The Coffee and Tea Festival!

Only a day late, here is the first (sort of) edition of the Coffee and Tea Festival. This is a weekly gathering of interesting posts regarding coffee and tea. Not just about the products but about the people, places, things and ideas that coffee and tea influence. I thought it might be good to start out with a little verse. Madeleine Begun Kane presents Caffeinated Verse posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog. I’ve rarely been tempted by tea, And coffee does nothing for me. Cappuccino, however — Can’t miss it. Not ever! Addicted? Heck no! I’ll take three. It is always good to know what coffee does to you. It's not bad for you, right? VW presents Greetings from my deathbed posted at Wide Awake in Wonderland. I like it. Keep drinking, don't be afraid, these visions are here to help you! Ok, thanks for those first two - the ice is now broken! As many of you that read A Thought Over Coffee often may know, we love talking about the social aspects of coffee about as much as we love talking coffee itself. This next one is something many of us were watching a few months ago and I'm glad it made it into the festival! Noric Dilanchian presents Dilanchian Lawyers - Starbucks settles coffee trade mark law dispute posted at Lightbulb. This is a submission about coffee economics and trade mark law. It was triggered by a dispute between Starbucks and Ethiopia. The dispute is now resolved and Ethiopia's IP licensing strategy is in full swing." But wait a second, where did all this coffee stuff start anyway? Well, Sam presents Coffee and Espresso. A Really Good Cup ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "The best cup of coffee might be hot, freshly brewed coffee, a frothy latte or a slowly sipped espresso. We love this magic coffee bean. It’s stimulating and satisfying and incredibly popular. The Best Coffee and Espresso Begins With Dancing Goats According to legend, coffee was discovered in the ninth century by an Ethopian shepard named Kaldi. He noticed that goats who grazed on wild coffee berries had great bursts of energy and appeared to be dancing. Then Arabia make coffee popular and was the first to roast the beans. They called coffee “the wine of the bean.” The word coffee probably comes from the name Kaffa, the province in Ethiopia where it was grown." He gets in to a lot more in his post. We love the community that is the coffee and tea industry and we love knowing where to go when we get to a new place. In fact, one of the first things we do when we arrive in a new place is try to check out the coffee scene. Luckily, Roderick Russell presents Uncommon Grounds Coffee & Tea Burlington, VT posted at NOUMENON :: Art, Ideas, Culture & Capricious Opinion. We love getting shop reviews submitted and hope that this continues! We cannot forget about tea! That is just as great as coffee and we were happy to see that NAOMI presented Diary From England: GREEN TEA CAN HELP FIGHT HIV posted at Diary From England. We love seeing the products we enjoy so much going further than the few minutes we sit to enjoy them. Do you have a submission for next week's Coffee and Tea Festival? Check out the ways to submit your post on anything (recipes, Fair Trade news, coffee house openings, new gadgets, etc) that is coffee and tea related. This edition will run on Friday, February 13th at Behind the Bar. Ways to submit your posts: E-mail them click here or use the button below: As always, I am willing to let someone else host this festival. If this might interest you, please email me at blog @ cafeevoke.com and I will pass along all the information that you need. ...be bold Tagged: cafe evoke catering, Oklahoma City, coffee catering, coffee and tea festival Add us on Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter!