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Pete Licata is the real Coffee Prince

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Coffee Shop News, Events, Venting Steam, Weird but True

…or so says this article from The Pitch, a Kansas City food blog that recently interviewed our friend from PT’s Coffee.
You may notice (above, left) the publicity photo for “Coffee Prince,” a hugely popular Korean drama television series. What you may not notice is that the WBC logo backdrop and trophy are [...]

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Post-Exercise Caffeine Helps Muscles Refuel

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Weird but True

Yes, I know the first rule of medical press releases is that every study has an equal but opposite contradictory study funded by a rival trade association; however, this one supports my personal preference so I shall blindly accept it as fact.
BETHESDA, Md. (July 1, 2008) — Recipe to recover more quickly from exercise: Finish [...]

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Coffee Cereal coming to a grocery store near you (maybe not)

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Weird but True

My friend Allen (shown here) and I were stunned when we happened upon a new coffee flavored cereal this weekend at the NASFT show in New York. The idea seemed so obvious that I kicked myself for not thinking of it - ouch.

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1,000 pounds of coffee beans stolen on Big Island

June 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Events, Hawaii coffee, Weird but True

Adding yet another definition to the phrase “hot coffee,” it was reported by the Hawaii Island Police that a half ton of green coffee was stolen from a residence in the Kailua View Estates subdivision of North Kona. Knowing the area and the extremely small size of our coffee community, I find it extremely [...]

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Billy Bob Thornton swaps tater tots for coffee

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Weird but True

There’s no denying that Billy Bob Thornton is one talented dude. He has a successful acting career, is an arguably passable musician, won an Oscar for writing the film Sling Blade in 1997 (in which he starred and also directed) and last, but not least, married and subsequently walked away from Angelina Jolie.

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