http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/coffee-lifestyle/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/coffee-lifestyle/#comment-2542 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Green Coffee capsules - all the weight loss benefits, none of the bitter taste! Sat, 19 May 2007 00:11:42 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=324#comment-2542 [...] The uncontrollable urge to assign shamanic powers of eternal life or instant death to coffee are still in full bloom. Last December, we reported on the UK introduction of CoffeeSlender (a.k.a. Café Bulimia), a coffee drink that claimed to help consumers lose weight through something called Svetol — a derivative of green coffee beans. Today we can apparently bypass the beverage part entirely and just take a pill (it’s about time!): Response Source | Press Releases - Green Coffee capsules - all the weight loss benefits, none of the bitter taste! [...] [...] The uncontrollable urge to assign shamanic powers of eternal life or instant death to coffee are still in full bloom. Last December, we reported on the UK introduction of CoffeeSlender (a.k.a. Café Bulimia), a coffee drink that claimed to help consumers lose weight through something called Svetol — a derivative of green coffee beans. Today we can apparently bypass the beverage part entirely and just take a pill (it’s about time!): Response Source | Press Releases - Green Coffee capsules - all the weight loss benefits, none of the bitter taste! [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/coffee-lifestyle/#comment-2300 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Saving Earth one cup at a time - but only if that cup contains coffee Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:41:35 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=324#comment-2300 [...] Earth Day couldn’t pass last weekend without a multitude of feel-good press releases from coffee peddlers. We already knew that our coffee could support Ernie & Bert’s ambiguously gay lifestyle on Public Television. Now we read about how our coffee could save chimps, help solve the energy crisis, and even how it could stamp out poverty and save planet earth itself. That’s a lot for one cup of coffee — especially when a couple years ago all you could hope for was that it didn’t taste like an oil change. [...] [...] Earth Day couldn’t pass last weekend without a multitude of feel-good press releases from coffee peddlers. We already knew that our coffee could support Ernie & Bert’s ambiguously gay lifestyle on Public Television. Now we read about how our coffee could save chimps, help solve the energy crisis, and even how it could stamp out poverty and save planet earth itself. That’s a lot for one cup of coffee — especially when a couple years ago all you could hope for was that it didn’t taste like an oil change. [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/coffee-lifestyle/#comment-2298 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Saving Earth one cup at a time - but only if that cup contains coffee Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:10:13 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=324#comment-2298 [...] Earth Day couldn’t pass last weekend without a multitude of feel-good press releases from coffee peddlers. We already knew that our coffee could support Ernie & Bert’s ambiguously gay lifestyle through Public Television. Now we read about how our coffee could save chimps, help solve the energy crisis, and even how it could stamp out poverty and save planet earth itself. That’s a lot for one cup of coffee — especially when a couple years ago all you could hope for was that it didn’t taste like an oil change. [...] [...] Earth Day couldn’t pass last weekend without a multitude of feel-good press releases from coffee peddlers. We already knew that our coffee could support Ernie & Bert’s ambiguously gay lifestyle through Public Television. Now we read about how our coffee could save chimps, help solve the energy crisis, and even how it could stamp out poverty and save planet earth itself. That’s a lot for one cup of coffee — especially when a couple years ago all you could hope for was that it didn’t taste like an oil change. [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/coffee-lifestyle/#comment-410 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » There’s a war brewing, but taste is still the loser on America’s coffee front Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:30:37 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=324#comment-410 [...] And yet there’s a third party in all this, the spectators, who just want better coffee — regardless of the lifestyle image supposedly projected by their choice of where to drink it. For us, watching Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts duke it out is a bit like watching two inebriated women in an eye-gouging, mud-wrestling cat fight trying to settle the Miss Congeniality crown. The absurdity of the situation keeps us laughing. That is, until we want to take a break for a decent coffee and discover that our favorite café sold the business to one of these louts. And then we start crying. [...] [...] And yet there’s a third party in all this, the spectators, who just want better coffee — regardless of the lifestyle image supposedly projected by their choice of where to drink it. For us, watching Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts duke it out is a bit like watching two inebriated women in an eye-gouging, mud-wrestling cat fight trying to settle the Miss Congeniality crown. The absurdity of the situation keeps us laughing. That is, until we want to take a break for a decent coffee and discover that our favorite café sold the business to one of these louts. And then we start crying. [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/12/coffee-lifestyle/#comment-379 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Coffee: Drink or lifestyle? How about both? Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:57:07 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=324#comment-379 [...] In case you thought last week’s coffee lifestyle article was something of a joke, a headline from today’s Muncie, IN The Star Press might convince you otherwise: Coffee: Drink or lifestyle? How about both? | The Star Press - www.thestarpress.com - Muncie, IN. Except here your lifestyle statement isn’t so much in your choice of what you drink, but rather in where you drink it. [...] [...] In case you thought last week’s coffee lifestyle article was something of a joke, a headline from today’s Muncie, IN The Star Press might convince you otherwise: Coffee: Drink or lifestyle? How about both? | The Star Press - http://www.thestarpress.com - Muncie, IN. Except here your lifestyle statement isn’t so much in your choice of what you drink, but rather in where you drink it. [...]

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