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Coffee Cans Wash Ashore by the Thousands in Florida
www.discovery.com ^ | 12/08/2015 | Staff

Posted on 12/08/2015 2:21:33 PM PST by Red Badger

Courtesy Tim Shortt/Florida Today (Used with permission) =================================================================================================================

Indiatlantic, Florida residents woke up this morning to an usual sight: thousands of coffee cans littering their beachfront.

As reported by local news outlet FloridaToday, the bright yellow and red Cafe Bustelo cans began to wash ashore overnight, and continued to appear throughout the morning.

The vacuum-sealed containers attracted the attention of local caffeine fiends, who were spotted collecting the coffee by the bagful.

Authorities believe that the coffee originated on the Puerto Rico-bound shipping vessel Columbia Elizabeth, which lost as many as 25 shipping containers earlier this week. According to the Sun Sentinel, the lost cargo may include a potentially hazardous load of batteries; the Coast Guard is actively investigating the incident.


TOPICS: Food; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cafebustelo; coffee; florida
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To: x

Coffee is a beach.


21 posted on 12/08/2015 2:34:03 PM PST by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: Dan Cooper

Authorities believe that the coffee originated on the Puerto Rico-bound shipping vessel Columbia Elizabeth, which lost as many as 25 shipping containers earlier this week.


22 posted on 12/08/2015 2:34:28 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Dan Cooper

Dagum young whippersnapper beat me!
I must be getting older.


23 posted on 12/08/2015 2:36:17 PM PST by GOYAKLA ( Pick-up the pace, I'm eighty!)
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To: GOYAKLA

That’s what I was wondering.

Wreckage of the El Faro?


24 posted on 12/08/2015 2:36:47 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Just say NO to muslim "immigrants")
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To: glasseye

25 posted on 12/08/2015 2:37:19 PM PST by PROCON ( islamonausea overcomes me. Brrrrpt.)
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To: Red Badger
"Looks like I picked the wrong weekend to give up coffee."


26 posted on 12/08/2015 2:37:28 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: glasseye

27 posted on 12/08/2015 2:37:28 PM PST by PROCON ( islamonausea overcomes me. Brrrrpt.)
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To: howlinhound

You’re going to be roasted.....................


28 posted on 12/08/2015 2:39:44 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: LostInBayport

It’s relatively cheap here, in cans and bags. All K-cups are expensive......................


29 posted on 12/08/2015 2:40:35 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

For a good strong coffee time, dial 1 800 Bustelo.


30 posted on 12/08/2015 2:41:15 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: fruser1

GOOD ONE!..................................(took me awhile).................


31 posted on 12/08/2015 2:41:29 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Dangit it- and here I just sold my empty coffee can business- talk about dirty rotten timing-


32 posted on 12/08/2015 2:42:07 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Noumenon

...........and you can strip paint with it!....................


33 posted on 12/08/2015 2:42:16 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Bob434

How come cargoes of Moet & Chandon never get ‘lost’?.....................


34 posted on 12/08/2015 2:43:18 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

or crates of Lamborghinis- I never stumble across lost Lamborghinis- I was just born unlucky I guess


35 posted on 12/08/2015 2:44:38 PM PST by Bob434
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To: PROCON; Gamecock; SaveFerris

“A woman asked me to go to the beach for coffee. Turned out she really meant coffee!”


36 posted on 12/08/2015 2:44:51 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Red Badger

Bustelo - the all purpose coffee!


37 posted on 12/08/2015 2:44:59 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Red Badger

Escaping from Cuba...?


38 posted on 12/08/2015 2:47:42 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Red Badger

Several shipping containers fell off a barge on Sunday. The Columbia Elizabeth was en route from Port Canaveral to P.R. and lost the cargo before reaching the Port of Palm Beach.


39 posted on 12/08/2015 2:49:58 PM PST by Ray76
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

NYC.......................


40 posted on 12/08/2015 2:50:57 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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