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		<title>Coffee Quote &#8211; Anonymous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Forever:  Time it takes to brew the first pot      of coffee in the morning. &#8221;

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		<link>http://www.montblancgourmet.com/blog/archive/coffee-quote-anonymous-4/</link>
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		<title>Fun Fact #82</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One cup of drip coffee has about 85 mg of caffeine — more than three times the amount in tea, cola or an ounce of chocolate.
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		<title>Fun Fact #81</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2001 Brazil issued a coffee scented stamp that when scratched released a coffee aroma that lasted for 3 to 5 years.
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		<title>Fun Fact #80</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 91% of coffee drinkers consumer      their coffee at breakfast.
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		<title>Coffee Quote &#8211; Stephanie Piro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Behind every successful woman is a substantial      amount of coffee. &#8220; 

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		<link>http://www.montblancgourmet.com/blog/archive/coffee-quote-stephanie-piro/</link>
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		<title>Fun Fact #79</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ All coffee is grown within 1,000 miles of the equator, from the Topic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn.
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		<title>Caffè Culture: Going Indie in London, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next stop on my tour of London&#8217;s independent coffee houses was a café called Flat White. It features coffee from SquareMile, a boutique roaster in London. However, having just had a flat white beverage at LJ, I asked what the “long black” coffee on the menu was. Turns out it was espresso and water, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caffè Culture: Going &#8216;Indie&#8217; in London, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is the first in a two-post series about a tour I recently took of some of London&#8217;s independent coffee houses.)
For a city so long synonymous with tea, London has become increasingly identified with coffee. It boasts three large chains of coffee shops in addition to Starbucks, which entered the London market almost 20 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Fact #78</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coffee is a most complex beverage boasting over 800 flavor influencing components. Wine, by comparison has only 150.
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		<title>Coffee Quote &#8211; Ronald Reagan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I never drink coffee at lunch.  I find it keeps      me awake for the afternoon.&#8221;

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