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MU S I C AL

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COFFEE CROSSWORD
TRIVIA ACROSS
1 Shot or two of espresso that has been poured
into a cup filled with steamed milk and topped off
Test your coffee IQ with with foamed milk
4 Espresso mixed with half-and-half
this five question quiz... 7 A person who makes coffee drinks as a profession
For fun, quiz the others in your group, then keep reading for
9 The strongest and most concentrated espresso
the answers and buy another cup for whoever gets the
drink, made with only half the amount of water as
most right.
for a usual espresso
10 Named for the Italian order of Catholic Capuchin
monks, one third espresso, one third steamed milk
1. What do "dancing goats" have to and one third frothed milk on top
14 A double shot of espresso
do with coffee? 15 The past tense for how the milk is heated
DOWN
2. What is Kopi Luak (or Kopi Luwak)? 2 Starbucks for "small"
3 The concentrated "heart of the bean" liquid
produced when a pump-driven machine forces hot
3. What are peaberries, and why are water through fine grounds at around nine
atmospheres of pressure
they desirable? 5 Italian for "twenty"
6 Coffee slush, blending iced coffee, milk, flavorings
and ice
4. How much coffee does one tree 8 Espresso that is cut with very hot water to fill an
American size cup
produce in a year? 11 A bitter white alkaloid derived from coffee (or
tea) and used in medicine as a mild stimulant or to
treat certain kinds of headache
5. Why does the term "mocha" refer 12 The brewing method for a simple cup
13 Italian for "big"
to coffee with chocolate added to it?
solution on reverse
Coffee originated in the highlands of HINT: just about all the words can be found on the menu

Ethiopia around the 9th century. Legend

says that shep- Kaldi then ate some of the berries and What is Kopi Luak? It’s the most rare
herds were the quickly felt energized. The seeds inside and expensive coffee in the world. It sells
first to observe coffee cherries are what we commonly for up to $600 per pound (or on a cafe
the influences of refer to as coffee beans. And to- menu as high as $50 per cup). The
caffeine when day we know that coffee not on- way it’s made will astonish you. It
their goats be- ly helps clear the mind and perk starts in Indonesia, where an ani-
gan to "dance" up the energy, but it also pro- mal, called a palm civet, is fed cof-
after eating the vides more healthful antioxidants than fee cherries. The undigested coffee beans
small red fruits growing on wild coffee any other food or beverage in the Ameri- pass through and come out in its excre-
trees. The story says a goat herder named can diet. ment. Unbelievably the beans are then
picked out of the droppings, washed, and
sold. It is thought that enzymes in the
stomach of the palm civet add to the cof-
SUDOKU 5 1 fee's flavor by breaking down the proteins
Have you heard of SUDOKU but never tried it? that give coffee its bitter taste.
Here's your chance... You play by entering the 6 7 9 4 2 3
What are peaberries,
digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. 4 2 and why are they desira-
Every row must
3x3
ble? The normal develop-
6 3 4 8 7
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9 1 8 contain one of each

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 <row ment of the coffee cherry
7 2 3 digit. Every column
2 6 creates two seeds, which grow with their
3
must contain one of
4 flat sides facing each other. A peaberry is a
6 each digit. And every 4 1 7 2 5
7
3x3 square must round bean that's formed when only one
9
half of the coffee bean develops inside
8
contain one of each 9 8 the fruit. Some argue they are more desir-
>

