<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098</id><updated>2012-02-16T20:06:36.489-06:00</updated><category term='percolator'/><category term='Kona Coffee'/><category term='Moloka&apos;i Coffee'/><category term='Hawaiian Coffee'/><category term='the theme song of the day is'/><category term='Norwegian'/><category term='crowds'/><category term='national coffee break day'/><category term='health benefits'/><category term='coffee press'/><category term='coffee urn'/><category term='vietnamese iced coffee'/><category term='egg coffee'/><category term='Maui Coffee'/><category term='Recipe'/><category term='coffee'/><category term='unusual uses'/><category term='Scandinavian'/><category term='Cafe Du Monde'/><category term='coffee plunger'/><category term='french press'/><title type='text'>Coffee Crowd</title><subtitle type='html'>A social network of everything coffee ~ 
Coffee Crowd, everybody's doing it. Join The Crowd!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-8305467552343959221</id><published>2011-09-29T22:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T22:46:06.144-05:00</updated><title type='text'>National Coffee Day!</title><content type='html'>Happy national coffee day! I'm not sure how coffee got it's own day, but I like it. I'm also not sure what you're supposed to do on national coffee day besides drink coffee. Anybody have some insight for me?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-8305467552343959221?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/8305467552343959221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/8305467552343959221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2011/09/national-coffee-day.html' title='National Coffee Day!'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-8340959322210493725</id><published>2011-01-20T10:48:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T10:52:00.764-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national coffee break day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the theme song of the day is'/><title type='text'>"Coffee Break"</title><content type='html'>(by Forever the Sickest Kids) &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Falbum%252Fcoffee-break%252Fid278928967%253Fi%253D278928980%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-sm.gif" alt="Coffee Break - Underdog Alma Mater" style="border: 0;" class="nobo"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="370" height="40"&gt;   &lt;param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"&gt;   &lt;param name="wmode" value="window"&gt;   &lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;   &lt;param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;amp;songIDs=11638472&amp;amp;style=grass&amp;amp;p=0"&gt;   &lt;embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="370" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;amp;songIDs=11638472&amp;amp;style=grass&amp;amp;p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{re-posted from &lt;a href="http://www.amuslovesbutch.com/2011/01/coffee-break.html"&gt;"The theme song of the day is..."&lt;/a&gt;}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you had your coffee break yet? Well, in case you needed an excuse, today is &lt;a href="http://www.nationalcoffeebreak.org/new/scoop.php"&gt;National Coffee Break Day&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalcoffeebreak.org/new/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/TTddgsnXFQI/AAAAAAAAGho/SlvvYy6j51o/s640/logoNCB.jpg" height="640" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y'all know I don't need an excuse to drink it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My &lt;strike&gt;addiction&lt;/strike&gt; love for the stuff began in college. I had tried it before and didn't like it, but I guess it grew on me. Or maybe I started liking it out of necessity! Either way, all it took was some hazelnut creamer &amp; a late night talk about Jesus with a roomie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hazelnut coffee + Jesus = pure bliss!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Uypt54YZgS_WCVnX7nmLn1Q7yirED6bLQSPN9j8F6OQ?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/TTg8eLhhGGI/AAAAAAAAGh0/msTiX_sv-CE/s640/HurricaneIke%20014.jpg" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yEkv_du0EWt9oV7ssYQbYFQ7yirED6bLQSPN9j8F6OQ?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/TTg8dvclBnI/AAAAAAAAGhw/PQ2HlWE6nDU/s640/Fall08%20007.jpg" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xSD4Snivrkib9FDZ8J1NeVQ7yirED6bLQSPN9j8F6OQ?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/TTg8eRehHmI/AAAAAAAAGh4/eq0R8lbe1Ms/s640/IMG_4834.JPG" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AVbVGPl4LoPs3Nd_gfEzz1Q7yirED6bLQSPN9j8F6OQ?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/TTg8e-nDfhI/AAAAAAAAGh8/uUsu3x0Pmco/s640/IMG_0595.JPG" height="640" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So...how about you? Do you drink coffee? If so, when did you start? What's your favorite way to drink it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://sites.google.com/site/themesongblog/img/signature.png" alt="Amy" class="nobo" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-8340959322210493725?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/8340959322210493725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/8340959322210493725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2011/01/coffee-break.html' title='&quot;Coffee Break&quot;'/><author><name>{amy}</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VWiR9Xq-vPE/TmAQQTXwukI/AAAAAAAAINA/KxPqOTaM82U/s220/ValentinesDay%2B026-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/TTddgsnXFQI/AAAAAAAAGho/SlvvYy6j51o/s72-c/logoNCB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-2065961311505698320</id><published>2010-04-17T10:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T10:15:01.830-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maui Coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kona Coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moloka&apos;i Coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hawaiian Coffee'/><title type='text'>Coffees of Hawaii</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S8Cq0SwDz5I/AAAAAAAAAXc/4crvQcbp1L0/s1600/malulani_estate_coffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="291" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S8Cq0SwDz5I/AAAAAAAAAXc/4crvQcbp1L0/s640/malulani_estate_coffee.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coffees of Hawaii is one of the sponsors of Coffee Crowd. They were kind enough to send me some of their Malulani Estate Coffee. It is 100% Moloka'i Coffee. The Malulani flavor results from their original "washed arabica" process, which brings out the natual acidity of the Moloka'i beans. They use a gentle roast that helps to release subtle tastes unique to the soil of Moloka'i.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their Moloka‘i trees are rooted in the vivid red earth of the central island's upper slopes. Kualapu'u is the traditional name for this area—"sweet potato hill." The sweet potato ('uala) is a staple food of Hawaiian culture, grown just about everywhere that the land was too dry to support taro (kalo). So the name suggests that this land has been fertile farm country for a long, long time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone who knows Hawai‘i well will tell you that there's something very different, very special about Moloka‘i. Always has been.