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epoch
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Feb 27, 2007, 12:19 PM
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Fresh.
Real fresh coffee.
I was delighted to find out that our coffee at work this morning was harvested not more than 20 days ago. Dried, roasted, imported, and brewed to perfection. Seriously I have never had coffee this rich in flavor. To top it off a branch containing some bean buds was sent as well, and do they smell great.
Days like today I really appreciate the fact that I work with some coffee snobs. I'm going to shut up now and drink my tasty brew.
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granite_grrl
Feb 27, 2007, 12:25 PM
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Wow. I'd immagine that would be some damn good coffee.
Went to another yoga class last night. Not as ungodly sore as after the class I had last week. I started to tell the yoga instructor about how I hurt myself and things I couldn't do.....I think she was in a panic the I was going to be in her class by the end of it. I'm really not that bad, there are just some key things I can't do.
I'm tired this morning. Got the morning to waste then off to PLC training. The instructor goes into too much detail, I just want to know how to program and set up the bloody thing.
If I can have some of that really good coffee I'll have that, otherwise I'll just keep sipping on my tea.
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thomasribiere
Feb 27, 2007, 12:36 PM
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epoch wrote: Fresh. [image]http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/news/2004/images/90.jpg[/image] Real fresh coffee. I was delighted to find out that our coffee at work this morning was harvested not more than 20 days ago. Dried, roasted, imported, and brewed to perfection. Seriously I have never had coffee this rich in flavor. To top it off a branch containing some bean buds was sent as well, and do they smell great. Days like today I really appreciate the fact that I work with some coffee snobs. I'm going to shut up now and drink my tasty brew.
It's seldom to see you so optimistic! have a good day!
I wish I could try your coffee...
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hangerlessbolt
Feb 27, 2007, 12:42 PM
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Morning folks...well, sort of.
Haven't gone to bed yet. Between the late afternoon nap, caffinated soda for dinner, coffee from the misses at home, and an obsession for research...
Though, it's getting to be about 'that' time.
G'night!
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reno
Feb 27, 2007, 12:43 PM
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epoch wrote: Days like today I really appreciate the fact that I work with some coffee snobs. I'm going to shut up now and drink my tasty brew.
I can't remember the name of it, but apparently there's a type of coffee that is made by picking the beans out of the scat of monkeys that eat 'em.
Monkey eats the bean, digests the husk but not the inner core bean. When that core passes, it's gathered, washed (several times, one would hope), and made into the world's most expensive coffee.
Diff'rent strokes, I guess, but you'll never get me to drink it.
Folger's, please.
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wideguy
Feb 27, 2007, 12:45 PM
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Coffee goooooood.
Morning baaaad.
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hangerlessbolt
Feb 27, 2007, 12:51 PM
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reno wrote: epoch wrote: Days like today I really appreciate the fact that I work with some coffee snobs. I'm going to shut up now and drink my tasty brew. I can't remember the name of it, but apparently there's a type of coffee that is made by picking the beans out of the scat of monkeys that eat 'em. Monkey eats the bean, digests the husk but not the inner core bean. When that core passes, it's gathered, washed (several times, one would hope), and made into the world's most expensive coffee. Diff'rent strokes, I guess, but you'll never get me to drink it. Folger's, please.
"Kopi Luwak does exist, is very expensive, and is made from coffee beans passed through the digestive system of an Indonesian animal, but it's more like a cat than a monkey. According to a feature article by the Manila Coffee House, which sells the stuff, the people who harvest the digested beans don't really have to pick through cat litter to get it. The animal processes the beans and excretes them whole, unscratched, and without dung.
The animal is a palm civet, a dark brown tree-dwelling cat-like creature found throughout Southeast Asia. The scientific name is paradoxurus hermaphroditus.
According to the Manila Coffee House, the palm civet just happens to like to ingest the ripest and reddest coffee beans, which also happen to be the ones best for brewing. The cat eats the outer covering of the beans in the same way that is accomplished by de-pulping machines. this is my favorite part Something happens to the beans in the journey through the cat's intestines that gives it a flavor that is celebrated by coffee drinkers.
