Associated Press - December 31, 2008 3:15 AM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Thruway travelers can get free coffee or tea at any of the highway system's more than two dozen travel plazas on New Year's...
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Free coffee and tea will be available to New Year's revelers traveling on the state Thruway at all 27 travel plazas from 11 p.m. today to 7 a.m. tomorrow, according to the Thruway Authority.
Continue here: Free coffee, tea at Thruway plazas for New Year's Eve (The Journal News)
If you’re driving on the Thruway this New Year’s holiday, you can get free coffee or tea, courtesy of the Thruway Authority.
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Thruway’s rest stops offer free coffee, tea on holiday (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
Here's one more reason to say 'shade grown, please' when you order your morning cup of coffee. Shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, not only harbor native birds, bats and other beneficial creatures, but also maintain genetic diversity of native tree species and can act as focal points for tropical forest regeneration.
More here: Shade Coffee Benefits More Than Birds (Science Daily)
WOONSOCKET — It's not just the last day of 2008, it's the last day of the Heritage Coffee Shoppe, a fixture on Main Street for 26 years. Kathy and Robert Poirier, the proprietors for the last decade, have been telling patrons for weeks they are closing the doors today.
More here: Heritage Coffee Shoppe closes today (The Woonsocket Call)
Jackson Coffee will be just what the doctor ordered at Allegiance Health's new neuromuscular specialty center. Brian Surgener, owner of the Jackson Coffee Co., 201 S. Mechanic St., plans to open a second shop in the center when it opens this summer across the street from the hospital.
More here: Jackson Coffee Co. opening Allegiance Health location (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
A Big Island coffee company has made a special blend inspired by President-elect Barack Obama.
Continue here: Hawaii coffee traces Obama’s roots (Pacific Business News)
The owners of Kona Joe Coffee on the Big Island have created a blend of Hawaiian, Indonesian and Kenyan coffees called "Barack O Blend."
Continue here: Kona Joe Coffee creates 'Barack O Blend' (Honolulu Advertiser)
Manny Dias will host a new coffee house series at the Falmouth Navigator on the second Saturday of each month from January through April. The first show is on January 10, at 7:30 PM and will feature Tripping Lily.
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Navigator Coffee House Series (The Falmouth Enterprise)
I don't understand drinking decaf coffee. It's like non-alcoholic beer. Both are crappy, neutered versions of the original. But if you've absolutely got to drink decaf, D+caf will make sure it's the...
More here: D+Caf Detects If You're Drinking Real Coffee Instead of Decaf [Coffee] (Gizmodo)