Category: Updates

  • Iced Mocha recipe (close to Starbucks)

    Ingredients:1 1/2 Tablespoons of Hersey’s Unsweeted Cocoa Powder1 1/2 Tablespoons of Torani Vanilla Syrup 1 oz hot water1 or 2 espresso shots6 oz. milk 1 cup of ice Stir the cocoa powder and hot water together. Then stir in the vanilla syrup. Pour your espresso shots and stir into cocoa/vanilla mixture. Add milk and ice.…

  • Sorry I haven’t written in awhile

    Sorry I haven’t written in a while. I had a baby, moved, started a new job, etc.   Lord willing, I’ll write more on CoffeeMission. First off, I tried upgrading my domain name for coffeemission.org and realized I don’t have either the time nor energy to upgrade WordPress every two days.   Anyway, going to…

  • Speaking of Ethiopia

    I noticed today in my weekly email update from Voice of the Martyrs: JIMMA – On March 22, two Bible school students were imprisoned on the accusation of attempting to kill an imam. They were released one week later with after paying a fine. A court hearing was scheduled for April 2, 2007. BAMBASSE –…

  • Black Gold DVD and Knockboxes

    We broke down and bought the Black Gold Movie, which I mentioned in my previous post. I recorded PBS’s airing of it, but I’d like to have a higher quality DVD to show with some friends if I ever have a French Press party. You can buy it here from California Newsreel. Yesterday my Grindenstein…

  • Watching Black Gold

    My wife and I stayed up to watch part of Independent Lens: Black Gold. I discovered it was the same Black Gold movie I had heard about earlier. The movie revealed the plight of coffee growers in Ethiopia who don’t even have running water and are forced to sell their beans for a pittance –…

  • Stay up late for Black Gold

    I’m going to try to stay up past 11:00 p.m. tonight. Our local PBS station is airing Independent Lens: Black Gold at 11, way past my bedtime, but I want to watch it and review it. I’m not sure if this is the same Black Gold movie that’s been popular (another film I’ve wanted to…