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February 1, 2006 + Over the Edge

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What is Good Coffee?

TAYLOR PRATT
STAFF WRITER -

Welcome to the first of what I hope
to be-many articles on coffee. Not just
coffee, mind you, all aspects of coffee:
from the farms of Mexico, Kenya and
Peru, and problems these farmers face
in the current sub-$1.50/lb raw bean
market, to both the good and bad of
Fair Trade. From why drinking bet-
ter coffee helps your taste buds and
farmers alike, all the way to why some
of your favorite big name companies
should change their slogans to “Start
the day with slave labour” and “It tastes
as good as it smells, and it smells like
shit!”. Here you will find out what cof-
fee and espresso really should be, and
where you can find it: brewing tips,

bean companies to satisfy your socially
aware inner child, its all here.

“Often what you pay
for isn't what you get...
I would not drink mon-
key shit for $50 a cup....
If you want a good bean,
look at JJ Bean, Intelli-
gentsia and Llly.’

Before we start let's get the fact that
yes, there will be rants, and many rants
there will be, but as comical as some
of these may seem, they are created to

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educate you. That out of the way, here
we go...

Often what you pay for isn't what you
get. If you spend $6.00 for a pound of
coffee at Save-On-Foods, then you are
going to get a $6,00 pound of coffee.
On the other hand, if you pay $50/1b
for, coffee filtered out of monkey shit,
you are not going to get a cup of coffee
that is worth $50/lb: I would not drink
monkey shit for $50 a cup. Rule of
thumb, no less than $10, no more than
$20. If you want a good bean, look to
JJ Bean, Intelligentsia and Illy. And yes,
brewing yourself, at least here in Prince

George, is about the only way to go as ~

far as I have seen.
Tune in next time for “What is good
coffee?”

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Oh, the hilarity!

A Weekly Feature of Bad Jokeishness

A busload of politicians were driving down a.country road
when, all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed
into a tree in an old farmer's field. The old farmer, after see-
ing what happened, went over to investigate. He then pro-
ceeded to dig a hole and bury the politicians,

A few days later, the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed
bus and asked the old farmer where all the politicians had
gone.

‘The old farmer said he had buried them.

‘The sheriff asked the old farmer, “Were they ALL dead?”
The old farmer replied,“ Well, some of them said they werent,
but you know how them politicians lie.’

What's the difference between Viagra and Paul Martin?
‘Viagra actually works!

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