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legends tell us that the people here were skilled in sorcery, magic spells—call it, harnessing the power of prayer. You didn't mess with Moloka‘i. The people were known to be both fierce and ingenious. This is the island where hula originated. And here you see the remains of one of the most amazing civil engineering projects of pre-contact Polynesia—dozens of submerged stone aquaculture pens that run along the southeast shoreline. The largest of these, Keawanui, encloses 55 acres of shallow seawater by means of a 2,000-foot-long wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today a spirit of independence and rugged individualism still prevails. The percentage of native Hawaiians is far higher here than on the other islands. People here tend to resist modernization. People live outdoors a lot—hunt, fish, farm. Visitors are welcome, but they don't find much in the way of tourist attractions. There isn't a traffic light on the island. No building taller than a coconut tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of nothing, some would say, especially after sunset—thicker darkness than most people have ever seen, more stars than most people ever suspected are in the sky, more silence than you've ever heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a lot of power in such a place. We happen to think that a lot of these Moloka‘i qualities are present in our beans, and we talk about them with that assumption. Scoff if you want. But that's how you get when you live on Moloka‘i.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From ancient times, Moloka'i has been known as a place of great spiritual vigor. The old legends claim that the people of Molokia'i repelled invading armies simply by harnessing the power of prayer. The island continues this tradition of quite self-reliance by resisting not armies but urban modernism. (Not one traffic light on Moloka'i!) "Mualu" means shade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=196268.10000068&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Coffees of Hawaii" border="0" src="http://assets.coffeesofhawaii.com/affiliates/Creative/Logos/COH_logo_w_225x79.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the island of Molokai in the Hawaiian archipelago come extraordinary premium coffees. The "Coffees of Hawaii" plantation, mill and roastery in Kualapu'u is the online source of 100% Kona, 100% Maui and 100% Moloka'i coffees. Orders are roasted upon receipt. Shoppers taste the quality in every cup and 100% satisfaction is guaranteed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Giving Back&lt;/h1&gt;Coffees of Hawaii support the revitalization of both culture and ecology in the Hawaiian Islands and donate 1% of revenues to this cause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;1% For the Planet&lt;/h2&gt;As a producer of high-quality  coffee in both Hawai‘i and Nicaragua, we are in tune with, and at the  mercy of, the environment in a big way.  Our plantations depend on  timely rainfall and stable growing conditions.   Whether it's protected  watersheds and reefs in Hawai‘i, or sustainable rainforests in  Nicaragua, it's important that we do our part to protect not only our  land, but also to respect and nurture all the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another level, our Ambassadors compete, explore  and learn in outdoor settings that can be wild and unpredictable.  They  experience the environment firsthand. They pay attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.coffeesofhawaii.com/images/1_percent.gif?1269027844" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; float: left; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;For this reason we pay attention.  We protect.  We  seek change.  As a member of "1% for the Planet" we are a company that  is empowered to make change.  And you can make change too.  Let us know  what programs you want to support.   We have our ideas, but are always  open to new ones.  Read more at: &lt;a href="http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.onepercentfortheplanet.org&lt;/a&gt;.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Surfrider&lt;/h2&gt;Being in the middle of the  Pacific, the ocean is our playground.  From paddling canoes, to sailing  channels, to swimming across bays, we and our Ambassadors are constantly  in the water.  The Surfrider Foundation is the pre-eminent advocate for  our oceans, waves and beaches.  We are proud to support their causes.   Find out how you can help at: &lt;a href="http://www.surfrider.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.surfrider.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Nature Conservancy&lt;/h2&gt;Moloka‘i is a green jewel.  Not  only are its rain forests the watershed for our plantation, they are  home to hundreds of species that are found nowhere else on the planet.   Support the Nature Conservancy in its efforts to preserve these  treasures.  Better yet, see them firsthand when you visit our Moloka‘i  plantation.  Plan a hike by clicking &lt;a href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii/preserves/art2355.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Brighten your mornings with the spirit of aloha!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Save 20% and shipping is free with promo code COFFEE20 at checkout!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=196268.10000080&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img alt="Brighten your mornings with the spirit of aloha! Save 20% and shipping is free with promo code COFFEE20 at checkout! " border="0" src="http://assets.coffeesofhawaii.com/affiliates/Creative/Coupons/coupons_468x60.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=196268.10000080&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find Coffees of Hawaii online at &lt;a href="http://coffeesofhawaii.com/"&gt;http://coffeesofhawaii.com&lt;/a&gt; and on Facebook at &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/CoffeesofHawaii"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/CoffeesofHawaii&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go get some Coffees of Hawaii and tell us what you think! I think next I'd like to try the &lt;a href="http://www.coffeesofhawaii.com/catalog/product/83"&gt;Toasted Coconut&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-2065961311505698320?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/2065961311505698320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/2065961311505698320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/04/coffees-of-hawaii.html' title='Coffees of Hawaii'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S8Cq0SwDz5I/AAAAAAAAAXc/4crvQcbp1L0/s72-c/malulani_estate_coffee.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-7061959438161460811</id><published>2010-04-09T11:15:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T22:56:19.944-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scandinavian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='egg coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Norwegian'/><title type='text'>Egg Coffee???</title><content type='html'>I recently heard of something that I thought was strange - Egg Coffee. At first I thought that it was some kind of baked dessert or something. Then, I thought it may be like a quiche of some sort. It turns out that it is eggs and coffee!?!