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Coffee Industry Hit by Fungus, Coffee Prices Rising
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| 5/18/14
Posted on 05/19/2014 6:37:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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High end coffees apparently will be hardest hit. Boo hoo. Starbucks might lose money, so there IS a silver lining.
To: SoFloFreeper
First my bacon and now my coffee!
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:43:53 AM PDT
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goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: goodwithagun
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05/19/2014 6:45:52 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: goodwithagun
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05/19/2014 6:47:27 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: goodwithagun
First my bacon and now my coffee! Back yard chickens will keep breakfast alive!
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05/19/2014 6:47:30 AM PDT
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grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: SoFloFreeper
Starbucks won’t lose much, as they can easily source from Aftica and Indonesia, whose prices might go up a bit due to increased demand. kinda stinks for the Colombians and Brazilians, though.
This is NOT good news.
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:47:48 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
To: SoFloFreeper
I’d like a Fungusamungus dark roast with a shot of simple syrup, please.
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05/19/2014 6:50:49 AM PDT
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skeeter
To: Dr. Sivana
The coffee from South America is the best, IMHO. Even though Africa is the ancestral home of coffee...........
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05/19/2014 6:53:32 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
To: thackney
No, but many little bacon seeds (piglets) recently died from a bad virus that swept through factory farms.
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05/19/2014 6:53:35 AM PDT
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goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: goodwithagun
Actually, first orange juice! Citrus greening is killing the citrus (industry) in South America and the (primarily Florida) U.S. Now, the other staple of the morning, coffee, is being hit!
To: grobdriver
My goal this summer is to have our city overturn their decision to outlaw backyard chickens. Until then I buy from our local farmer. Also, CONgress recently approved a law allowing China to process US chicken for human consumption.
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:55:39 AM PDT
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goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: thackney
Bacon has a fungus? When I was a kid, in rural Mississippi, we had a smokehouse. And in the smokehouse there was a salt bin, about the size of a small freezer, where the 'salt pork' was kept. Fat back would often have a green fungus or something on the rind (skin). We just cut it off and ate the rest....................
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05/19/2014 6:56:56 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
To: goodwithagun
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05/19/2014 6:57:38 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: goodwithagun
Also, CONgress recently approved a law allowing China to process US chicken for human consumption.
I didn’t know. That is alarming.
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05/19/2014 6:59:08 AM PDT
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boycott
To: skeeter
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I thought I’d heard all the oldies...
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posted on
05/19/2014 7:04:24 AM PDT
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skeeter
To: Red Badger
The coffee from South America is the best, IMHO. Even though Africa is the ancestral home of coffee...........
For me, it depends on context. A good Colombian is always a safe choice. However, can you easily dismiss a good Kenya, Sumatra, Kona (NOT blend), or the elite Jamaica Blue Mountain?
Also , a lot of economy (Maxwell House, Yuban, Chase and Sanborn) comes out of Brazil.
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05/19/2014 7:04:50 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
To: SoFloFreeper
Starbucks won’t get hurt. Their coffee isn’t particularly high end. Even if it were, Starbucks burns the beans and adds so much flavoring you’d never know. And their customers will pay more if they raise the prices.
There are many small family farms in Latin America that supply really good high end beans. They will be devastated.
One supplier, George Howell, has dropped some of his offerings because of the fungus. His website has a lot of information about the farms that are affected.
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posted on
05/19/2014 7:05:14 AM PDT
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ladyjane
To: Red Badger
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05/19/2014 7:10:33 AM PDT
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luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: grobdriver
LOL! Or do what the South did during the Civil War to deal with the coffee shortage: ground roast corn.
It is better for you anyway. Years ago, I got introduced to a product called Postum, a mixture of ground roast corn and molasses. It wasn't a half-bad substitute. Don't know if it is still around but, as I recall, it was 100% made in the U.S.A.
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05/19/2014 7:10:57 AM PDT
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Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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