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I was in the local coffee shop yesterday and over heard an interesting conversation with the Barista. Barista; Can I help you? Costumer; One large coffee please. Barista; That will be $4.99. Costumer; I couldn't help but notice your Trump campaign button. May I ask why? Barista; I work here part time to pay my bills. I go to college and live in my parents basement.   I don't need anyone's else's money. I am smart enough to know nothing is free. Costumer; But what about the top 1%? The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Like you and me. Barista; Is that an iPhone 10? Costumer; Yes. Barista; An Apple watch? Costumer; Yes. What's your point? Barista; You just spent $4.99 on 25 cents worth of coffee, some hot water and 50 cents for a cup and a lid. If your not in the 1% you Shure spend money like you are. Costumer; I see your point.  

  Do you drink your coffee black? Well if you do you have a higher likely hood of finding yourself on a no fly list.   All is not lost for us black coffee drinkers. A study sights the preference to a bitter taste as the trait that gives a very small indication towards Psychopathic tendencies including coffee, but not exclusive to black coffee.  Apparently, no one can agree on what constitutes a bitter food or drink. When the researchers asked participants to assess the flavors of specific foods, they found that disagreements with the researchers over whether certain foods were bitter or not.  This could explains why there was a less-than-50-percent correlation between participants saying they liked bitter foods in general and saying they liked the specific bitter foods on a list.  With the good health news coffee has enjoyed over the last year is it any surprise that a study such as this would be long in coming?  

  A very strong EL Nino thru out the coming winter is as good as a Shure bet. So get ready for not only the unusual weather a strong EL Nino brings but the likely hood of higher coffee and chocolate prices.  Coffee is only recently recover from disease problems of 2014. So the just the prediction of a strong EL Nino alone is enough to get markets on edge and leaning to a price increase.   It is the ever increasing demand for chocolate that is bring higher prices. With the recent "chocolate is good for your health"  press is perhaps the largest factor on chocolates increasing demand. With the additional threat of the bad growing conditions an EL Nino brings look for you dark chocolate fix to start getting a little more expensive.  

Is Caffeine a performance enhancing drug?   While having a cup or two of coffee before performing in a professional sporting event is not a rules violation. It could be in the future. With all of the health news and effects of Caffeine on a person's health and physical performance appearing in the news. Caffeine could soon join the long list of forbidden chemicals that a professional athlete can have in their system.    Recent tests have rendered results of a reduction of 2 strokes off of your golf game. Just have a couple cups of coffee before the round.  Test results on bowling and Frisbee golf are not in as of this posting.

  With the environment in the news lately. Here is one you didn't see coming. Used coffee grounds are very good at storing Methane.   Methane is a global warming gas many times more potent that carbon dioxide.With Methane having one advantage over Carbon Dioxide. That is Methane can be used as a fuel.   The process to make this work is relative simple with the moist used coffee grounds being heated with potassium hydroxide.   So who cares you may be asking yourself. While It's not likely your local power company will be digging around in your trash ben for your used coffee grounds in order to capture and store their Methane emissions.   Some smaller producers of Methane emissions may have some interest. Many oil wells also produce small amounts of natural gas. The volume of gas is so small that it's uneconomical to lay the needed pipe in order to place this gas into the natural gas lines that heat your home. So this g...

 Forget  the normal campaign buttons and yard signage Donald Trump is giving Solo cups a run for their money with his "campaign party cups" in his online store.   The 16-ounce cups  resemble Solo cups, a brilliant Trump move to get the collage frat boy vote. Trump's slogan-stamped cups cost $3.  Not cheap but if you want to drink with the Donald you have to pay the price..      Trump's cups are "proudly made in USA," showing his "make America great again!" is more than a slogan.  If you prefer drinking you adult beverage straight from the can, Trump is also selling koozies to keep your favorite beer or limearita cool on these last days of summer. A 6-pack of these goes for only $20.    Lets not forget Jeb Bush, he has turned to the kitchen to earn campaign dollars also. Jeb has a   $75 guacamole bowl   "Guaca Bowle"

  Hammered by falling pensions and wages, higher taxes and soaring unemployment, Greeks of all walks of life should be cutting back on consumption.   However iced coffee, freddo or frappe, which can cost anywhere between 2 and 4.5 euros ($5) in downtown Athens is on the must have list.  Cafes in Athens remain packed, disguising the turmoil convulsing Greek society.   Iced coffees now dominate sales, but there may yet be a return to the traditional Greek coffee, cheaper than most at up to 2 euros.   In some way it reminds a person about the band playing on the Titanic to the bitter end.