column
digit. Each SUDOKU
puzzle has a solution that can be reached logically 3 9 6 4 7 5 able because they have a richer, more
without guessing. concentrated flavor than normal beans.
solution on reverse
8 1 How much coffee does one tree pro-
www.websudoku.com
duce in a year? One coffee... OVER...
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tree produces only about one pound of
coffee per year! In fact, after flowering
can take up to 9 months before coffee
cherries are ready... just like a human ba-
by!
It’s fascinating to learn that al-
though unroasted beans contain all of
coffee’s acids, protein, and caffeine —
they have none of its taste. Controlled
and careful roasting sparks a complicat-
ed series of chemical reactions turning
carbohydrates and fats into aromatic oils
and unlocking the characteristic coffee
flavor. And isn’t it interest that the same
could be said for us… our greatest leaps
in self awareness and personal growth
occur when the heat is on—in other
words, when we are challenged, con-
fronted, and tested.
For example, you probably consider
yourself to be a good person. Most peo-
ple do. But turn the heat up a little by
asking yourself if you’d be a “good per-
son” according to God’s standard—the
Ten Commandments.
Does God consider you to be a “good
person”? Here’s a quick quiz you can take
to find out: Have you ever committed
blasphemy (using God’s name in vain -
for example, “Oh my G-d!”)? Have you ev-
er felt hatred towards anyone? (God says
that is equal to the sin of murder - 1 John
3:15.) Have you ever had sexual thoughts
about someone you’re not married to?
(Jesus said that God considers that to be
equal to the sin of adultery - Matthew
5:28.) How many times have you told lies
in your life? (God says that “all liars will
have their part in the lake of fire” - Reve-
lation 21:8.)
We’ve only looked at four of the Ten
Commandments, and it should be pretty
clear already that God doesn’t consider
any of us to be “good people.” In fact , the
Bible says in many places that there is no
one good, except God alone (Psalm 53:1,
Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19, Romans 3:12). Do
you feel the heat? We know this process
is unpleasant, but it’s very necessary. You
see, we all have to face a Holy God on
Judgment Day. He has a record of every
wrong you’ve ever committed, in
thought, word, or deed. This is the teach-
ahhh...
ing of the Bible—that God will "by no ers unable or unwilling to purchase true
means clear the guilty," (Numbers 14:18). Mocha coffee began adding small quan-
He "will bring every work into judgment, tities of chocolate to other beans and re-
including every secret thing, whether it is selling it as Mocha, in an attempt to du-
good or whether it is evil," (Ecclesiastes plicate the subtle flavor of the real bean.
12:14). And "God is angry with the wicked Coffee Trivia:
en.wikipedia.org
every day," (Psalm 7:11). www.thecoffeefaq.com
and other online sources
Now, here's the amazing part. Al-
though we are all guilty of breaking God’s A LITTLE STARBUCKS TRIVIA
Holy Laws and deserving of punishment,
takes it's name from Captain Ahab's first mate, Starbuck, in the
novel Moby-Dick
Jesus Christ, who never broken even one
was founded in 1971 in Seattle Washington
of God's laws, willingly suffered that pun-
the three partners who opened the first Starbucks were an
English teacher, a history teacher, and a writer
ishment in our place by dying on the
as of February 2007, Starbucks had 7,521 company-operated
including this one, there are seven hidden needles in this issue of the musical coffee geek
outlets worldwide
cross. Jesus, who was fully God and fully
the "woman" on the logo is a stylized version of a "twin-tailed
mermaid" (those are her tails on the sides... not her hands)
man, satisfied Eternal Justice with his sac-
rificial death and then rose from the
dead, so that those who repent and place
start
their faith in him can receive the gift of
eternal life. To receive this gift, pray to
God. Confess your sins to him one by one.
Then tell him you want Jesus’ sacrifice on
the cross to purchase God’s forgiveness
for your sins. A prayer of repentance and
faith might sound something like this:
"Dear God, I understand that I have bro-
ken Your Laws and sinned against You.
Please forgive my sins, such as… (name
as many as you can think of ). I thank You
that Jesus suffered on the cross in my
place. I now place my trust in Him as My
Savior and Lord. In Jesus' name I pray.
Amen." (see also needGod.com)
After doing that, get a Bible and read it
daily. Then find a Bible believing church,
and start growing. But most importantly, ahhh...
start sharing with others how they can
escape the coming wrath of God through
the mercy of Christ’s sacrifice.
Don’t wait on this. There is nothing
more important than your soul.
SOLUTIONS
In answer to the last question, 382 51
517 7 694
Mocha is a port in Yemen, near 679 423 518 ACROSS DOWN
the southern end of the Red Sea. 154 968 73
15 732 2 1 LATTE 2 TALL
From the 15th until the 17th cen- 563
63 1
142 2 9 87 47 BREVE
987 BARISTA
3 ESPRESSO
5 VENTI
turies it was famous for being the 297
97 835 146 14 9 RISTRETTO 6 FRAPPUCCINO
418 6
418 679 9 25 253 3 10 CAPPUCCINO 8 AMERICANO
major mar- 14 DOPPIO 11 CAFFEINE
ketplace for 936
36 754 821 21 15 STEAMED 12 DRIP
821 396 475 13 GRANDE
coffee. Mo- 281 369
745 281
cha beans
were prized for
their strong, choc-
olate-like flavor.
Purportedly, resell-