The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day... - Page 324

#3231: Post by **Randy G.** » June 29th, 2022, 10:28 am

From WFTV9 in Florida:
"A Kissimmee pastor who teaches online ministry classes was arrested Monday for exposing himself and performing a sex act on himself at a Starbucks store, deputies said."

Uhh.. I have worked in the coffee industry in various ways, on and off for two decades now. I really like coffee. I roast my own coffee. I write about coffee. I teach about coffee. I have a coffee website. I have created coffee posters. I have influenced various factors in the industry in some ways. talking about coffee excites me. But coffee has never gotten me THAT excited, particularly at a Starbucks!

#3232: Post by **Mad Scientist** » July 4th, 2022, 7:31 pm

Wait! Where are you going?... I was going to make espresso!

#3233: Post by **Randy G.** » July 5th, 2022, 2:26 am

Mad Scientist wrote:Wait! Where are you going?... I was going to make espresso!

That line was an adlib and it caused the film crew to crack up!

July 9th, 2022, 1:10 am

Coca-Cola will be bringing automatic coffee vending machines to the USA:

Costa Smart Café is a revolutionary piece of autonomous equipment that provides barista-quality coffee at the touch of a button - essentially an unmanned coffee shop in a box. ... The hot and cold drinks are always crafted using fresh beans, which are ground inside the machine, and fresh milk, which is frothed by the machine.

- more at https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2 ... sta-launch

More about the machines:

This is the world's first integrated self-serve coffee machine, reinvented to deliver both hot and iced drinks. The machine can deliver over 500 barista-quality hot & iced drinks, from iced coffees to flavoured iced fruit cordials.

- more at https://www.costa.co.uk/business/costa-express/machines

#3235: Post by **TomC** » July 15th, 2022, 11:24 pm

Somebody locally sold a Riviera for $70 this morning. I received an email reply that was bcc'd to all the people who inquired, stating that yes, he actually sold it for $70.

#3236: Post by **Jeff** » July 22nd, 2022, 1:03 am

Imported from ...

... Italy?

#3237: Post by **Marmot** » July 22nd, 2022, 1:20 am

I got something similar.
Coffee beans from a japanese roastery in Kobe but roasted in Spain (for the european market).
If the result is identical to the original I don't care

#3238: Post by **Marcelnl** » July 22nd, 2022, 5:36 am

recall reading that Heineken bought some Asahi brands a few years ago, Heineken is brewed all over the planet...and it tastes equally bland everywhere....I think they do the same thing with Asahi.

#3239: Post by **LBIespresso** » July 23rd, 2022, 10:07 am

Jeff wrote:Imported from ...

... Italy?

I remember reading about Italian olive oil. It can be shipped from anywhere in the world even blended from multiple countries and then bottled in Italy as an "A product of Italy"

TMYK

July 23rd, 2022, 2:35 pm

Within the EU the origin of the content must be mentioned on the label, so Italian bottled olive oil within the EU will have the origin described on the label as 'made from Italian oil' or made from oil originating within EU' or 'made from oil within and outside EU'. If Italian oil is from one region it may have the D.O.P label to indicate regionality.