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Drink Coffee, Live Long(er) and prosper….
There is an article in Melbourne’s “The Age” Newspaper, sharing the wonderfully exciting news that scientists (probably the same ones that can’t seem to agree on the issue of Climate Change) have suggested that if you drink coffee you will live longer, although the article then goes onto say that “The study doesn’t prove coffee makes people live longer, only that the two seem related.” So I think what they are saying is that you will live longer if you drink coffee, but drinking coffee will not necessarily make you live longer….confused? Me too – perhaps I need another coffee.
The article goes further by saying that “Even a single cup a day seemed to lower risk [we assume the risk of death in general, not the death star, climate change or being hit by a bus - although that is not clear] a little: 6 per cent in men and 5 per cent in women. The strongest effect was in women who had four or five cups a day – a 16 per cent lower risk of death.” Which then raises the question – if you drank nothing but coffee, 24/7 – would live forever? Read the article here.
The End of COFFEE is near?
According to a recent article by Zak Stone (Editor of ‘The Daily Good’) the days of good quality, relatively inexpensive coffee are all but over. Due to the fastidious growing requirements of the coffee plant (altitude, combination of wet & dry spells, diseases & pests) and the effects of global warming in the coffee growing regions (which also happen to be developing countries) – weather anomalies - coffee supply is down, yet coffee demand (particularly in the burgeoning new market of China) is up. Zak is predicting that we are rapidly approaching ‘peak coffee’. To read more, click here.
News Media in Australia summarises the article here.
New Page – The Locations
If you are at all like me and often can’t be bothered scrolling through the archives of a blog – just on the off chance that there may be something interesting there – which would of course make us completely useless as side kicks or assistants to the Indiana Jones type adventurers….I think I have veered slightly of course there, my apologies.
I have created a new page for those who like to see where I have been, without having to go on a quest to do so. Click on ‘The Locations’ page above to be taken to a list of the 85 Coffee places that have been reviewed since May 2009. In truth I was a bit disappointed to find that I had only reviewed 85, and not the magical 100 or more – especially considering that there are more than 150 posts on this blog – which just goes to show how much rubbish I write when not drinking enough coffee – case in point – the length of this entry which was just designed to highlight the new page, but has now degenerated into the ramblings of a sleep deprived 30 something who is hesitant to check the live score update on the NBL website, so as not to cause the 36er’s to loose – because my checking would cause this – it has nothing to do with the fact that….oh, never mind.
New page – The Locations – lists all the coffee places by region – hope it is helpful – not completely unlike this entry….
Coffee Withdrawal
Forgive me readers for I have sinned.
It has been over two weeks since my last purchased coffee and review.
I need to get out and about – where should I go?
Who is making the best South Australian coffee at the moment?
Who has recently opened?
South Australian Coffee???
Surely there are more than 58 places in Adelaide where you can buy a coffee? Yet that is ‘all she wrote’ according to the latest updates on the Beanhunter. According to their South Australian based users, we have less cafes worth drinking in and/or writing about then does the Gold Coast (61) and Canberra (68). Yes you read right – according to the Beanhunter, there are more and better coffee vending establishments in our nations capital then there are in RADelaide – the coffee capital of the southern hemisphere (just don’t tell Melbourne).
Come on people – do your state a favour – do what Rann couldn’t (a bit of political commentary there – haha) - do what Craig couldn’t (a bit of sport commentary there) – raise your state’s profile above the Gold Coast and Canberra – make us proud – list your favourite cafe on the Beanhunter (even list your least favourite cafe – at least then others will know to avoid it) and let us get Adelaide above Canberra.
First the Gold Coast, then Canberra…then the world!!!!
McCoffee is the best? Really???
This from today’s Herald Sun via the Adelaide Advertiser….
A STORM is brewing in the nation’s coffee chains after McDonald’s top-scored in a battle of the baristas.
The fast food giant better known for fries and burgers beat specialty rivals to snatch best coffee house honours in a consumer survey. McCafe trumped Gloria Jean’s, Hudsons, Muffin Break and The Coffee Club, according to the Canstar Blue poll. The tick comes just three months after McDonald’s apologised for the sorry state of its coffee and promised to improve. McCafe got top marks for overall satisfaction and price, tied with Michel’s on service, and came equal first with Perth-based Dome for taste. The survey revealed 10 per cent of Australians find coffee withdrawal symptoms worse than going without cigarettes, and have tried unsuccessfully to give up their caffeine habit. To read more, including some interesting comments click HERE
A couple of things on this article:
- I would hardly call any of those ‘speciality rivals’ a specialty coffee places – they are mass producing coffee franchises - who, as I am sure you have all experienced do not produce consistently great coffee – but perhaps we could call them passable. It is generic coffee. Specialty coffee places are your smaller concerns who purchase their beans from origin – perhaps even attend the cup of excellence – roast locally and with consciousness and dedicated baristas serve you a coffee that they long for you to enjoy – see Coffee By The Beans or The Coffee Barun or the Coffee Branch.
- Really?? You expect us to believe that this was a genuine survey and not an attempt by the McDonalds Corporation to move past their national apology?
If there are no further posts on this blog, then perhaps I was right with point 2? Have a great coffee and a great day!!
