Forty Cups of Coffee

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 20, 2013
Category: Music | Coffee and other Legal Stimulants | 1950s

Comments

Ah, for the bad old days of non-pre-digested, percolated, Robusta swill. Even a drunk could order it, with one word. Try that at Starbucks today.
http://user.cavenet.com/rolandl/Coffee.jpg

Posted by Roland on 07/20/13 at 11:46 AM

I like making my coffee using caffeinated bottled water :gulp:

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 07/20/13 at 12:23 PM

@Roland: I usually handle all my dealings with Starbuck's with zero words.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/20/13 at 01:29 PM

I've never had a Starbuck's anything although it is tempting to go in and order a plain coffee.

P.S. LOVED the email "line" Expat 😊

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 07/20/13 at 03:41 PM

I wonder if ol' Mississippi John Hurt's song was the inspiration for the name of the late 60's rock group "The Lovin' Spoonful". Their song "Summer in the City" has been an earworm to me lately.

Posted by tadchem on 07/20/13 at 08:12 PM

For those who may not remember MJH, here is his "Coffee Blues":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzKnmyCv1t0

Posted by tadchem on 07/20/13 at 08:20 PM

Such a sad little song.
He finally comes home, and SHE spends the rest of the night in the bathroom!

Posted by Captain DaFt on 07/20/13 at 11:33 PM

I read somewhere that the Lovin' Spoonful refers to heating heroin in a spoon and injecting it.

Posted by BMN on 07/21/13 at 07:16 AM

I have the Ella Mae recording on my iPod.

Posted by jtolleridge on 07/23/13 at 08:20 AM

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