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of my life, whenever I have enjoyed a nice cup of hot fresh coffee, I always thought in the back of my mind...do you know what this coffee is missing? Egg. AHHH, not really! So where did this strange&amp;nbsp;concoction&amp;nbsp;come from? And is it really any good?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turns out that Egg Coffee is a Scandinavian tradition. &lt;a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-egg-coffee.htm"&gt;Wise Geek&lt;/a&gt; gives us a little bit of history on Egg Coffee:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"Egg coffee was very popular in Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden up until around the 1930s, when the demand for this drink began to wane. In the late 1990s, egg coffee experienced a resurgence; it's possible that Midwesterners brought egg coffee back, since the American Midwest is home to many Scandinavian traditions which are no longer observed in Scandinavia itself. Many Midwesterners associate egg coffee with Lutheran churches, since this beverage is commonly served at church events in this region of the world."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, how do you make Egg Coffee? As with most things that are more than one way to do it. I found this recipe on &lt;a href="http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Egg_Coffee_for_a_Crowd"&gt;Wiki Recipes&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Ingredients&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;8 Quarts &amp;amp; 1/2 Cups of Cold Water&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 Cups Ground&amp;nbsp;Coffee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 Eggs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cheesecloth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Instructions&lt;/h2&gt;Heat 8 Quarts Cold water to boiling in a large coffee pot. Let water boil 2 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put 1 cup ground roast coffee and 1 egg in the center of a square of cheesecloth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring up edges like a sack and tie tightly around coffee and egg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make 2 more coffee and egg bags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Break eggs in cheesecloth bags and using hands, muddle together with coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drop sacks of egg moistened coffee into boiling water. Boil 4 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remove coffee bags and discard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add 1/2 cup cold water to settle the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also found another recipe on &lt;a href="http://scandinavianfood.about.com/od/beverages/r/eggcoffee.htm"&gt;About.com&lt;/a&gt;. But, I won't list it all here. I will however, put this video from &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/RitualCoffee#p/a/u/1/tWVUfoLR0uY"&gt;Ritual Coffee&lt;/a&gt; that gives step-by-step instructions on how to make Norwegian Egg Coffee:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gu7MUUK81iE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gu7MUUK81iE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One last thing that I should note: In my searching for Egg Coffee I came across a question on &lt;a href="http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/51"&gt;Coffee and Caffine FAQ&lt;/a&gt; that I have never considered. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do some people put egg shell in coffee grounds? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/51"&gt;Click Here&lt;/a&gt; to find out why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have you ever heard of Egg Coffee before? Have you actually tried it? Do you put egg shells in your coffee grounds? Tell us all about it...either on our &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://coffeecrowd.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; or on &lt;a href="http://facebook.com/coffeecrowd"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://coffeecrowd.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;http://coffeecrowd.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://facebook.com/coffeecrowd"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;http://facebook.com/coffeecrowd&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-7061959438161460811?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/7061959438161460811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/7061959438161460811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/04/egg-coffee.html' title='Egg Coffee???'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-9086454678042714676</id><published>2010-04-07T22:05:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T20:51:40.471-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='percolator'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crowds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee urn'/><title type='text'>Making Coffee for a Crowd</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4445476562_1069e4b478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="211" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4445476562_1069e4b478.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Having a bunch of people over? Did you get assigned to make the coffee for a social event? Need to make coffee for a crowd? Here are some tips that will not only get the job done, but make you a hero!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keeping those fresh pots coming can be a cumbersome task. This suggestion from &lt;a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/Cooking-Tips/Potluck/Coffee-for-a-Crowd"&gt;Taste of Home&lt;/a&gt; can help:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"If you get the job of making coffee at a church social or family reunion, save some time and frustration by inverting the stack of coffee filters. They're much easier to separate that way." —Elaine Warshaver, Nashua, New Hampshire&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=B0013CEQCM&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=6A3C00&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Regular coffee pots typically make up to about 12 cups. But, remember that those cups are actual cups (8 oz.), not big coffee cups. &amp;nbsp;If you need to make loads of coffee, you should consider getting a coffee urn. &lt;a href="http://archive.supermarketguru.com/page.cfm/32839"&gt;Phil Lempert a supermarket guru&lt;/a&gt; says, "...invest in a sturdy, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/PRO-STAINLESS-STEEL-DOUBLE-WALLED/dp/B001CHIFDO?