"Dean" <dean173@yahoo.com> wrote in news:JcTzh.77$0O1.73@newsfe12.lga:

> Best coffee I ever had was Kona, in Hawaii about 25 years ago. They
> served rice as a starch with breakfast there too, in lieu of
> (expensive imported) potatoes. Interesting. Wonder if they still do...
>
>

A friend of mine in Honolulu sends me care packages of Kona from Lion
Coffee Company (800-338-8353 or fax 800-972-0777) www.lioncoffee.com. I'm
in love with a Kona blend coffee from Chef Mavro's in Honolulu
http://www.chefmavro.com/
Lion makes it for Chef Mavro. (Check out Chef Mavro's video cooking on
Wakiki Beach....(c;

My friend in Atlanta calls Starbucks Fivebucks. We both agree it sucks.

Larry
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