Comments on: Coffee http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Raznor http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18328 Raznor Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18328 Mmmm, coffee. Mmmm, coffee.

]]> By: Sheena http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18329 Sheena Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18329 It's a sin to *sell* bad coffee. Drinking it is just a waste of time, not something which will endanger your immortal soul. It’s a sin to *sell* bad coffee. Drinking it is just a waste of time, not something which will endanger your immortal soul.

]]> By: lucia http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18330 lucia Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18330 I occurred to me that. according to Catholics, gluttony is a sin. So, drinking a quart of coffee a day -- as Jacob Levy seems too-- may be a sin. Of course, I'm pretty sure he's nto Catholic, so that's not an issue. I occurred to me that. according to Catholics, gluttony is a sin. So, drinking a quart of coffee a day — as Jacob Levy seems too– may be a sin. Of course, I’m pretty sure he’s nto Catholic, so that’s not an issue.

]]> By: Rachel Ann http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18331 Rachel Ann Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18331 Coffee, whether vice or virtue, is something I would find hard to give up. If I drank anymore I'd need to take it intervenously. Coffee, whether vice or virtue, is something I would find hard to give up. If I drank anymore I’d need to take it intervenously.

]]> By: pseu http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18332 pseu Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18332 I agree that it's a sin to drink bad coffee. There's one chain here in LA "The C B--- and T-- L---", which serves absolutely excrable coffee, but they flourish and expand because they're known for celebrity sightings. For real coffee lovers, it's Peets all the way. I agree that it’s a sin to drink bad coffee. There’s one chain here in LA “The C B— and T– L—”, which serves absolutely excrable coffee, but they flourish and expand because they’re known for celebrity sightings.

For real coffee lovers, it’s Peets all the way.

]]> By: Merkin http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18333 Merkin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18333 <a href="http://www.blissbat.net/balzac.html">The last word on coffee goes to Balzac.</a> The last word on coffee goes to Balzac.

]]> By: lucia http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18334 lucia Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18334 From Reuters medline news: <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20412.html">Yes, You Really Do Need That Coffee </a> From Reuters medline news: Yes, You Really Do Need That Coffee

]]> By: Sarah in Chicago http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18335 Sarah in Chicago Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18335 I just don't waste my time with anyone that sells or drinks bad coffee ... I have a rule of thumb that if the container is polystyrene (sp.) then it's a BAD THING. This of course includes that excrement Dunkin Donuts pretends is coffee ... I mean, if without milk the stuff is _brown_ then it's simply not coffee. Of course, I am firmly in the 'Stomach-lining? What stomach-lining?' camp of coffee-making ... The best stuff in my neck of the woods is Intelligencia Coffee ... that reminds me, I need to buy a new bean grinder ... Sarah in Chicago I just don’t waste my time with anyone that sells or drinks bad coffee … I have a rule of thumb that if the container is polystyrene (sp.) then it’s a BAD THING.

This of course includes that excrement Dunkin Donuts pretends is coffee … I mean, if without milk the stuff is _brown_ then it’s simply not coffee.

Of course, I am firmly in the ‘Stomach-lining? What stomach-lining?’ camp of coffee-making … The best stuff in my neck of the woods is Intelligencia Coffee … that reminds me, I need to buy a new bean grinder …

Sarah in Chicago

]]> By: Maureen http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18336 Maureen Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18336 That's probably in the top ten of Best Papal Declarations Ever. But as for excessive coffee being gluttonous, what if you're using it (as Professor Levy presumably does) for work-related purposes? I think the Arabs first used coffee as a prayer aid; I wouldn't be surprised if eighteenth-century monks did the same. While political science isn't exactly a religion, fair political play is almost sacred, so in some sense Levy is studying "the sacred writings". Wait... coffee (not decaf) is a sin if you're Mormon, but then so is alcohol, tobacco, and probably even a non-caffinated Red Bull. They claim it's because they all effect your mood--but what doesn't? That’s probably in the top ten of Best Papal Declarations Ever.

But as for excessive coffee being gluttonous, what if you’re using it (as Professor Levy presumably does) for work-related purposes? I think the Arabs first used coffee as a prayer aid; I wouldn’t be surprised if eighteenth-century monks did the same. While political science isn’t exactly a religion, fair political play is almost sacred, so in some sense Levy is studying “the sacred writings”.