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;stainless steel urn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B001CHIFDO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt; for when everyone in the family comes to celebrate Easter brunch, gather around for a Passover seder and, don’t forget, Mother’s and Father’s days will be here before you know it." Some of those urns make up to 100 cups of coffee! Keep in mind that making 100 cups of coffee in an urn can take a little while. So be sure to allow enough time. Everyone hates waiting for coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It can get tricky trying to calculate the right amount of water and coffee when you are talking about serving a crowd. You don't want it to be too strong and you don't want it to be too weak. This chart from &lt;a href="http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/holidays-and-entertaining/Planning/coffeeforcrowd.aspx"&gt;Kraft Foods&lt;/a&gt; may help:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="articleTable" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 20px; width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9daa9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #666666; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Number of People&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9daa9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #666666; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roast &amp;amp; Ground Coffe&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9daa9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #666666; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Amount of Water Required&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9daa9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #666666; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brewing Device&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;1/2 cup&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;6-1/2 cups&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;Traditional Coffee Maker&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;20&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;1 cup&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;6-1/2 cups to brew double strength, then add an equal amount of boiling water to serve&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;Traditional Coffee Maker&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;30&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;2 cups (about 1/2 pkg.)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;24 cups (added to a percolator)*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top;"&gt;Percolating Urn&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you need a real crowd pleaser. This recipe from the &lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-cookworks/crowd-pleaser-coffee-recipe/index.html"&gt;Food Network&lt;/a&gt; may be just the right thing for that coffee party after dark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul class="rcp-info clrfix" style="font-size: 11px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 0px; zoom: 1;"&gt;&lt;li class="clrfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto; zoom: 1;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style="float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Prep Time:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="duration" style="border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; float: left; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;5 min&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="clrfix" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto; zoom: 1;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style="float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Level:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style="border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; float: left; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Easy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="clrfix special" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; float: left; height: auto; line-height: 1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto; zoom: 1;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style="float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Yield:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="yield" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; float: left; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 100px;"&gt;1 serving&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2004/01/12/cookworks_wk1B03_coffee_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="149" src="http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2004/01/12/cookworks_wk1B03_coffee_lg.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"&gt;Ingredients&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;1/4-ounce Bourbon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;1/2-ounce Chambord&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;1/2-ounce Frangelico&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Freshly&amp;nbsp;brewed&amp;nbsp;hot&amp;nbsp;coffee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Serving suggestion: Garnish with freshly whipped cream&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/fn20/imgs/bltccc.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 2px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 style="color: #3d3d3d; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"&gt;Directions&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="instructions" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Combine ingredients in a sugar-rimmed, heat resistant glass. Garnish with whipped cream, if desired.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="instructions" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="instructions" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Do you have any tips for serving coffee to a crowd?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Send us your comments either on &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://facebook.com/coffeecrowd"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Facebook&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;or our &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://coffeecrowd.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;website&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="next-recipe" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://coffeecrowd.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;http://coffeecrowd.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://facebook.com/coffeecrowd"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;http://facebook.com/coffeecrowd&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-9086454678042714676?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/9086454678042714676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/9086454678042714676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/04/making-coffee-for-crowd.html' title='Making Coffee for a Crowd'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4445476562_1069e4b478_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-1415531660170081645</id><published>2010-04-05T09:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T09:45:00.773-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health benefits'/><title type='text'>Coffee: The New Health Food?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Plenty of health benefits are brewing in America's beloved beverage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By &lt;a href="http://www.webmd.com/sid-kircheimer"&gt;Sid Kirchheimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;WebMD Feature&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Reviewed by &lt;a href="http://www.webmd.com/michael-w-smith"&gt;Michael W. Smith, MD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shop4antiques.com/graphics/restaurant/ArmyMedMug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="176" src="http://www.shop4antiques.com/graphics/restaurant/ArmyMedMug.