At this point, most of the beans are purchased by Japanese buyers."
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wideguy
Feb 27, 2007, 12:57 PM
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I am rarely shocked by what some people will consider food, but I do often wonder who the first guy was that thought of it.
"hey Bob, I bet those beans in that civet shit might be pretty tatsy. Wanna try?"
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reno
Feb 27, 2007, 1:03 PM
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Cat, monkey.... who cares? You're still drinking coffee made from beans that have been through the colon of a four legged mammal.
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wanderlustmd
Feb 27, 2007, 1:35 PM
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reno wrote: epoch wrote: Days like today I really appreciate the fact that I work with some coffee snobs. I'm going to shut up now and drink my tasty brew. I can't remember the name of it, but apparently there's a type of coffee that is made by picking the beans out of the scat of monkeys that eat 'em. Monkey eats the bean, digests the husk but not the inner core bean. When that core passes, it's gathered, washed (several times, one would hope), and made into the world's most expensive coffee. Diff'rent strokes, I guess, but you'll never get me to drink it. Folger's, please.
Who knows, maybe you already have and don't know it! 
Busy day, nothing new in DC. Later all
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rockguide
Feb 27, 2007, 1:52 PM
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wideguy wrote: I am rarely shocked by what some people will consider food, but I do often wonder who the first guy was that thought of it. "hey Bob, I bet those beans in that civet shit might be pretty tatsy. Wanna try?"
I very much enjoy sugar that has been digested by micro-organisms. I drink it by the bottle.
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nikegirl
Feb 27, 2007, 2:08 PM
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hangerlessbolt wrote: Morning folks...well, sort of. Haven't gone to bed yet. Between the late afternoon nap, caffinated soda for dinner, coffee from the misses at home, and an obsession for research... Though, it's getting to be about 'that' time. G'night!
uh...
he didn't make it to bed, yet.
This is hanger...
and his insane obsession with research.
He went to get me coffee :D!
I'm outta unsweetened cocoa powder...
don't laugh...
he's sooo good to me.
and well...he was
dressed.
do you think he's gonna ask for this coffee at starbucks?
hehe.
Morning boyz and gurls.
This is my Monday...
yaawwwwwn!
soooo tired. I do feel like I hardly slept at all.
what up with dat?
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macherry
Feb 27, 2007, 2:10 PM
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folgers ain't coffee. heh heh, i do like my coffee, and if it's one luxury i couldn't give up, my oso negro coffee, locally roasted would be it.
mornings are not good.
more snow this am...............how's the sun down your way Reno??!
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arrettinator
Feb 27, 2007, 2:21 PM
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Morning yinz.
23oz this morning.
Had to walk. My wife's car is in for repairs.
Intake manifold gasket is leaking. 2001 Chevy Malibu. It is a common problem with 6cyl GM engines. I lucked out a few times before when I thought it was leaking due to loss of coolant, but this time it actually is.
$600-$700 to fix it.
Oh well. The tax return should be direct deposited sometime soon, and I have a new deduction in the house. Time to start working on kid #3, eh? heh.
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macherry
Feb 27, 2007, 2:26 PM
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what the hell is hanger researching?
Hey ~T, i know ive been threatening for years that i was going to visit your neck of the woods, but the hubby and i do have a trip planned for oregon this summer.................look out!!!!!!!!!!
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granite_grrl
Feb 27, 2007, 2:28 PM
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macherry wrote: folgers ain't coffee. heh heh, i do like my coffee, and if it's one luxury i couldn't give up, my oso negro coffee, locally roasted would be it. mornings are not good. more snow this am...............how's the sun down your way Reno??!
Hey Ma, found that the local grocery store carries that Kicking Horse coffee in the organic section. I like a dark blend and they seemed to have a good selection (the had the Kick Ass one at least).
You drink that, right? Which ones would you recomend?
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macherry
Feb 27, 2007, 2:31 PM
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kick ass and grizzly claw are my favorites. Although i do drink lots of oso negro, i love kicking horse, but my grocery store doesn't keep my favorite blends stocked.
