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Triple Tall Soy Extra Foam Latte S'il Vous Plait...

• A systematic review of studies has again linked coffee with positive health benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and liver cirrhosis. Just another reason to brew up a nice cup of espresso every few hours...
• The soy is not just for yoga freaks and high-maintenance women that like to order the most complicated drink in existence (do you really need it 172 degrees and not "extra hot" with a "quarter pump" of hazelnut?) and hold up the Starbucks lineup for as long as possible - it actually does taste very good with espresso.
• If you're in the pittsburgh area, check out this Mt. Lebanon region coffee shop. It is rumoured to be very good, although I didn't get a chance to check it out. Pittsburgh's coffee culture, alas, is nowhere near Seattle or Vancouver's.
• There is also a cool blog I visit that has to do with coffee and environmental conservation.

Imagine Peacekeeping in Afghanistan without Timbits?

Whether you call it Timho's, Horties, Timmies...my favourite is Horties! It just sounds so much like a venereal disease I love it! Either way, a shortage of Tim Horton's doughnuts is currently depriving our Kandahar, Afghanistan-based troops of their rightly deserved opportunity to dunk said ridiculously unhealthy pastries in their morning coffees....for shame! See more on this crisis here....