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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

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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.’

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