Finland has the highest coffee consumption per capita in the world.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
"Slutty" Starbucks Logo
So, this is creating a controversy?
Starbucks seems to be under fire from some religious groups who think this new logo design is slutty and against God.
I have a big problem with this.
1) God designed the human body, therefor it is Holy, not slutty.
2) This is freaking mermaid, not a woman, and it’s based on ancient artwork.
3) She’s not engaged in anything pornographic.
4) If God had a problem with boobs, He wouldn’t have put them on people.
5) If Starbucks backs down and changes their logo to accommodate the whining of prudish, off-base, idiotic religious groups, they will lose what little respect I have for them.
Seriously, I could see an uproar if it featured something like the close up of a penis or a woman’s vagina, but this?
Come on, people. Get a life.
Costa Rican Naranjo Caracol Peaberry
This is my last home roasted coffee for a while.
I think I may have saved the best for last. If not the best, then tied with the best. It doesn’t surprise me, because there’s something about Costa Rican beans that always sends a low and groovy pulse directly into the pleasure center of my brain.
I roasted this up to a deep, beautiful dark dark brown, what they call a City + roast, and have waited until it’s nearly gone to write about it. That is because I’m starting to burn out on having to report on the coffee — I just want to enjoy it.
And my coffee loving friends, I have enjoyed this one immensely. It has a medium bold flavor, well balanced in acidity — just enough to give it a little bite, but not enough to burn a hole in your colon — and features a sweet, wood-smoke flavor with berry and walnut highlights.
And with that, I’m out of green beans to roast, and also my roaster — that air popcorn popper I bought off of eBay — it’s starting to sound like it’s going implode and die. So, I think I’ll be buying myself a proper roaster, and in the meantime I’ll drink and review pre-roasted beans.