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Finally A Use for Instant Coffee: Film Developer

(via - Engadget)

Caffenol turns Folgers into DIY film developer — decaf won’t do (video) 

We knew instant coffee was good for something. The folks atMake just demoed a rather novel method for developing negatives from a roll of black and white film — you remember film, don’t you? Known as Caffenol, the process involves a smattering of household substances, including Vitamin C powder, instant coffee (caffeinated only), good ole H₂O, and Cascade. Of course, it’s not as simple as throwing this stuff in a slosh bucket with a roll of film and mixing it up, but it’s not that complicated, either. If you’re looking for something to do with those instant crystals, and still have a non-digital camera laying around, hop on past the break for a homebrew tutorial.

Do you YouTube? Let Us Know!

We have included a feature of YouTube videos from coffee people in Texas in the left hand sidebar.  In addition to our own channel (youtube.com/texascoffeepeople), you will see Caffe Medici’s channel videos as well.  If your shop or roasterie has a YouTube channel, and you would like to be featured in the TX-Coffee.com YouTube sidebar, just let us know!

Also, if you are a consumer and you post videos of coffee industry news or establishments, you are welcome to be added as well.

The hope is that this new feature can help connect Texas Coffee People who use YouTube together in an effort to further develop the specialty coffee community in Texas.  (as usual)

We would also love to post a promotional video for your event, shop, roasterie, or other related subject matter to our channel, if you would like.  Just let us know via our Contact page.  We’d be glad to hear from you.

2009 USBC Live Video Feed (and Live-Blogging)

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Blog can be found here -> Click

Or, you can just sit back, and enjoy the show from the comfort of TX-Coffee.com:

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Animated Video – Just for Fun

Sometimes coffee solves problems.

Sometimes problems are just inspiration for new coffee machines.

I hope Monday wasn’t too terrible.

"The Perfect Cappuccino" Movie Screens in Texas!

Some of you may remember our blog post about this movie when the trailer was posted. (ignore the formatting.. the post is from an earlier incarnation of this blog)

Well, today I received an email from Amy Ferraris, the creator of the film, to let us know that it will be screening THREE TIMES in Texas.  Be sure to watch the trailer if you haven’t already.

Don’t miss the screening if you can help it.  I’m not sure I’ll be able to make any of them, honestly, which is a shame.  So here’s hoping most of you can catch it and give us a write-in about it.

Amy writes,

Hi guys,
I’m a documentary filmmaker, and I’ve recently finished a film called “The Perfect Cappuccino.” I’m writing because it’s going to be screening a few times in Texas over the next couple months – the first time is this Saturday in Denton. And I was wondering if you would consider either posting something in one of your forums or creating a blog post to let your members know about the screenings? I think the crowd of people who frequent your site would definitely get a kick out of the film.

It’s going to be screening…
–Saturday 9/27 at 11:00 am in Denton, Texas as part of the Thin Line Film Fest (www.thinlinefilmfest.com)
–At the Dallas Video Festival, which runs Nov. 6-9 (www.videofest.org)
–At the Real Films screening series in Houston in early November (www.realfilms.org) – I will be at this screening for a discussion afterward.

I’m pasting the text of a press release re: the screening in Denton below. (Excuse the press release-ese, but it has some good info on the film in general…)

Thanks for your help in getting the word out!
All the best–
Amy
_____________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Perfect Cappuccino
A documentary about coffee, consumerism and being American
screens in Denton, Texas on September 27, 2008

Global Capitalism. One Man’s Fight for Survival. Delicately Foamed Milk.
One morning only!

Filmmaker Amy Ferraris’ eucalyptus pictures presents the Texas premiere of THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 27, at the Fine Arts Theater in Denton, Texas. This quirky, first-person  documentary screens as part of the 2008 Thin Line Film Festival (www.thinlinefilmfest.com).

THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO tells the story of thirtysomething Amy Ferraris’ lifelong obsession with the cappuccino, an Italian coffee drink that consists of espresso and foamed milk. Having first discovered the cappuccino on a trip to Italy in 1990, Ferraris comes back to the U.S. and is plagued by one seemingly unanswerable question: in the country that put a man on the moon, why is it so hard to find a decent cappuccino?! Ferraris’ quest to answer this question leads her all over the country and includes encounters with a wide variety of characters, including average coffee drinkers, espresso historians, cultural critics, political activists, and even one of the founders of Starbucks. Ultimately, the search leads her to the DoubleShot Coffee Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she finds not only sensational coffee but a community of fascinating characters as well. But her happy discovery coincides with a threat to DoubleShot’s very existence: a legal dispute with corporate giant Starbucks.

“Although this film is pretty wide-ranging in terms of time and geography, in the end, the DoubleShot story is really the film’s heart,” Ferraris notes. “The David-and-Goliath story of this tiny shop standing on principle and going up against a corporate behemoth really inspired me, and it really made me think.” Although it maintains a light-hearted tone, THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO raises some serious questions. Why is the Starbucks chain-store model a uniquely American approach to coffee? Is there something in our character, as Americans, that pushes us toward expansion and mass standardization? Is this human nature? Is it American nature? Are we a culture that values business enterprise? Or a culture that is ruled by it?

Described by one viewer as Super Size Me meets This American Life, THE PERFECT CAPPUCCINO was a crowd-pleaser at its festival premiere in August 2008, at the Hardacre Film & Cinema Festival in Iowa. Ferraris has pieced together a smart, witty meditation on what our coffee habits say about us, as individuals and as a nation. “The central idea behind this film,” comments Ferraris, “is that when you talk about a ‘perfect’ cup of coffee – or any food, for that matter – you are really talking about much more than how it tastes. Taste is part of it, but there are these other intangible things too – the environment in which you drink it; community, or the people who’re with you when you do; the business practices of the entity who sold it to you… there’s so much to consider.”

Tickets for the event may be purchased in advance at www.thinlinefilmfest.com.

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To view a trailer of the film, please visit http://cappuccinomovie.com

Media Contact: Amy Ferraris at cappuccinomovie@gmail.com

Production still photos available for publication.

Press copies of the film available for review.

For press inquiries on the Thin Line Film Festival in general, please contact festival director Joshua Butler at joshuabutler@texasfilmmakers.org

The Fine Arts Theater is located at 115 N. Elm Street, Denton, Texas 76201

Home Espresso Animation (taken from H-B)

I was surfing Home-Barista.com earlier today and came across this entertaining video.

I got a good chuckle out of it, so I thought I’d share with the Texas Coffee Community.

[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyDxg43jW5s]

G.W.Bush and C.Rice: An Abbott and Costello Parody (coffee?)

(originally found in the TX-Coffee.com forums)

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