PERK UP! Today is National Coffee Day, and I am getting high as we speak (with my own cup of coffee). For all you cheapies, there are places where you can get a free cup of coffee today: Krispy Kreme, and Dunkin Do-Nuts. But you have missed it at McDonalds because their breakfast line is over. I want to thank Doreen Christensen of the SUN-SENTINEL for enlightening us further on coffee--namely the most expensive cup of coffee on the market. Its called Black Ivory Coffee, comes from Thailand, and sells for $50 a cup. Heres why the price. This exceptionally rare brew comes from elephants #2. And thats no bull. The beans are naturally refined by feeding them to rescued elephants that digest and break down the protein that causes bitterness. After digestion, workers hand-harvest the beans from the animal dung and roast them to make a delicate cup of coffee with complex flavors of chocolate with a hint of grass. In her column, Doreens Deals, the author encourages us to indulge in a luxury that stimulates all of the senses and creates the ultimate drinking experience. Being the creative person that I am, I sense a business opportunity for all of my facebook friends and relatives who have retired but are looking for a way to supplement their incomes. We could volunteer to work at the Cincinnati Zoo and to feed the elephants. (I have a wonderful relative who works at the Zoo and can get us in for this project.) I will volunteer to harvest the #2, just to show you that I am a person of the people. People like Jill Easter, Carolyn Hale Cubbedge, Jane Beydler Michener, Patsy Froebe, Gloria Miller Clouse, Curt Williams, Ruby Brittain Bales, Dave Burchfield, Sonia Shearer, Richard Pare, Linda Mehl Neff and Priscilla Boone Yeager, could sort out the beans from the piles I would build. (and others too numerous to mention.) We could get even more creative by having Gary Frederick Arnold paint the beans and sell them as antique marbles. Bobbi Grieco, who is our resident accountant, could keep an accurate count so we could say just how many beans it takes to make a real cup of coffee. We could hire Benny Gabbard to write a song for us and Diane Bustle South Brashear to sing it that we could use for advertising. Im thinking of titles, such as Im Just An Old Bean, Get Beaned. Have A Cup Of Black Ivory. Before anybody tries to knock this idea, no posts will be allowed that say something like it was necessary to wear hip boots while reading Whats On My Mind today.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:23:18 +0000
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