > > As a college town, Austin is probably home to more > coffeehouses than say, Boise, Idaho. Here it's a > destination spot, with wireless Internet access, beer > and wine and live music at many locations. > > "I think a distinction in coffee business to make is > destination versus convenience. You know, Mozart's is > obviously in the destination business. It's not always > easy to park or stand in line here, but there's a lot > of incentive to stay here. It's free live music, free > wi-fi, bottomless cups of coffee, no one pulling the > table out from under you," Jack Ranstrom of Mozart's > Coffee Roasters on Lake Austin Blvd. said. > > The National Coffee Association reports more the > one-fourth of all food service dollars come from > coffeehouses. The National Coffee Drinking Trends, the > NCA's annual report, states that nearly eight out of > 10 Americans drink coffee and coffee beans are the > second-most traded commodity in the world economy, > after oil. > > Say you spend $3 on coffee five days a week. At $15 a > week for 52 weeks, you've spent $780. That might not > be much to some for a year's worth of energy in the > a.m., but it apparently is for others. > > The NCA says single-serve coffeemakers are one of the > top new products of 2004. Gourmet or flavored coffee > comes wrapped in its own filter (called a "pod") and > instead of brewing into a 6 oz. coffee mug, it drips > right into a large, 21st century-size travel mug. > > Now that's a wake up call. > > > > http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp? ArID=142371 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ForumWebSiteAt > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Libertarian English > language Liberty > > Political parties > Online dictionary > > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h9mu1g7/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705060682:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122939363/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
