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Newsflash: Gourmet Coffees Have Lots Of Caffeine
Evangelion writes "According to the Globe and Mail, gourmet coffees (Starbucks, Second Cup, etc) apparently have
lots more caffeine than their non-gourmet competitors. One jumbo (20-oz) contains an entire day's worth of C8H10N4O2." Remember, for best effect, drink it through the day, not all at once.
Ahem... ;-)
I never ever had a good cup of coffee in the US. It was mostly like brown water.
If gourmet coffee means using enough coffee beans to actually make it taste of something, I'm all for it.
If you have problem with caffeine, then just drink one (gourmet) cup a day for chrissake....
So I went to my local Starsucks to see about some upgrades. I wanted to know the upgrade path from a small cup of joe to a double-venti-no whip-soy-mocha. I was told there was no upgrade and I would have to pay full price. What a rip off. Since that didn't work I asked 'Does an overclocked espresso machine make better coffee faster or is it just more likely to crash spewing steam and foamed dairy everywhere?' I was referred to corporate tech support, but after three attempts to logon to HOTSPOT I was locked out and had to re-enter the store to try again. Then I was told my registration cookie had been deleted and I'd need to get back inline and buy another (over-priced) raisin cookie. This is when I decided for sure that Open Source Coffee was the way to go. Imagine it, I can go to the local shop (Safeway) and buy my own coffee beans, these filter things, a 'grinder', some mugs, a drip brewer and voila. (Does anybody know how to assemble this mess!) I tried tech support, but they said I needed more punches on my frequent(sucker)-buyer card before they could help me, but recommended I check the web for sites like http://javadot.org! Oh the days before technology...