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10 Best Coffee Quotes From *Living* People

June 12, 2013 By Kate Heyhoe

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10 Best Coffee Quotes from Living People –

Tired of quotes as stale as yesterday’s coffee, from dead people like Einstein and Lincoln? CaffeineAndYou.com delivers coffee quotes from living people – folks still kicking and ticking (at least for now). Don’t forget to share the fun and leave Comments about your favorites…

“Do you love a decaffeinated hazelnut-flavored coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts with plenty of sugar and skim milk? If so, please skip ahead to the next section. We’re here to talk about tasting actual coffee, not sweetened brown milk.”

– Ruth Bourdain, Comfort Me with Offal *

“In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running.”

– Jeff Bezos

“Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!'”

– Conan O’Brien

“It just seems so watery…Really? That’s what people drink everyday? I don’t see the point in that.”

– Anderson Cooper in 2011, on trying coffee for the first time

“I’ll quit coffee. It won’t be easy drinking my Bailey’s straight, but I’ll get used to it. It’ll still be the best part of waking up.”

– Megan Mullally

“This is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard flight…one, from…here to there. We’ll be cruising at a height of ten feet, going up to twelve and a half feet if we see anything big. And our copilot today is a flask of coffee.”

– Eddie Izzard

“Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It’s a hell of a mix. If you’re ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think.”

– Kevin Garnett

“I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.”

– Steven Wright

“At some point, all of us start wondering how much coffee we can drink before our hearts explode.”

– Phil Broughton, Funranium Labs’ Black Blood of the Earth

“What’s silly is paying five bucks for hot milk and flavored syrup! But now I see what’s really been going on all this time! They charge you all that money because they need it for the R & D! Somewhere on the outskirts of Seattle, there’s a secret facility with higher security than Area 51, and inside there are men with poor eyesight and bad haircuts wearing white coats, and they’re trying to make the Holy Grail of all coffee drinks… the Triple Nonfat Double Bacon Five-Cheese Mocha!”

– Kevin Hearne, from Hammered

And a bonus quote to put the crema in your coffee:

“I like light green, sometimes red is fun to look at, not a fan of yellow, unless it’s in a rainbow or on a coffee mug or on a happy face.”

– Chris Kattan  🙂 

* Technically Ruth Bourdain is a parody mash-up of Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain. Ruth may not be real, but the mystery writer behind her voice is, so she’s very much alive and kicking. And for more good quotes from authors and famous people (alive and dead), check out Goodreads.com.

 

Filed Under: Buzz, Fun Tagged With: coffee, Fun, quote

Cool! Mehndi Tattoos with Cocoa Powder

May 2, 2013 By Kate Heyhoe

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Cocoa powder makes a temporary tattoo, similar to Indian mehndi skin designs.

Be a Bollywood star with a mehndi design – crafted from cocoa powder (and a doily)

Go Bollywood this weekend: The Mehndi Cocoa Paint design shown here uses a doily as a stencil, with added flourishes from a paintbrush.

Mehndi skin designs predate Bollywood by a few centuries, dating back to ancient India as a ceremonial art form of body painting. Brides and grooms are adorned with intricate mehndi patterns and symbols, usually on hands, palms, and feet. It’s also worn for festivals and other special occasions in countries stretching from the Sudan to South Asia.

Today, mehndi is a chic fashion statement in the Western world and a trendy alternative to true tattoos; it’s been flashed by Madonna, Sting, Prince, Erykah Badu, and models on magazine covers ranging from Cosmopolitan to WIRED. (Rubina Ali, child star of the movie Slumdog Millionaire, wore mehndi-painted hands to the Oscars.)

Mehndi (or mehendi) is made from henna, a type of plant, and though the stain isn’t permanent, it will last for weeks. The traditional color is a reddish brown, though black mehndi made with toxic additives is also sold.

Mehndi Cocoa Paint

This kitchen version of mehndi is safe, nontoxic, and nonpermanent. It doesn’t stain like real henna because it’s made of egg yolk, cocoa powder and molasses (for elasticity). It rinses off with soap and water, and while not waterproof, it does resist a light rinsing in water. (Anyone who’s ever tried to clean dried egg off a plate knows the sticking power of egg yolk.)

For best results, apply it to smooth skin areas that won’t be getting wet for a while: around the ankles, upper wrists and arms (not on palms), cheek, as an armband or necklace, or as a shoulder tattoo. It should last several hours, long enough for a night on the town or an all-day wedding.

Ideas: Ocelots, leopard, tiger and zebra prints. Paint a wild pattern using Mehndi Cocoa Paint – for a fab fashion statement or a Halloween costume that’s literally skin deep.

Tips

• Remove any clumps or thick strands from the egg yolk, for a smooth consistency.

• A thick mixture leaves a slightly raised texture, which may be desirable. But don’t dab it on too thickly, or it will crack off. Thin with a drop of water if it thickens while standing.

• Dab on fine dots with the point of a skewer or fork tines, or paint on with a very fine brush.

• Wash the mixture off with soap and water; it’s not waterproof, but will resist a light rinsing.

• Use pre-made stencils or cut your own from plastic or paper. Doilies make great stencils. Use masking tape to hold them in place.

• This recipe makes enough for one fully designed arm, and may be doubled or tripled.

Basic Tools & Equipment

Small bowl

Small fork

Fine paintbrush

Masking tape and paper doily (optional)

Fine sponge (optional)

Ingredients

1 tablespoon egg yolk

1/2 teaspoon water

1 teaspoon molasses

2-1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder

Instructions

1. In a small bowl with a small fork (like a cocktail fork), beat the egg yolk with the water. Remove any thick clumps of egg yolk. Beat in the molasses and cocoa powder, stirring until smooth. The cocoa powder may resist dissolving, but keep stirring. The mixture will be syrup-like, and will thicken as you use it.

2. With a fine paintbrush, apply designs to dry skin. Or, with masking tape, secure a doily (or stencil) around the wrist or arm; rinse a fine sponge and squeeze dry. Dab the paint over the doily. Allow a few minutes for the design to dry thoroughly.

Filed Under: Buzz, Fun Tagged With: chocolate, cocoa powder, craft, Fun, mehndi, tattoo

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