Archive · October, 2009



That’s right, now you can have collagen in your coffee. The Times of India reports, “Nescafe, brand of instant coffee made by Swiss-based manufacturer Nestle, has started selling a version aimed at women, and it comes with the beauty-enhancing ingredient collagen.”


Maybe this works and maybe it doesn’t, but what I do know, is that it’s another excuse people can use to drink coffee. Don’t get too excited yet though; it appears this drink is currently only available in Singapore.


Read the full article, “Now, instant facelift with a cup of coffee” at The Times of India


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Pilot’s Interstate Coffee Semi-Truck

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Coffee Semi Truck


I saw this Pilot semi-truck while driving up to Ohio early Tuesday morning. The writing on the truck reads, “Best Coffee on the Interstate!” Do you think it’s really full of coffee? I wish this were a better quality image, but it was taken with my cell phone while moving.


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Coffee Grinder Salt and Pepper Shakers

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Coffee Grinder Salt and Pepper Shakers Coffee Grinder Salt and Pepper Shakers


I got these coffee grinder-shaped salt and pepper shakers several years ago at T-Ted Ceramics in Dunkirk, OH, for just a couple dollars. Although T-Ted sold mostly greenware and bisque (ceramics ready to bake or paint), this set was already finished when I bought it. I don’t know what it is about those types of coffee grinders, but I’m facinated by them. I wish I could have bought the ceramic mold, but they didn’t have it; that’s probably a good thing or I’d have 50 sets of coffee grinder salt and pepper shakers sitting around right now. It may be a little awkward to actually use this set due to their shape, but I really like them anyways. These have only been used as decoration so far; I’ll use them eventually, but I don’t want them to get broken. Someday I would love to get an actual coffee grinder like these, but for now, this will have to do.


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  • T-Ted Ceramics: I always used to drive by this whenever I came home from college, and it was in the process of going out of business for the couple years that I would stop in. It may still be in business, but I’m not sure. You can always do a Google search for “T-Ted Ceramics Dunkirk Ohio“.

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I don’t remember what I was searching for on Saturday, but the Google search results included Heine Brothers’ page on Twitter and their latest entry caught my eye; it read “Have you seen this video yet??? Filmed at the HBC, right here in Louisville!!! http://bit.ly/1HSyqR.” Me being the curious type, I had to follow the link; this brought up a video with the caption, “Tom Mabe: Eavesdropping. Tom Mabe has awkward phone conversations in public.” I had no idea who Tom Mabe was, but I watched anyways. It didn’t take long to realize this was filmed at the Longest Avenue Heine Brothers. After doing a little research, I discovered he is a famous comedian from right here in Louisville and I had seen some of his skits before. After more searching, I figured out this video clip was taken from Episode 7 (part 1 online) of his Mabe in America TV series on CMT. You never know what you’ll get with a cup of coffee.


Watch the clip below.


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Recipes: Coffee Jello

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Coffee Jello


3 Envelopes (1 oz.) unflavored gelatin
1 c. Cold coffee
3 c. Hot coffee
5/8 c. sugar
Pinch of salt


In medium bowl, stir gelatin into cold coffee; let stand for 10 minutes. Add hot coffee, sugar, and salt and stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Pour into cake pake or individual dessert dishes; chill until firm. Serve with whipped cream.


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