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granite_grrl
Feb 27, 2007, 2:34 PM
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thanks! I'm looking forward to getting some good stuff at home, drank the last of my old good stuff last weekend.
Im currently sipping swill from the cafateria downstairs. Hard to enjoy with all these conversations about good coffee. But in a pinch...
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reno
Feb 27, 2007, 2:35 PM
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macherry wrote: my oso negro coffee, locally roasted would be it.
Why does it always have to be a colored thing? 
In reply to: more snow this am...............how's the sun down your way Reno??!
About as good as it gets.... sunny, bright, blue skies, and forecast for mid-70s today.
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Feb 27, 2007, 2:37 PM
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macherry wrote: what the hell is hanger researching? Hey ~T, i know ive been threatening for years that i was going to visit your neck of the woods, but the hubby and i do have a trip planned for oregon this summer.................look out!!!!!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEE!!
We will soooo be up for that~~~
robert just looked at me, and laughed hard. :(
he said I look like a baby arangatang (sp)
ok, so i sleep on both sides of myhead.
so... I wake with a mohawk, in bright orange.
I'm tuuuute :D!
the late night research...
it's in the soap box.... I'll put the link. :)http://www.rockclimbing.com/...;;page=unread#unread
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Feb 27, 2007, 2:39 PM
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granite_grrl wrote: macherry wrote: folgers ain't coffee. heh heh, i do like my coffee, and if it's one luxury i couldn't give up, my oso negro coffee, locally roasted would be it. mornings are not good. more snow this am...............how's the sun down your way Reno??! Hey Ma, found that the local grocery store carries that Kicking Horse coffee in the organic section. I like a dark blend and they seemed to have a good selection (the had the Kick Ass one at least). You drink that, right? Which ones would you recomend?
They also have a 454 Dark roast but it's acidy and sharp, not nearly as nice as the Kickass. I'm just finishing up my Kooteny Crossing, Maybe I'll wawlk down to the local organic food store and try something else. variety is teh spice of life right?
Out coffee here at work lies somewhere between the Caffeteria-over-sooked -swill and the High-priced-indo-cat-crapped-out-stuff. Clsoer to the lower end I'm afraid. It's better than Foldgers but not much....
XL Regular please...it'llhaveto do for now
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Feb 27, 2007, 2:40 PM
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morning yall...
holy crap, i'm still in allittle shock that it snowed 2 inches yesterday....even though it rained heavily in the morning.....not its frozen out and looks pretty...
hope everyone has a bitchin day
1 week till payday!!!!!
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justsendingits
Feb 27, 2007, 3:10 PM
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wow, the coffee shop is still around huh? I have not been to the coffee stand in quite awhile.
can I get a house coffee with a little raw sugar and some melba toast?
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hangerlessbolt
Feb 27, 2007, 3:12 PM
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macherry wrote: what the hell is hanger researching?
In general?
US relations with the middle east for the last 60 years, Robert MacNamara’s “The Fog of War”, CIA involvement in Iran & Iraq, the Iran/ Iraq war, weapons trade, events leading up to and resulting from Desert Shield/ Storm, Whitewater, Dick Cheyney/ Donald Rumsfeld/ Paul Wolfowitz, the Project for a New American Century, George W. Bush/ Karl Rove, the events pertaining to 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the office of special plans, the case for WMD’s, weapons inspectors, events pertaining to Collin Powell’s speech to the UNSC, the case for global warming, corporate impact in America and throughout the world, GM’s EV1 and other emission-free vehicles, solar/ turbine (wind) energy, the slave trade (then and now), media, etc.
Specifically?
Other than debunking silly emails...Interracial, transsexual, BDSM, bukkake, fisting, amateur, first-time gang-bang, barely-legal, scat, anal creampie, milf, midget, incestuous animal porn…wjca has been mailing his collection to me.
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dookie
Feb 27, 2007, 3:22 PM
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morning all!
Just a drive by while I have a moment! Glad to hear everyone is doing well! I got a pm from wildtrail a while back - he's going to be going back to school and studying geology... we'll have something in common! I told him I'd do his homework for him :D
Have a good one all!
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