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There may be no reason for being a chocoholic, but there is definitely a season.This is why getting the flights schedule is very important before planning such a trip.A few flight tracker firms arrange airlines reservations to pay homage to the chocolate makers anywhere.One such heavenly trip is to the fine Tuscan Chocolate Valley between Pisa and Florence. Stay can be arranged at any of the florence hotel. A discount car rental would give ample time to taste the delights created by maestros like de Bondt, De Castro, Slitti, Cioccolato & C, Corsini, Catinari and Mannori,all having their origins in Tuscany.
Hershey's
Lost Miniature
Here's an email exchange that took three years to reach
a conclusion! I thought
it would be fun to share the saga of the Hershey's Lost Miniature with
other CocoaJava readers. I welcome more information about this little
goodie.
The
Real Coffee Man
By Anushka Anastasia Solomon
Long before Starbucks became a global corporation, with a presence in Malaysia
I used to buy my hot sweet coffee in a plastic bag with a straw from a smiling
Indian man in a tee shirt and sarung. He worked from a kiosk under the shade
of a huge tree.
Birthday
Coffee
By Rebecca Ann Scott
I
roll out of bed and stumble to the bathroom. I notice the yellow
post-it note on my mirror with the single word, “coffee” scribbled
across it. It triggers my fogged morning brain that today’s
date is May 5th, my mother’s birthday.
Discovering
Australian Bundja Coffee
By
Michelle Faber
Extraordinary coffees are always rare and only available in small amounts. Australian
Bundja is one such coffee. Bundja is sourced from several
small boutique Estates in the New South Wales, Northern Rivers Region of Australia.
Tips
for Finding Perfect Premium Coffee...Finding the "Best of the Best" in
Coffee
By Michelle
Faber
There is coffee and THERE
IS COFFEE! You likely know about the generic quality coffees you find
at the supermarket, using the inferior Robusta beans. And, in contrast, there
is the alternative: the coffee regularly termed Gourmet Coffee you buy direct
from roasters around the country.
A
Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Keurig® K-Cups
The Keurig coffee maker is quickly rising in popularity
across North America. Gone are the days of purchasing the old fashion coffee
brewer, with separate filters to purchase and a glass pot to wash. The Keurig
coffee maker brews in a few easy steps. Just put in a new K-Cup portion pack
and press the start button. Within 30 seconds, you have a freshly brewed cup
of your favorite gourmet coffee or tea.
Coffee with a Conscience:
Why Buy Fair Trade Coffee
As awareness and availability
increase, more people are making the decision to purchase Fair Trade Certified
products. What started as a grass roots effort to help struggling farmers
in third world countries has grown to a world-wide movement to ensure coffee
producers are able to sustain their families, communities and their harvest.
Smaller World Sustainable Chocolate Tour
May 22 - 29, 2008
Join
Sustainable Harvest Belize for an unforgettable journey into the ecology,
history and culture of chocolate. Participants will stay at
Cotton
Tree Lodge and
take part in cacao production from seed to chocolate. Activities will
include touring family farms, planting trees and building
wood-conserving stoves that greatly reduce toxic smoke in the home and
can be used to roast cacao as well as cook family meals. The trip will
coincide with the Toledo
Cacao Festival with music, dancing and a
celebration of the flavor of Southern Belize.
Fueling
the Appetite: Poetically Speaking
By
Chocolate Zoom Editor Anya Starykh
Poetry carries connotations of romance and seduction, and what can be more
romantic than indulging a chocoholic with poetry about chocolate… while
enjoying chocolate?
Making
Chocolates at Home,
Made Easy!
You can make your own chocolate at home in less time and with much less effort
than you ever thought possible! Indulgers of chocolate unite and read on for
homemade chocolate tips, made easy...
What
is a Chocolate Fountain?
By
Edwin Hall
How does a chocolate fountain work and what can I do
if my home fountain doesn't work properly? This article explains
how chocolate fountains work and how to get the most out of your
home fountain.
"Coffee
Dream"
A fun, upbeat new song for
coffee lovers that will get you goin! You can see Andriana's video
(filmed in Boston
and the Caribbean) on YouTube and
you can also download it from Itunes.
This is a sister-site to CocoaJava.com. It's a community journal
where you can post about your experiences with coffee shops, blather
about your
favorite chokkies, share fun recipes, warn others of horrible products,
share icons, jokes, giggles, news -- really, anything that's on your mind
in the realm of coffee
and chocolate.
Operation:
Tunes for Troops
This project is the brainstorm of
one of the co-creators of Wild
Critter Productions. "Our
goal at Wild Critter Productions is to
put music in the
hands of
any soldier
who needs a taste of home." While
you're at it, don't forget to get your
own copy of "Coffee
with Joe", in which all
the songs celebrate coffee.
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Buy "Latte Macchiato II" From Art.com
Caramel Macchiato
There is longing arising
in my throat
Like a song floating on a flat-bottomed boat
Curving along the canals of Vienna
Princess Xanat, reclines
like white orchids
In her lover’s sweet embrace,
melting away in
velvet darkness
To the reddish gold
and caramel
Overtones of sunrise and sunset
Love lift our cups to be filled
We share in the dark
vigor of coffee
Cherries pressed against lips
Somewhere in Asia, Africa, Arabia careful
Hands choose the espresso that marks
More than the barren lands
Where love buried her treasure
And bid it grow, climb
like a vine
Towards the heavenly sky
Where mortals become fine
My tongue with pleasure
In rivulet steams
With molten gold, I become the bee
Mesmerized by the purple
tones of
The jacaranda flower
Flowing inside her.
The basket weave of
caramel
Is full of promise
my thirsting lips
open with desire.
© Anushka
Anastasia Solomon originally from Malaysia, is a certified barista and
Evergreen poet. She is author of “Please, God, Don’t Let Me
Write Like A Woman,” Finishing Line Press,2007. Website:http://www.atthewindow.us/
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