Cricketscoffee Blog

  Easter is this coming Sunday, so the odds are you will have some chocolate in the house. You know chocolate bunnies, eggs, kisses, and on and on. So you try and think of new and inventive ways to pilfer those chocolate goody's from the kids Easter baskets.        The old tried and true ploy is of course "chocolate is bad for you" but you internet savvy 5 year old tell you about the health benefits of dark chocolate. Rat's you think to yourself. So you resort to bartering, A new game app for their iPhone you offer for one chocolate bunny. No deal is the reply you get. The new game app and 1 additional hour of internet surfing time is the counter offer. Knowing you are out classed you give in and do the deal.    Now the next big question you must answer is. What adult beverage goes best with your chocolate bunny? Well here are some recommendations. Prosecco – all chocolates --White Burgundy – milk or white chocolate -...

The great health news on coffee just keeps rolling in. Is it real or press hype.    In todays world the saying that the press can make or break you is more true than ever.  So is coffee being place just one step short of the health food of the century only to be ruthlessly kicked from that mountain top by some study or test results that cast a shadow on coffee's current healthy image.   The king makers in the press love nothing more than place a product on the top of the must have or use list only to sweep away with one article.  Prepare your self, for some one some where is plotting coffee's health image demise. The only question is who and when?   Keep a sharp eye on those tea drinkers on this one.

Climate change! Global warming and a hot cup of coffee. What do they have in common? CO2 Carbon Dioxide.   Yes it's sad to say that those bubbles you see in you fresh cup of Joe is the dreaded green house gas Carbon Dioxide.   You are most likely to see the this if you dispense your coffee from a pump. Like the ones at your local mini mart.  But take hart the EPA has bigger fish to fry for the moment.   

Men and coffee. The instagram account that is a men's version of maxim with coffee.    The men range from GQ to tattooed from head to toe. The boy next door to the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks.   What ever your taste in men it is likely there. It's only a matter of time before women with coffee comes into the spot light. Soon followed by pets and coffee, plant and coffee and so on and so on.     Men and coffee is flying high now however it will likely have lost it's luster by the time Pre season football is back.   Go Colts! 

  The K cup controversy just keeps going and going. The halls echo with the cry's.....they are filling our land fills....they would circle the earth dozens of times.....there killing the planet!   Get a grip people. K cups, even in their billions are not filling land fills. No more than used coffee grounds are. Just look at what you thro away every day and by any measure those K cups are meaningless.   The media buzz over K cups and land fills is just one way the other makers are making trouble for Keurig and it's Keurig only K cups.  So if you are a K cup user take hart. Your not filling the land fills or killing the planet. You are just a pawn in the fight over who sells you your coffee and how.  

After experimenting with having two separate apps, Starbucks finally unified them into a single, got to have app. This app allows you to manage your Starbucks card, pay for your purchases, track your rewards, find a store, see a menu, buy a gift, apply for a job, and more!    If you're a Starbucks fan, you need to have this app. In theory you can go ahead and dump those other two; this one replaces them entirely. However, be aware that some users are complaining that their information from the mobile card app was lost in the switch, so be sure you've backed everything up first.   The Starbucks® app for iPhone® is the quickest, easiest way to pay for your coffee—no wallet necessary. The app is completely redesigned with an improved interface, a more personal dashboard experience, digital tipping and other great features, including easy access to our loyalty program, My Starbucks Rewards®.

It's a typical busy day the pointless text's and e-mails are never ending. What to do next you ask yourself. Pay the mortgage or update your facebook page.  The IPhone beckons you once again....this could be important tho...your House of Cards ring tone means high priority.  Unable to fill your request.. the message begins. Water level low. Is this a joke you first think. But then it comes to you. That new MR Coffee app you installed last week. Your coffee will not be ready when you do finally do make it home. What a way to end the week you mumble to yourself.  You take a deep breath and prepare to finish out your day in peace.... but no. Like a baby needing changing your IPhone cries out the Empire Strikes Back sound track. Great your think ..the boss.  Will it ever end?