Somebody is getting free coffee in the mail! A half-pound of Monsooned Malabar.
Her name starts with “robin” and it ends with “doesrunning”… Can anybody guess who that might be?
And the winner is…
@fatmommy is the winner of the FREE coffee this week!
What is the name of the Moslem pilgrim who smuggled fertile beans from the Ottoman Turks and planted them in the Mysore Mountains of India?
The answer is Baba Budan.
In the 1500’s the Ottoman Turks monopolized the coffee trade. They ruled all the land that coffee was produced on and intended to keep it that way. In fact, all the green coffee beans they exported were steeped in boiling water for a few second, enough to render the seeds infertile.
Then some time in the 1600’s, Baba Budan came along and smuggled out some fertile seeds strapped to his belly. He planted them somewhere in the Mysore mountains in India, where they flourished. And from there, coffee eventually made its way around the globe.
**This message was supposed to have been posted Wednesday night, but apparently the scheduling feature did not work for some reason. I apologize!**
Coffee Question of the Week
What Boston coffee shop/tavern did John Adams, James Otis, and Paul Revere meet in to talk about rebelling against the British?
Remember you now have 24 hours to submit your answer to my “ASK” box. Contest will officially end tomorrow at 8:00 PM. Winner will be selected at random and announced at 9:00 PM on this blog.
Good luck!!
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I forgot that today was my free Chik-Fil-A breakfast day and I missed it :’(
Coffee Trivia Challenge
What is the name of the person who invented the method used to decaffeinate coffee?
As always, first person to respond with the correct answer gets the 1/2 lb of Kenya AA coffee!
Submit your answers to 501.336.4494. (US ONLY)
Good luck!
Originally from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, I now call Harrisonburg, Virginia home. 