HB 1,000,000 message views countdown contest - Page 5

[HB]

Are we there yet?

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No, but we are approaching the end rather quickly. Remember a valid entry must include an excerpt from Counter Culture's website.

[bill]

The next day, I accompanied a small delegation led by the great Nick Hoskyns, an Englishman who has been working with Nicaraguan coffee coops for many years, and Geoff Watts, director of coffee for Intelligentsia Coffee, to visit the Las Brumas co-operative, located in between the Nicaraguan coffee towns of Matagalpa and Jinotega.

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[jet37]

"Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."

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[jrtatl]

We will never buy coffee for less than the cost of production, as is the practice with some other roasters.

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[cappadoc]

Toscano

Brazil Fazenda Ipanema "Dulce" ° Sulawesi Kalossi ° Sumatra Aceh
A wonderful espresso roasted and blended in the Italian caffe dolce or "sweet coffee" tradition. Sweet and mild, with notes of caramel, hazelnut, and dark chocolate.

I really need to try this one. As I mentioned in the Coffees section, Indonesian blends are rapidly becoming a favorite.

Jeff

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[bill]

Intelligentsia has been working with Las Brumas for the last few years, and is engaged in a direct relationship with the co-op, not unlike our relationship with the Yucul co-op in San Ramon. Both projects are trying to find new, innovative ways to develop unique and amazing coffees, and truly reward the farmers and the community for their ability to create these spectacular coffees.

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[cpl593h]

Q: Ryan, we know you're a lover of music. So, seriously: east coast or west coast rap?

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[mobleyfan]

That's where our master roaster comes in. This guy slurps coffee for a living.

Cracked me up.

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[dsottavio]

I tend to go for the Indo. Press pot when I have time on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and as quick as possible during the week- a glass of hot water with grounds in my mouth.

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[HB]

Congratulations cpl593h, you're the 995,000 milestone winner (and a two-time contest winner)! One million message views and a summer of coffee are ahead... is it just me, or is this contest going too fast? Maybe slowing it down by only counting the clicks of logged in members would help?

[houdina]

Volcanoes, with their steep slopes and wonderful volcanic soil, soar into the sky, reaching altitudes of over 7,000 feet

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[richardtempura]

A series of palate-building exercises combine with cupping technique to create a valuable primer to the technique of coffee tasting.

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[s_m_k]

distinctly different individual

Does meta-uniqueness count?

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[mobleyfan]

Our coffee is roasted, bagged and shipped on the same day.

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[HB]

Does meta-uniqueness count?

No, an excerpt or portion of an excerpt must not appear in an earlier post to be considered valid. I confirm the entry with an exact phrase match against this board (I also check the entry using google's exact phrase match against Counter Culture's website). Their site has enough articles and blogs that you should have no trouble finding unique content. If I were a contestant, I would post only a phrase or two as an entry. Copying entire paragraphs increases the risk of inadvertently overlapping an earlier entry. Then again, copying too short a phrase risks the same thing.

(Perhaps needless to say, it's wise to probe their site more deeply than the top-level pages for unique content.)

Strategy hint: Likely there will be a few members hovering around the Marketplace as the last milestone approaches. Choose the time you reply carefully. HB is based on phpBB, which implements a "flood control" feature to slow down denial of service attacks. Without getting into details, it means that you cannot post immediately one-after-another, i.e., there's a short built-in delay (*). Also keep in mind that as the milestone approaches, it's risky to cut it too close because the exact total is not shown. Last second "snipers" risk eliminating themselves by posting after the milestone passes since their last entry is the one that counts.

(*) No, the delay is not publicly documented (hint: it is somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes).

[mobleyfan]

Counter Culture has heart, passion and a moral conscience.

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[TRH]

The second coffee was equally popular and inspired descriptors as good as (if not better than) the first one. From cracked white pepper and Brazil nuts in the aroma to cranberry and Jonathan's instant classic "tapioca-honey-fruit" in the flavor, this coffee toned down the brightness and ripened the fruit of the first coffee.

I'll help move it along.

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[okaychatt]

Lydia Troxler was born and raised in Elon, North Carolina

Technically a phrase does not contain both a verb and its subject. So in the above, " in Elon" is a phrase. "Lydia Troxler was born and raised" would be a clause.

Not that anyone really cares when there's good coffee and a fun contest to enter.

(Just got news that I'll be teaching summer school. YEAH! There are many new coffee/espresso accessories calling my name. It will be nice to have some cash to pay for them.)

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[HB]

Technically a phrase does not contain both a verb and its subject.

According to the online dictionaries I consulted, that's only one of several accepted definitions of phrase. It also means "A series of dance movements forming a unit in a choreographic pattern." However, dance movements will not be accepted as valid entries, even if found somewhere on Counter Culture's website. For the purpose of this contest, the more general definition "A sequence of words intended to have meaning" applies.

[houdina]

I'm more into thumb wrestling, but I would pretty much hit the table with anyone, Over the Top style, "It's like a switch."

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