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Want a drug that could lower your risk of diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and colon cancer? That could lift your mood and treat headaches? That could lower your risk of cavities?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it sounds too good to be true, think again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coffee, the much maligned but undoubtedly beloved beverage, just made headlines for possibly cutting the risk of the latest disease epidemic, type 2 diabetes. And the real news seems to be that the more you drink, the better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reducing Disease Risk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After analyzing data on 126,000 people for as long as 18 years, Harvard researchers calculate that compared with not partaking in America's favorite morning drink, downing one to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily can reduce diabetes risk by single digits. But having six cups or more each day slashed men's risk by 54% and women's by 30% over java avoiders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Overall, the research shows that coffee is far more  healthful than it is harmful."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Though the scientists give the customary "more research is needed" before they recommend you do overtime at Starbuck's to specifically prevent diabetes, their findings are very similar to those in a less-publicized Dutch study. And perhaps more importantly, it's the latest of hundreds of studies suggesting that coffee may be something of a health food -- especially in higher amounts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recent decades, some 19,000 studies have been done examining coffee's impact on health. And for the most part, their results are as pleasing as a gulp of freshly brewed Breakfast Blend for the 108 million Americans who routinely enjoy this traditionally morning -- and increasingly daylong -- ritual. In practical terms, regular coffee drinkers include the majority of U.S. adults and a growing number of children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Overall, the research shows that coffee is far more healthful than it is harmful," says Tomas DePaulis, PhD, research scientist at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Coffee Studies, which conducts its own medical research and tracks coffee studies from around the world. "For most people, very little bad comes from drinking it, but a lot of good."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consider this: At least six studies indicate that people who drink coffee on a regular basis are up to 80% less likely to develop Parkinson's, with three showing the more they drink, the lower the risk. Other research shows that compared to not drinking coffee, at least two cups daily can translate to a 25% reduced risk of colon cancer, an 80% drop in liver cirrhosis risk, and nearly half the risk of gallstones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coffee even offsets some of the damage caused by other vices, some research indicates. "People who smoke and are heavy drinkers have less heart disease and liver damage when they regularly consume large amounts of coffee compared to those who don't," says DePaulis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's also some evidence that coffee may help manage asthma and even control attacks when medication is unavailable, stop a headache, boost mood, and even prevent cavities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it the caffeine? The oodles of antioxidants in coffee beans, some of which become especially potent during the roasting process? Even other mysterious properties that warrant this intensive study?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of coffee's reported benefits are a direct result of its higher caffeine content: An eight ounce cup of drip-brewed coffee contains about 85 mg -- about three and a half times more than the same serving of tea or cola or one ounce of chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The evidence is very strong that regular coffee consumption reduces risk of Parkinson's disease and for that, it's directly related to caffeine," DePaulis tells WebMD. "In fact, Parkinson's drugs are now being developed that contain a derivative of caffeine based on this evidence."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caffeine is also what helps in treating asthma and headaches. Though not widely publicized, a single dose of pain reliever such as Anacin or Excedrin contains up to 120 milligrams -- what's in a hefty mug o' Joe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Boost to Athleticism&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's also caffeine -- and not coffee, per se -- that makes java a powerful aid in enhancing athletic endurance and performance, says physiologist and longtime coffee researcher Terry Graham, PhD, of the University of Guelph in Canada. So powerful, in fact, that until recently, caffeine in coffee or other forms was deemed a "controlled" substance by the Olympic Games Committee, meaning that it could be consumed only in small, designated amounts by competing athletes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What caffeine likely does is stimulate the brain and nervous system to do things differently," he tells WebMD. "That may include signaling you to ignore fatigue or recruit extra units of muscle for intense athletic performance. Caffeine may even have a direct effect on muscles themselves, causing them to produce a stronger contraction. But what's amazing about it is that unlike some performance-enhancing manipulation some athletes do that are specific for strength or sprinting or endurance, studies show that caffeine positively enhances all of these things."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does this brew affect growing minds and bodies? Very nicely, it seems, says DePaulis. Coffee, as you probably know, makes you more alert, which can boost concentration. But claims that it improves a child's academic performance can be exaggerated. Coffee-drinking kids may do better on school tests because they're more awake, but most task-to-task lab studies suggest that coffee doesn't really improve mental performance, says DePaulis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it helps kids' minds in another way. "There recently was a study from Brazil finding that children who drink coffee with milk each day are less likely to have depression than other children," he tells WebMD. "In fact, no studies show that coffee in reasonable amounts is in any way harmful to children."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the flip side, it's clear that coffee isn't for everyone. Its legendary jolt in excess doses -- that is, more than whatever your individual body can tolerate -- can increase nervousness, hand trembling, and cause rapid heartbeat. Coffee may also raise cholesterol levels in some people and may contribute to artery clogging. But most recent large studies show no significant adverse effects on most healthy people, although pregnant women, heart patients, and those at risk for osteoporosis may still be advised to limit or avoid coffee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bottom line: "People who already drink a lot of coffee don't have to feel 'guilty' as long as coffee does not affect their daily life," says Hu. "They may actually benefit from coffee habits in the long run."