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By: Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Mysterious ‘Meth Coffee’ launches in San Francisco

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:01:19 +0000

[...] Now it’s no secret that I’ve been ranting a lot lately about how caffeine addiction has been made synonymous with a love of coffee — in ways where we wouldn’t presume that a wine aficionado is naturally an alcoholic. (The hideous wine analogy rears its ugly head yet again!) But come on… “Meth Coffee”?! I just read today that bath soap qualifies as an instrument of caffeine delivery: A New Type of Java Jolt: Caffeinated Soap. Is the Dove Unscented Meth Beauty Bar up next for a little Fight Club-like marketing? [...]

By: Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Personal History: My Two-Year Journey Into the Caffeine Desert

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:21:34 +0000

[...] In the end, the caffeine angle is an amusing one — given that espresso, my coffee beverage of choice, is one of your better options. Culturally, at least in America, we errantly behold espresso as if it were an intravenous drip of pure caffeine. Writers and editors constantly riff on espresso as a euphemism for the most potent infusion of caffeine your veins can handle. Pulling an all-nighter? Six cups of coffee won’t do, but six espressos will keep you awake from now until Christ’s second coming. (For example, last year, San Francisco magazine even resorted to calling me a “caffeinista”.) Yet if made properly — i.e., without all the water-soluble muck that comes tumbling out into your typical over-extracted American espresso — it has less caffeine than your average drip coffee. [...]

By: Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Coffee: Drink or lifestyle? How about both?

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:55:27 +0000

[...] Today’s The Star Press also offers a capsule on Muncie’s four best coffee options: Caffeine addicts sing the praises of Muncie’s growing collection of shops | The Star Press - http://www.thestarpress.com - Muncie, IN (pardon my gagging over the title: another cliché caffeine riff that plagues so many unimaginative writers). In case you should ever find yourself lost in northeast Indiana. [...]

By: TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Decaf Coffee Is Not Caffeine-Free (And Particularly If You’re At Starbucks)

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:59:54 +0000

[...] Ignore the stating-the-obvious article title for a moment. Even ignore my latest tirade against unimaginative writers who use the caffeine riff as a synomym for coffee. [...]

By: TheShot.coffeeratings.com » It’s more than just coffee — it’s a bowl for the soul

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:04:22 +0000

[...] InsideBayArea.com published an article today by a self-employed writer (and cooking class instructor) who named some of her favorite coffeehouses around the country: Inside Bay Area - It’s more than just coffee — it’s a bowl for the soul. Yes, she unimaginatively resorted to the ever-popular, ever-tedious caffeine riff (calling coffeehouses “caffeine dens”). But she claims to have sampled a lot of coffee drinks. [...]