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Weekend fun: Coffee used to fuel locomotives, and other links

January 27, 2007 Posted by Chris Tingom Filed under General

Here’s a fun trivia tidbit from Brasil in 1932 — There was apparently an oversupply of coffee beans at the time, and to compensate they used the extras as fuel for locomotives. With a picture.

Black Gold is a limited release movie about the coffee industry. It actually looks rather boring if you ask me.

Coffee Pot Alarm Clock. I would never use this.

Starbucks wants to kill “Charbucks” brand
. The rest of the story is here.

The MugMouse. What is the point?

Coffee OK during pregnancy, study says.

1 comment

  1. 2:06 pm // January 29, 2007

    Jason says:

    BlackGold is about more than just the coffee industry. It is about the life story of coffee and those that produce it. It is a great film and I think all that have a chance to see if should attend.

    ..be bold

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