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, consume enough caffeine -- whether it's from coffee or another source -- and you will likely run faster, last longer and be stronger. What's enough? As little as one cup can offer some benefit, but the real impact comes from at least two mugs, says Graham. By comparison, it'd take at least eight glasses of cola to get the same effect, which isn't exactly conducive for running a marathon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"...children who drink coffee with milk each day are less likely to have  depression than other children."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;But the harder you exercise, the more benefit you may get from coffee. "Unfortunately, where you see the enhancing effects from caffeine is in hard-working athletes, who are able to work longer and somewhat harder," says Graham, who has studied the effects of caffeine and coffee for nearly two decades. "If you a recreational athlete who is working out to reduce weight or just feel better, you're not pushing yourself hard enough to get an athletic benefit from coffee or other caffeinated products."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But you can get other benefits from coffee that have nothing to do with caffeine. "Coffee is loaded with antioxidants, including a group of compounds called quinines that when administered to lab rats, increases their insulin sensitivity" he tells WebMD. This increased sensitivity improves the body's response to insulin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That may explain why in that new Harvard study, those drinking decaf coffee but not tea beverages also showed a reduced diabetes risk, though it was half as much as those drinking caffeinated coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We don't know exactly why coffee is beneficial for diabetes," lead researcher Frank Hu, MD, tells WebMD. "It is possible that both caffeine and other compounds play important roles. Coffee has large amounts of antioxidants such as chlorogenic acid and tocopherols, and minerals such as magnesium. All these components have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, Italian researchers credit another compound called trigonelline, which gives coffee its aroma and bitter taste, for having both antibacterial and anti-adhesive properties to help prevent dental cavities from forming. There are other theories for other conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://men.webmd.com/features/coffee-new-health-food"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read this article on WebMD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-1415531660170081645?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/1415531660170081645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/1415531660170081645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/04/coffee-new-health-food.html' title='Coffee: The New Health Food?'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-7878425937797039359</id><published>2010-04-01T22:18:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T22:46:55.913-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unusual uses'/><title type='text'>10 Unusual Uses For Coffee</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="body"&gt;Coffee is very useful for a whole host of different things that you  just would not think about. From using as an ant killer to making  compost, cleaning drains to cleaning greasy ashtrays, you will be amazed  just what ordinary coffee that you have at home can be used for. Here  is my top 10 favourites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. To get rid of ants put used coffee  grounds onto the ant hills, this will have to be done for each hill as  the pesky things will move to another home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Kitchen drains tend  to get smelly, simply get a cup of coffee grounds and tip down the  plughole making sure you tip a kettle of boiling water down slowly &amp;amp;  leave to work on the odours&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. For a quick fix on fabrics soak  garment in strong black unsugared coffee, this is an inexpensive way to  dye clothes brown in an emergency but remember it will not be colour  fast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Coffee grounds can be used to clean any stain resistant  surface, it has a mild &amp;amp; gentle abrasive element &amp;amp; smells fresh  too, particularly good for smelly ashtrays and greasy surfaces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.  To help plants to flourish add coffee to your soil, this is best done  in small amounts of soil so you can add 1 cup of lime to balance acidity  if need be, another way is to empty it straight onto your compost pile  with other kitchen waste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Fishermen, when transporting maggots  &amp;amp; worms put them in a container with moist coffee grounds &amp;amp; they  will be easier to pick up when you need them &amp;amp; they also like  coffee as much as we do so it will make them live longer too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.  Coffee can be used as an odour neutraliser if there is a powercut &amp;amp;  the food in the freezer defrosts &amp;amp; goes off, simply fill a bowl or  two with new or used coffee &amp;amp; leave in the freezer over night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.  When it comes to cleaning/sweeping out open fires sprinkle some used  coffee grounds over the hearth or wherever you have to clean &amp;amp; it  will sweep up easier &amp;amp; stop the coal dust from rising up in your  room so better for environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Gardeners if you grow carrots  add some coffee to your seeds before sowing, not only does this make the  seeds easier to sow, the smell also repels root maggots &amp;amp; other  pests allowing for thicker juicy carrots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Many people take  exception to neighbours cats using their garden as a toilet, a mixture  of used coffee grounds and &amp;amp; orange peel put round plants and in  beds you want left alone will provide a pungent smell that cats do not  like and so will find someone else's garden to use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of the  above tips are great ways to use up all the used coffee grounds that  would otherwise just be put down the drain or in the bin, why not put it  to good use.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="sig" id="sig"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bought to you by Rossgo of [http://www.coffeemakers4coffee.com]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 1em;"&gt;Article Source:       &lt;a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ross_Wharton"&gt;        http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ross_Wharton      &lt;/a&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-7878425937797039359?