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Posted on 03.08.09 by Widge @ 9:47 pm
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own.  Around here we have a high opinion of coffee. Frankly, we have a high opinion of not sleeping, and coffee is just our favorite way of facilitating that. But soon coffee, the original wonder drug that works wonders, will be helping you do more than not fall asleep behind the wheel--it'll help your wheels spin. Apparently given 5-7 kilograms of coffee grounds, you can get a liter of biofuel. And the cost of running your car, in essence, off of coffee grounds? About $1 a gallon. The article says "The US estimates we consume over 7 tons of coffee each year, which would yield about 340 million gallons of biodiesel." And one ton of that comes from our offices, so the staff and I here should go into the biodiesel business it sounds like. I tried to find an accompanying video to demonstrate a coffee-fueled car, but the only thing I could find online was a thirty-second bit from one of the news channels, and the news performers on there always tend to sound like they're trying to convince a six-year-old to do something that's fun, honest. And as a result, I can't stand those soulless bastards. That being said: drink more coffee, everyone. Get addicted to coffee and it'll help our addiction to oil! Everybody wins! Categorized as: Coffee
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Posted on 02.28.09 by Widge @ 9:33 pm
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own.   So amidst all the hoohah about Watchmen-branded items flooding the world as the film prepares to open this coming weekend, we had a couple of things fall into our jurisdiction. I haven't seen them produce the obvious, easy and obligatory Doc Manhattan Energy Drink (flavored blue raspberry of course) or Black Freighter Energy Brew or Veidt Cola (and I'm a little surprised they haven't)...and ScottC hasn't reported back with his Dr. Manhattan condom review yet, but we do have Nite Owl Dark Roast coffee. The whole Watchmen aspect of this is pretty much a wash. I mean, honestly, it's coffee. It's not like grinding, brewing and drinking this gave me any flashbacks to the graphic novel or anything like that. Which means it's novelty coffee. So the can--with the picture of Nite Owl on it, the Veidt Enterprises logo and such--is just something that, once the coffee's gone, you'll store pens in. As for the coffee, it is organic. And that's good, because I've been a little organic-conscious since I bit into an apple one time and tasted yummy chemicals! So that's been on my mind. This stuff is provided by the Organic Coffee Cartel, in fact, and it isn't bad. You would think with the amount of coffee that I drink I would be an expert on the taste of coffee. Sadly, that's not the case, and that's why you don't get a lot of coffee reviews on the site. Coffee is a caffeine delivery mechanism and little else, and as such, it falls into three categories for me. One, the really good tasting stuff--usually the very expensive stuff. Two, the really awfully bad tasting stuff. And three, the vast range of coffee that falls squarely between those two. And this Nite Owl coffee falls squarely in the middle of that middle bucket. Which makes for a short review. Is it decent? Yes. Does it change the face of coffee as you know it? No. Will the can hold pens? Sure. Categorized as: Coffee and Reviews
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Posted on 02.26.09 by Widge @ 3:07 am
Comments on this: 4 so far. Add your own. Behold this hilariously awful commercial for Folgers instant coffee. Direct link for the feedreaders. Found via The Consumerist. That's right, ladies, back in the day there was nothing that kept your husband from screwing one of those trollops at work quite like Folgers instant coffee. Also, I can't help but think that he didn't kiss her goodbye to begin with because coffee breath can be...well, rather off-putting. Another one of these gems after the break. Categorized as: Coffee
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Posted on 01.23.09 by Widge @ 6:34 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  So recently Neil Gaiman--or as we call him in shorthand around here, "The Neil"--discovered to his amazement that he was a novelty coffee item in Indonesia. After The Neil Indonesian Coffee Incident (which is yet another great name for a band...Neil's Dog is Not a Bushel is another one that's upcoming) was picked up by The Guardian, Neil was wondering about what a true Gaiman coffee might entail. So after two evenings of smacking stuff around the Needcoffee Alchemy Labs and--ahem--consuming a lot of "failed" experiments, I'm throwing this out there: the coffee drink known as The Neil. Categorized as: Coffee
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Posted on 01.17.09 by Widge @ 6:15 am
Comments on this: just one. Add your own.  Okay, I keep getting sent this so it's obvious I need to write it up. But it's not news: coffee is your friend. Coffee can save your life while driving. Coffee can save your skin, literally. But now coffee can save your brain. And I don't know about you, but my brain could use some saving. Here's the shot: the article says that "Middle-aged people who drink moderate amounts of coffee significantly reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease." This came from researchers in Sweden and Finland, the country where I quite want to be. If you drink between three and five cups a day, they tell us, you can lower your chances of Alzheimer's between 60 and 65%. Now if you drink between three and five, then you're drinking four--even the English Major knows that. I don't know why they just didn't come out and say that. But regardless. How do we know they know this? Because apparently they were following up with over 1400 people in Finland over the course of twenty-plus years. How does it do this? They think...maybe antioxidants? But they're not sure. But don't overindulge because you can hallucinate, apparently--which probably explains why I see so many glow in the dark elves. Oh, and drinking over five cups apparently didn't add any benefits against dementia. And now you know. And knowing is half the battle. But the other half is kicking ass. Categorized as: Coffee
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