Good Morning! The Percolator by Paul Brothers Once upon a time we would percolate our coffee No drippers for sippers. No flavors, like “Toffee” You’d grind the beans up with a pound and a pilfer Then funnel your grinds through a rusty old filter The solid glass bottom was where the water went in The stove pilot gleaming while the perking begins The smell of this warm steaming java was great The taste of this beverage was well worth the wait So, the next time one tells you they love that new Mocha Tell him, your rust flavored perky, 'taint hardly a joker
COFFEE IN HEAVEN by John Agard You’ll be greeted by a nice cup of coffee when you get to heaven and strains of angelic harmony But wouldn’t you be devastated if they only serve decaffeinated while from the percolators of hell your soul was assaulted By Satan’s fresh espresso smell?
Why Do Americans Drink Half as Much Coffee Today as They Did 60 Years Ago? "In 1946, American coffee consumption peaked at over 46 gallons per person annually. By 1995, it was less than half that amount. So what happened to bring an end to coffee’s heyday? The short answer is that Coke took over". "But coffee is bouncing back: Consumption has climbed since its nadir in the 1990s, and we can credit this new era of tasty, widely accessible, and carefully branded java for that recent growth. Soft drink sales, meanwhile, have declined slightly in recent years, due to health concerns. And the trends continue to evolve. As soft drinks have lost some steam, other formulations of sugar and caffeine—bottled teas and energy drinks—have gained momentum". "It’s a funny thing to ponder, as we choose our daily brew from a McCafé or Starbucks or Stumptown. There’s no doubt we live in coffee’s golden age, with better coffee more available than ever before. There’s just less of it than first appears".
He Drank 47 Cups of Coffee a Day and What Happened Was Beyond Amazing Extreme caffeination is not for everybody, but it definitely worked well for this guy. Honore de Balzac "While on world's hugest coffee buzz, Honore de Balzac wrote 47 novels, 12 novellas, 18 short stories, and 8 plays. Balzac also created the world's first continuing series with character crossovers--the model for all genre fiction. You think Stan Lee created a lot of heroes and villains? Well, Balzac invented and juggled 2,472 named characters". "Even more amazingly, Balzac created this mass of intellectual property without using a computer or even a typewriter. Or even a sharpie. No, that huge creative output came out of a hand-cut quill pen. And the writing wasn't fluff. Quite the contrary, Balzac is widely considered the most influential novelist of all time".
Good Morning Today is National Rubber Ducky Day In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the North Pacific, dumping 28,000 rubber ducks ... that were headed from China to the U.S. There are thousands still out there, and often happen upon shores all over the world. Be on the lookout.