Wait… coffee (not decaf) is a sin if you’re Mormon, but then so is alcohol, tobacco, and probably even a non-caffinated Red Bull. They claim it’s because they all effect your mood–but what doesn’t?

]]> By: jam http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18337 jam Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18337 ahem... <blockquote><i>Oh men with a sound mind, drink coffee <br />and do not care about slanderers who denigrate it with brazen lies!<br /> Drink it, as much as you like, <br />because in its flavour<br /> all worries vanish<br /> and its fire reduces in ashes <br />the turbid thoughts of daily life.</i> - Hadjibud of Medina</blockquote> ahem…

Oh men with a sound mind, drink coffee
and do not care about slanderers who denigrate it with brazen lies!
Drink it, as much as you like,
because in its flavour
all worries vanish
and its fire reduces in ashes
the turbid thoughts of daily life.
- Hadjibud of Medina

]]> By: alsis38 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18338 alsis38 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18338 The great thing about Portland is that you can drive on Belmont/Morrison street for about 30-40 blocks once crossing the bridge from downtown-- without seeing a single St*rb*cks. Legions of very nice little coffee shops, yes. The Utopia, the Pied Cow, etc... But no St*rb*cks. How this came to be the only swath of prime Portland retail real estate I could find with no St*rb*cks was a mystery to me for years. Then one day someone told me that the guy who owns several of the prime blocks in the area detests St*rb*cks and won't let them at the rare retail vacancies that pop up no matter how much money they offer him. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy every time I think about it. Rarities such as an urban St*rb*cks- free zone of that size must be treasured for as long as they last. The great thing about Portland is that you can drive on Belmont/Morrison street for about 30-40 blocks once crossing the bridge from downtown– without seeing a single St*rb*cks. Legions of very nice little coffee shops, yes. The Utopia, the Pied Cow, etc… But no St*rb*cks. How this came to be the only swath of prime Portland retail real estate I could find with no St*rb*cks was a mystery to me for years. Then one day someone told me that the guy who owns several of the prime blocks in the area detests St*rb*cks and won’t let them at the rare retail vacancies that pop up no matter how much money they offer him.

Makes me feel warm and fuzzy every time I think about it. Rarities such as an urban St*rb*cks- free zone of that size must be treasured for as long as they last.

]]> By: tomatoketchupkotei http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18339 tomatoketchupkotei Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18339 what's worse? global capitalism or bad coffee? it's a hard question when you are a user, but i think that the whole frankenbucks controversy tangentially put us there. so what's so bad with my cup of coffee, first-world users might be asking themselves. as outlandish as it might sound, your morning cup of coffee is helping to finance a system that abuses local growers, uses exploitative labor (including child labor and slavery) and is depleting the environment. this time, though, you can make a difference-- try to find out where the coffee you buy really comes from, under what conditions it was produced, etc. and if you're not satisfied, just switch to another product. read more about it at <a href="http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/index.html">global exchange</a> what’s worse? global capitalism or bad coffee?
it’s a hard question when you are a user, but i think that the whole frankenbucks controversy tangentially put us there.

so what’s so bad with my cup of coffee, first-world users might be asking themselves.
as outlandish as it might sound, your morning cup of coffee is helping to finance a system that abuses local growers, uses exploitative labor (including child labor and slavery) and is depleting the environment.

this time, though, you can make a difference– try to find out where the coffee you buy really comes from, under what conditions it was produced, etc. and if you’re not satisfied, just switch to another product. read more about it at global exchange

]]> By: Crescat Sententia http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18340 Crescat Sententia Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/10/02/coffee/#comment-18340 <strong>Koffee2</strong> My brief ruminations on coffee (good and bad) have garnered a great deal of interesting response. So here are a few responses, replies, and further thoughts. A lot of you commented on the Reverend Abernathy's quote, "Coffee is so good,... Koffee2
My brief ruminations on coffee (good and bad) have garnered a great deal of interesting response. So here are a few responses, replies, and further thoughts. A lot of you commented on the Reverend Abernathy’s quote, “Coffee is so good,…

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