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"'All Facts Considered' By NPR's Longtime Librarian" - NPR
She claims that Americans - because of sodas, etc. - are now consuming about half the daily amount of coffee that they did in the 1920s or some point way back then.
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Blind taste test
There are espresso machines and espresso techniques galore on the market. Imagine a taste test of coffee (the same bean) made on a range of machines starting with the absolute least expensive options up to the most expensive. Could reasonable people differentiate among them? Could or would they associate the higher cost machines with a better brew? That would be really interesting! No?
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"Cacao crops waning" - PRI's The World
Cacao, along with tea, surely complement the coffee and development story.
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"Coffee Party, With a Taste for Civic Participation, Is Added to the Political Menu" - NYTimes.com
It will be interesting to see how "coffee" winds up being contrasted with tea in this evolving political phenomenon.
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"Ethiopia’s 2009 Coffee Crop at Least 25% Bigger" - BusinessWeek
There is so much more we all could learn about coffee and Ethiopia.