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      Ingredients 3/4 cup ground Folgers Classic Roast ® Coffee 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 cups cold water 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand ® Sweetened Condensed Milk Ice cubes Directions STIR together ground coffee and cinnamon. Brew in coffeemaker using 3 cups cold water. POUR sweetened condensed milk into 1 1/2-quart pitcher. Add hot brewed coffee, stirring until thoroughly blended. POUR coffee mixture over ice in tall glasses or cafe mugs. Serve immediately. ...

     Last year Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano to the International Space Station. His main complaint was the lack of decent espresso. Seeing a new market, Italian espresso manufacturer Lavazza said it had partnered with Argotec, an Italian aerospace engineering company, to create a space worthy espresso machine for the International Space Station.     Called the “ISSpresso,” the new machine uses a capsule system to make espresso, caffè lungo, coffee, and other hot beverages. The company says the space coffee machine weighs 44 pounds and works under extreme conditions. It even works upside-down.     Lavazza says it expects the ISSpresso to be ready to go into orbit in November, when the Italian Space Agency sends its second long-term mission to the space station.  But with the recent drought and rust problem will the space station be able to afford the coffee? tags; space station, nasa, decaf, moca...

  Starting next year, all Connecticut state schools will not be allowed to sell coffee in their cafeteria. According to Superintendent Elliott Landon if the coffee is not removed, the school will lose its state aid. It is unclear why the state is mandating the removing coffee from the menu.     Connecticut State Department of Education School Nutrition Program for Fairfield and New Haven have made no public statements as to why coffee is almost as taboo as tobacco.   According to the Food and Drug Administration, studies show 100 mg to 200 mg (one or two cups of coffee) per day are not harmful.

  The hidden cash craze is every where. With the hidden envelopes containing $50 cash and a US silver coin worth about $23. The reward is just enough to get people to look but not start riots as the hunters descend on the area the twitter clues send them to.   What will they do with the cash has ranged from help the poor to a trip to Starbucks. Good luck and happy hunting. tags; twitter, hidden cash, silver coin, cash, #hiddencash

Headaches and caffeine.    A clinical trial in Illinois found that caffeine, which reduces the swelling of blood vessels, can reduce both the intensity and frequency of headaches. People in one group were given caffeine alone, and 58 percent reported complete relief. People in the other group were given caffeine  in and ibuprofen, and 70 percent saw symptoms reduced.

  E-cigarettes, vaping and coffee? A growing number of coffee shops are catering to e-cigarette users today. The majority of these coffee shops are in Urban locations with a young adult costumer base. Vaping is growing by leaps and bounds in the US as the taboo of tobacco use in public is well entrenched and not likely to subside anytime soon. Vaping is likely to be a short lived practice as e-cigarette use is under they eye of both local and federal governments. The end result of this is unclear but electronically lighting up in a coffee shop is likely to go the way of the pipe.

  Bottom's Up, just opened in Bakersfield Calf. at the corner of Stockdale and Allen, it's brewed problems up in some of its other locations. The Owner Alexandra Ireland has recently said they recently changed the menu at their Clovis location, removing some of the more risky-titled selections after community feedback. The Bakersfield location opened this last Thursday. Ireland was on hand Friday and described Bottom's Up as a combination of great customer service, great drinks and sexy women. "I think any time you go outside of the box, there will be people that judge you. I think what we're doing is a lot of fun," Ireland said. "We're trying to be one of those businesses that aren't failing, and we're trying to have a lot of fun."