US troops reject Halliburton's 'lousy' coffee

Washington - Coffee supplier Dean Cycon was surprised when a Halliburton employee e-mailed him from Iraq, asking him to send American troops some of his beans to replace the military contractor's "lousy" coffee.

Cycon's Orange, Massachusetts-based company, Dean's Beans, answered the call, sending dozens of bags of its gourmet organic coffee to the caffeine-starved troops. Dean's Beans Website

The 51-year-old entrepreneur's eight-employee company had already been receiving Internet orders from US soldiers in Iraq when a Halliburton employee sent Dean's Beans an e-mail two or three months ago, Cycon said.

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