Due to their construction, pods are inherently respectful to the environment. Pods are the earth-friendly alternative to other package intensive single-cup options that are often associated with mediocre flavor, thin body, and a plastic aftertaste. Spent pods are fully biodegradable and make great garden compost. While the overwrap that preserves the freshness of each pod is not compostable or recyclable, this represents a small fraction of the volume of waste generated by other single-cup systems. Pod cartons are made from 100% recycled material (50%+ post consumer).
2/18/2011
A man in the coffee beans, can you find him?
The "illusion" is that this is just a picture of coffee beans; but it is not.
Can you find a man's face among the beans?
Some say that if you find the man in 3 seconds or less, the right half of your brain may be more well developed than most. (I found him immediately!)
PS: This is not a trick. A man's face is really hidden among the beans.
*(From the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Page)
2/08/2011
Study Finds Drinking Coffee Slows Brainpower In Stressful Situations.
You may not want your male colleagues to have coffee during an important meeting.
While drinking coffee improves women's brainpower in stressful situations, it impairs men's memories and slows their decision-making.
Men who had regular coffee took 20 seconds longer to complete puzzles than those who had decaffeinated coffee.
Women completed the same puzzles 100 seconds faster than if they had caffeine.
*so guys next time you have an affair and get caught, blame it on the coffee you drank which impaired your memory and slowed your decision making!
The study is in the journal of Applied Social Psychology.
From a report appearing in 680news.com
While drinking coffee improves women's brainpower in stressful situations, it impairs men's memories and slows their decision-making.
Men who had regular coffee took 20 seconds longer to complete puzzles than those who had decaffeinated coffee.
Women completed the same puzzles 100 seconds faster than if they had caffeine.
*so guys next time you have an affair and get caught, blame it on the coffee you drank which impaired your memory and slowed your decision making!
The study is in the journal of Applied Social Psychology.
From a report appearing in 680news.com
2/04/2011
Once again, the latest in establishing the TRUTH!
I am in no way a chemist. However, I think I understand questionable plastic when hot 168 degree water is hurridly passed through it, might, just might, cause harm and have lasting harmful effects on one's body.
http://www.coffeedetective.com/is-the-plastic-used-in-keurig-kcups-safe.html#comments
2/03/2011
Continuing drama: Is the plastic used in Keurig K-Cups safe?
Feb 02, 2011
Plastics by: Anonymous
Plastic #7 is predominately polycarbonate which harbors BPA. No way around it... NONE. Even worse is plastic #3 (dubbed the toxic plastic), which is polyvinyl chloride (the name sounds yummy doesn't it?), or our old friend PVC. The sometimes corrupt and always inept USFDA has said that long term exposure to DHEA (one of several plastizers used in it's production) can lead to: reduced body weight and bone mass; damage to liver and testes and cancer. YAAAAY! And to clarify Green Mountain makes billions not millions so they will tell you whatever they want to keep you buying their convenient but wholly mediocre coffee. That said great company, great idea, I own their stock (total hypocrite :-), go capitalism!
Courtesy of:
http://www.coffeedetective.com/is-the-plastic-used-in-keurig-kcups-safe.html#comments
Plastics by: Anonymous
Plastic #7 is predominately polycarbonate which harbors BPA. No way around it... NONE. Even worse is plastic #3 (dubbed the toxic plastic), which is polyvinyl chloride (the name sounds yummy doesn't it?), or our old friend PVC. The sometimes corrupt and always inept USFDA has said that long term exposure to DHEA (one of several plastizers used in it's production) can lead to: reduced body weight and bone mass; damage to liver and testes and cancer. YAAAAY! And to clarify Green Mountain makes billions not millions so they will tell you whatever they want to keep you buying their convenient but wholly mediocre coffee. That said great company, great idea, I own their stock (total hypocrite :-), go capitalism!
Courtesy of:
http://www.coffeedetective.com/is-the-plastic-used-in-keurig-kcups-safe.html#comments
1/21/2011
Coffee Goes Biblical!
Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,
I will fear no Equal™:
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks:
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the House of Mochas forever.
~Author Unknown
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,
I will fear no Equal™:
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks:
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the House of Mochas forever.
~Author Unknown
1/20/2011
Happy National Coffee Break Day!
(WKTV) - Today marks National Coffee Break Day. The National Coffee Association of the U.S. is encouraging everyone to take a coffee break today with a friend or colleague. Studies show a coffee break once a day is not only beneficial for a worker's health but also makes them more productive.
So Don and Megan asked WKTV staffers this question: "Who living, dead, or imaginary, would you like to meet for a coffee break?
Watch video here
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