Cook eggs with your steam wand

I know there are many uses for the steam wand, but here is one I had not thought of.

Here is a step-by-step instruction to cooking eggs with the steam wand on your espresso machine.

Eggs-Quick and easy

100% Kona Coffee Goes to Washington State

Burke Museum’s “Coffee - The World in Your Cup”

KAILUA KONA, HAWAII, June 1, 2009

The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has been invited to give a tasting presentation at the Burke Museum in Seattle, WA, on Saturday, June 27th, from 11-2 pm., as part of the Burke Museum’s exhibit, “Coffee - The World in Your Cup”. The Kona Coffee Farmers will showcase one of the world’s premier coffees from the Big Island of Hawaii.

The Kona Coffee Farmers event, hosted by three Kona growers—Dexter Washburn, Motter Snell, and MaryLou Moss--will include tastings of brewed coffee from Kona farms, as well as information on the history and cultivation of this unique coffee. Grower Moss sees this as “a fabulous opportunity for Kona to show Northwesterners one of the most sought after single-origin coffees in the world--grown right here in the US.”

Bruce Corker, President of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association acknowledges Kona’s good fortune by observing that” Seattle is the coffee lovers capital of the world, and Kona Coffee growers are delighted to have our crop featured in the “Coffee--The World in your Cup” exhibit.

Dexter Washburn, a prize-winning Kona Coffee farmer, attended the opening of the exhibit in May and realized Kona Coffee was not represented. Following Washburn’s discussions with the curator of the exhibit, the Kona Coffee Farmers Association was welcomed as a contributor to the ongoing exhibit and invited to make the June 27 presentation.

Visitors and Seattle area residents are encouraged to attend the Kona Coffee event from 11-2 pm and celebrate Hawaii’s heritage agricultural crop. Come sample one of the world’s most prized coffees. Details about “Coffee- The World in Your Cup” are available on the Burke Museum’s website http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/coffee/tasting.php. For more information, call 808-896-4175.

For more information on Kona coffee visit www.konacoffeefarmers.org

Stop for coffee at Tim Horton's Wednesday to help send a child to camp

By SYLVIA RECTOR • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • June 1, 2009

Buying a cup of coffee Wednesday at any Tim Horton’s will help send hundreds of metro area children to camp, through the company’s annual Camp Day fund drive.

It’s the one day every year when every penny of coffee sales throughout the U.S. and Canada is donated to Tim Horton’s Children’s Foundation, which organizes camp programs for almost 14,000 children. Youngsters ages 9 to 14 are chosen to participate by Tim Horton’s store managers, who work closely with their local schools and youth organizations to find kids who would benefit most.

“By purchasing a cup of coffee on Camp Day you give kids who live in your community an experience to remember and inspire them for years to come,” says foundation president Bill Moir. The 10-day summer camps and 7-day winter camps are intended to build self-confidence, self-esteem and leadership skills.

Bay County (MI) woman sues Starbucks over hot coffee

by Tom Gilchrist | The Bay City Times
Monday June 01, 2009, 10:00 AM

Bay City, Michigan - In 1994, a jury awarded a New Mexico woman $2.9 million after she was burned by spilled McDonald's coffee. Now a Bay County woman claims she's steamed at Starbucks for the same reason.

Irene Bruno alleges she endured severe burns and permanent scars three years ago when a worker at a Midland County Starbucks Coffee outlet improperly secured a lid on a large cup of coffee, causing the hot liquid to spill onto Bruno's lap, inner thighs and legs.

Bruno, in a lawsuit filed in May in U.S. District Court, claims the lid on the coffee cup came off as she tried to sip the coffee just after buying the beverage at a Starbucks drive-thru window at 7201 Eastman, on Dec. 9, 2006.

Bruno seeks a minimum of $75,000 in damages in her lawsuit, alleging she has suffered "extreme humiliation and embarrassment" due to the scars visible on her body because of the coffee spill.

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