There is a small animal in Indonesia related to the Mongoose who ingests a certain kind of coffee bean. Once these beans have passed through the critter’s gastrointestinal tract and, um, expelled, they are packaged and sold as the world’s most exquisite and expensive coffee. While it occurs to us that the juxtaposition of our headline next to a picture of a Sumatran Kopi Luwak farmer (translated: coffee from weasel) might appear derogatory to fair-trade minded merchants may we remind our readers that we have never been treated as poorly as we have by fair trade minded businesspeople seeking our services. They really were full of it. Or maybe we’ve just had too much caffeine. Read about Kopi Luwak here.
Archive for October, 2009
Poop Coffee. Made by Weasels.
Monday, October 19th, 2009Doubledeck Skis. Atomic Bomb?
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
This video tells you all about the latest in ski technology from Atomic. A young insider on the US Ski Team says that the racers swear by this doubledeck techology. Ski forums like Epic and Barking Bear are lukewarm on the idea. We’ll let the Atomic rep explain the philosophy of the “two ski in one” idea–for lack of a better term. I personally purchased a pair for this year. I hope the purchase does not blow up in my (Chris Birt’s) face. Sometimes that happens with Atomics, like the Metron B5s. (The video continues with a discussion of free skis and powder boards… the Giant Slalom (GS) race ski he shows is a great ski, at least, for Masters–i.e. older guy wide turn type–skiing.)