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/7878425937797039359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/7878425937797039359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/04/10-unusual-uses-for-coffee.html' title='10 Unusual Uses For Coffee'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-8652705449269439050</id><published>2010-03-14T21:30:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T00:57:35.116-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vietnamese iced coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cafe Du Monde'/><title type='text'>Vietnamese Iced Coffee</title><content type='html'>I was introduced to Vietnamese Iced Coffee about seven or eight years ago. My wife and I were housing &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/nnrocks"&gt;Neviah Nevi&lt;/a&gt;, a touring hard core band, at our home and they were like Vietnamese Iced Coffee evangelists. The loved it and were very excited to enlighten us. They told us all about it and showed us how to make it. They even gave us a starter kit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what the heck is Vietnamese Iced Coffee? I'm glad you asked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_iced_coffee"&gt;"Ca phe sua da or cafe sua da (Vietnamese: cà phê sữa đá) is a unique Vietnamese coffee recipe. Literally, the name means "iced coffee with milk". In northern Vietnam, it is also called ca phe nau da  (Vietnamese: cà phê nâu đá), meaning "iced brown coffee". Ca phe sua da can be made simply by mixing brewed black coffee with about a quarter to a half as much sweetened condensed milk and then pouring it over ice.". Wikipedia. 03-14-2010 &amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_iced_coffee"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_iced_coffee&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;We made some the other day so that we could show the crowd!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Tsn4Kx4I/AAAAAAAAAVY/8R8jXM1Eigs/s1600-h/IMG_0470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Tsn4Kx4I/AAAAAAAAAVY/8R8jXM1Eigs/s320/IMG_0470.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Coffee, often times with  &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory" title="Chicory"&gt;chicory&lt;/a&gt; (like &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Caf%C3%A9-Du-Monde-Cafe/dp/B0002LDAHC?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Cafe Du Monde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B0002LDAHC" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sweetened &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_milk" title="Condensed milk"&gt;condensed milk&lt;/a&gt; (like &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Brand-Sweetened-Condensed-Milk/dp/B001M0A6QU?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Eagle Brand Milk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B001M0A6QU" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 Coffee Cups (you should never drink alone)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Spoon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Filtered water &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Home-Splendor-Whistling-Cranberry/dp/B001G7QU5A?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Tea Kettle &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vietnamese-Style-Coffee-Filter/dp/B000EQ66IA?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Vietnamese Coffee Filter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=butchewingcom-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B000EQ66IA" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put some filtered water in your stove top tea kettle and turn the burner on high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add 1 tbsp of sweetened condensed milk to the bottom of each coffee cup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Xpqk16FI/AAAAAAAAAVg/58zfMTWC8yg/s1600-h/IMG_0480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Xpqk16FI/AAAAAAAAAVg/58zfMTWC8yg/s640/IMG_0480.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put a Vietnamese coffee filter on top of each coffee cup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 4 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add 1 tbsp of coffee to the bottom of each Vietnamese coffee filter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52X79lmFdI/AAAAAAAAAVo/yswCk1S2hbY/s1600-h/IMG_0474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52X79lmFdI/AAAAAAAAAVo/yswCk1S2hbY/s640/IMG_0474.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wait for your tea kettle to whistle at you. This would be a great time to tell your friends about The Coffee Crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52YeGi95_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/CQ1Xel7JfCo/s1600-h/IMG_0492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52YeGi95_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/CQ1Xel7JfCo/s640/IMG_0492.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour some hot water directly into each Vietnamese coffee filter, cover with lid and wait until all of the water has filtered through to the cup. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52YLUUK7LI/AAAAAAAAAVw/OnMdqhBqLFQ/s1600-h/IMG_0487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52YLUUK7LI/AAAAAAAAAVw/OnMdqhBqLFQ/s640/IMG_0487.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Y05kpWII/AAAAAAAAAWA/_prPhigs4m4/s1600-h/IMG_0497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Y05kpWII/AAAAAAAAAWA/_prPhigs4m4/s640/IMG_0497.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remove the Vietnamese coffee filter and stir the coffee until the sweetened condensed milk has mixed with the coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52ZBlBOwiI/AAAAAAAAAWI/2-Ie664Q0jg/s1600-h/IMG_0498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52ZBlBOwiI/AAAAAAAAAWI/2-Ie664Q0jg/s640/IMG_0498.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52ZQwoV-9I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/YrUvSrOykyA/s1600-h/IMG_0501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52ZQwoV-9I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/YrUvSrOykyA/s640/IMG_0501.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Step 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add ice and enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Zb_G0zQI/AAAAAAAAAWY/wASCwl69pD0/s1600-h/IMG_0505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dlsu_9j0Ojo/S52Zb_G0zQI/AAAAAAAAAWY/wASCwl69pD0/s640/IMG_0505.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So there you have it ~ Vietnamese Iced Coffee in eight easy steps or less. Like  most coffee drinks, there are many variations. Feel free to come up with  your own. 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The flavour of the coffee is so evident. You get to really enjoy the oils from the coffee beans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;b&gt;French press&lt;/b&gt;, also known as a &lt;b&gt;press pot&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;coffee press&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;coffee plunger&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;сafetière à piston&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, is a simple &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee"&gt;coffee&lt;/a&gt; brewing device, probably invented in France in the 1850s, but first patented by Italian designer &lt;a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attilio_Calimani&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Attilio Calimani (page does not exist)"&gt;Attilio Calimani&lt;/a&gt; in 1929, who made subsequent design improvements over the years, and further refined by another Italian, Faliero Bondanini.