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I spent a few hours today talking coffee with a guy at Agro Coffee who also uses the Clover (and apparently it breaks all the time and costs close to $13K).

Anyways, there is an easy way to get the “clover experiences” at home for very little money.

Take your French press and remove the “lid” of (you know, the one that covers the carafe).

Now, put the plunger 3/4 down and put the coffee grounds on top of it, then pour the water over it and wait for as long as you usually would keep it in the press, then slowly pull UP to seperate grounds and coffee.

Now also an Instructable

I remember seeing this on Discovery Channel a few weeks ago, I even made a note in my notebook, but I completly forgot about blogging it.

Anyway, it seems there is a company in Hawaii that sells “Deep Sea” Drinking water. One of their claim to fame is the fact that this water is “million of years old” as they like to say. Which is all nice an fun, but pretty stupid. All water is pretty much that old, it doesn’t really change that much. Sure, the solvents may change but who really cares.

It seems Japan is a large market for it, but they are also now planning on selling it in the US (Los Angeles anyone?).

Besides the fact that bottled water is a waste of money and really bad for the environment (all the plastic bottles anyone?) how much more decadent can one get?

This was my second attempt at a Boylan’s Soda, after the Coke and…. It’s fruity.

This is supposed to be a Cherry Soda, pardon me, Black Cherry Soda, but again there is not much of a fizz and it taste more like Cherry juice. As I have a weakness for Cherries this clearly gets a thumbs up!

In the Bottle we find:

• Carbonated Water
• Cane Sugar
• Extracts of Bourbon Vanilla and wild black cherry bark
• Bitter Almond Oil
• Other natural flavors
• Citric Acid
• Caramel Color (from Cane Sugar)
• Fruit and Vegetable Juices for color
  Sweet Cherry Juice

Try it, you may like it.