&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_press#cite_note-0"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You get a french press just about anywhere. They range in price from about $15 - $30. It's good to have at least one french press in the house. I like to have one at the office too. People gather around when I bring it out. Usually, I have to make a few pots because everyone really enjoys the great taste that you can get from a french press.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's super easy to make coffee with a french press. The following (cheesy alert) video shows just how easy it is. But, you can also order a french press at your favorite coffee shop. 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Coffee is great as a solo act but it really has star power when it has an assistant or two. Coffee is best enjoyed with _________. But what really goes great with coffee? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img align="right" height="240" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/S4c-3K7qnnI/AAAAAAAAEI8/eNtqS6ZXVrc/s320/MoreThanChocolate.jpg" width="320" /&gt;I like a good oatmeal raisin cookie with a half caff 130 degree latte with no foam. Or, how about coffee cake? That is why that call it that, right? Undeniably, chocolate is a great companion to any cup of coffee. Amy really loves chocolate. She got me this coffee mug to make sure that I knew that she loves me more.  If you love chocolate as much as Amy, our friends at &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=171713.10000003&amp;amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;Chocolate.com - The World's Largest Chocolate Marketplace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=171713.10000003&amp;amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt; can satisfy your chocolate cravings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that anything sweet will be a sure fire winner with coffee. But, what about salty or savory? A slice of New York or Chicago style pizza with an espresso? A California Roll with a double shot americano? They sound like they would go good together, because pizza Italian ~ cappuccino Italian / sushi west coast ~ coffee west coast, but I'm not sure they really go together. Maybe afterwards, but not during. Ever notice that you don't see coffee bars at the movies? Would you want a chi latte with a tub of buttery popcorn? With a movie sized chocolate bar, yes. With an order of nachos, I don't think so. I guess perhaps the &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=170349.270&amp;amp;type=2&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;Cappuccino Jelly Belly&lt;/a&gt; jelly beans would be ok too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love coffee just as much as the next coffee lover, but there are just some things that make it more enjoyable than others. Really, I think that nothing goes better with coffee than another cup and a friend to drink it with you. Coffee is a social drink. It brings people together and incites conversation. So, next time you're having coffee grab a brownie and split it with a friend. It doesn't get any better than that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=48797.10000225&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cheesecake" border="0" src="http://www.bannerservlet.com/banners/fpa/categories/images/439small.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=48797.10000225&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=48797.10000224&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cookie Cakes" border="0" src="http://www.bannerservlet.com/banners/fpa/categories/images/383small.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=48797.10000224&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=48797.10000226&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img alt="brownies" border="0" src="http://www.bannerservlet.com/banners/fpa/categories/images/210small.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=48797.10000226&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;offerid=48797.10000222&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cookies" border="0" src="http://www.bannerservlet.com/banners/fpa/categories/images/290small.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=48797.10000222&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=48797.10000233&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" width="1" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-800876338133217741?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/800876338133217741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/800876338133217741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/02/nothing-goes-better-with-coffee-than.html' title='Nothing goes better with coffee than...'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_R0jBXPQmjO0/S4c-3K7qnnI/AAAAAAAAEI8/eNtqS6ZXVrc/s72-c/MoreThanChocolate.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142846541785938098.post-2160198191762166874</id><published>2010-02-21T22:11:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T23:13:52.077-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting things started!</title><content type='html'>This is out first official post to the Coffee Crowd and we are excited about what is ahead! We will be sharing our experiences at local coffee shops, exploring ways to drink coffee, learning about the many types of coffee, giving tips on coffee products and more. As we go along we will develop more social interactivity. We really just want to see where this thing will go on it's own. We have no real preconceived ideas. Just a desire to talk about all things coffee with people that share our passion for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently this site is administered by Butch and Amy Ewing. We may decide to add more contributors later, but for now it's just us. Please join the crowd to enable more access to the site. We plan on sending 'members only' info through our email newsletter. So, be sure to sign up for that. We would also love to hear from you as to what you think we should discuss. We've got lot's of ideas, but we want to give the crowd what the crowds wants!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;offerid=178317.10000078&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0"&gt;&lt;img alt="Receive 4 Bags of Fresh Roasted Gourmet Coffee Plus a 1-Cup Coffeemaker and mug for only $22.95 + SH!" border="0" src="http://www.bocajava.com/images/affprogram/Coffeefor1_468x60_110309.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=Fan9qWhO*7o&amp;amp;bids=178317.10000078&amp;amp;type=4&amp;amp;subid=0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1142846541785938098-2160198191762166874?l=coffeecrowd.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/2160198191762166874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1142846541785938098/posts/default/2160198191762166874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeecrowd.blogspot.com/2010/02/getting-things-started.html' title='Getting things started!'/><author><name>Butch Ewing</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/105716931331749240147</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ViN9Gjvn0lQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAio/pG-CsERHCQI/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
