July - October Newsletter -
 2015

   

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Happy Fourth of July, hope you had the best Labor Day, and Happy Halloween!!!  Get ready for a newsletter...and then some.  As I hunt and peck because of a broken hand, I will try to contain myself so that you do not delete me to the lands of never-neverland!! :o) 

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Smiling Pumpkin Day???!!
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A Candy Fill-up!
{I am not making this up...I feel good coffee should be enjoyed the traditional way...and in moderation.  However in the "modern world" maybe this practice has its place.  You cannot say that The Coffeeman does not share all...}

What is a Coffee Enema?

Enemas involve the introduction of water into the colon through the rectum. Some alternative practitioners recommend enemas to cleanse the colon.
Unlike colonics, which involve multiple infusions of water, an enema involves a one-time infusion of water. The water then is allowed to sit in the lower part of the colon for a short period of time until the person sits on the toilet and it is released.

Why Do People Have Coffee Enemas

Proponents of coffee enemas believe that the coffee stimulates the liver and helps remove toxins in the body. Some alternative practitioners recommend coffee enemas for detoxification.

Coffee enemas are also being explored as an alternative treatment for cancer. A main proponent of coffee enemas for cancer is New York physician Nicholas Gonzalez. Coffee enemas are thought to relieve symptoms such as muscle aches and pains and rashes. Although the effectiveness of Gonzalez's regimen is being studied by the by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), there's no research involving human subjects that shows it can help.

Possible Side Effects

People with certain conditions, such as diverticular disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, severe hemorrhoids, blood vessel disease, congestive heart failure, heart disease, severe anemia, abdominal hernia, gastrointestinal cancer, recent colon surgery, and intestinal tumors should avoid coffee enemas.

Pregnant or nursing women and children should not have coffee enemas.
Like coffee consumed orally, coffee enemas can be stimulating and result in caffeine dependence.

Although infrequent, complications may include perforation of the wall of the intestines, electrolyte imbalance, heart failure and death. The risk of side effects increases if coffee enemas are combined with fasting.
 

 
{Now here is an article I can get into!  You will understand why later in the newsletter!}


Coffee lovers, rejoice. There's more evidence that your morning mug won't harm your heart, according to a new study from Sweden.

In the study, researchers found that drinking coffee was not associated with an increased risk of a condition called atrial fibrillation, which is a type of irregular heartbeat, in either men or women.

"This is largest prospective study to date on the association between coffee consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation. We find no evidence that high consumption of coffee increases the risk of atrial fibrillation," Susanna Larsson, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and lead author on the study, said in a statement.

"This is important because it shows that people who like coffee can safely continue to consume it, at least in moderation, without the risk of developing this condition," Larsson said.

The study comes on the heels of an earlier study from this year, which suggested that coffee may lower the risk of heart attacks.

In the new study, the researchers looked at data from about 42,000 men and nearly 35,000 women who were participating in two long-running studies, the Cohort of Swedish Men and the Swedish Mammography Cohort. In 1997, all the participants filled out questionnaires that asked about their health and diet, including how many cups of coffee they drank daily or weekly. During the 12-year follow-up period, the researchers used the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register to determine which patients developed atrial fibrillation.

The researchers found no association between coffee consumption and an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, though they did observe a slight increase in risk when they limited the analysis to men. However, this increase was not statistically significant (meaning it could have been due to chance), the researchers wrote.

"Whether men may be more sensitive to a high coffee or caffeine intake warrants further study," the researchers wrote in their article, published today (Sept. 22) in the journal BioMed Central.

The researchers also did a meta-analysis, looking at six other studies on atrial fibrillation and coffee intake, which confirmed their results.

The researchers cautioned that although coffee does not appear to increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, it may increase risk for other types of irregular heartbeats.
 

Coffee News

 

The Alpaca Bean Coffee Company is about to introduce even more variety to our coffee line.  Those offerings include two decafs...yes two, at least two Lo-Cafs, yep, at least two!

 

We have looked and looked for good decafs to offer our customers.  We have a definite in the Pinkie's Peruvian and now we feel we are right there on finally having a good Bolivian.  Along with that we will be blending these decafs with our full caf coffees to offer a Lo-Caf alternative.  We are excited about these coffees, and hope you will become equally excited when you taste them!  Will offer them first at our store, The Southern Alpca Connection, and at shows.  If, in fact they are received as well as anticipated, they will then be 

offered online.

 

London, 14 July 2015 - The Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), Mr Rob�rio Oliveira Silva, has announced that 74 Member States of the ICO and 27 coffee associations from around the world have joined forces to celebrate the first official International Coffee Day on 1 October 2015.

International Coffee Day is a celebration of the coffee sector's diversity, quality and passion. It is an opportunity for coffee lovers to share their love of the beverage and support the millions of farmers whose livelihoods depend on the aromatic crop.

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An online campaign will be launched in August to spread the word about the 1 October date and encourage coffee lovers to participate in the celebrations. The campaign includes a website to feature events and other online campaigns dedicated to International Coffee Day. 

As part of the celebrations, the ICO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Oxfam to collaborate on a campaign focused around the concept of a 'caff� sospeso', an Italian tradition of paying for a second cup of coffee to be given to a person in need. The charity campaign entitled a 'Caff� Sospeso Against Poverty', will give coffee lovers around the world an opportunity to show solidarity with smallholder coffee farmers by donating the value of an additional cup of coffee to Oxfam's work with such farmers via an online platform. More information on this campaign will be sent to the press soon.

Background

Many countries around the world celebrate their own national coffee days at various dates throughout the year. In March 2014, the Member States of the ICO agreed to organize the first International Coffee Day on 1 October 2015 to create a single day of celebration for coffee lovers around the world. The first International Coffee Day coincides with the 115th Session of the International Coffee Council (ICC) and the first Global Coffee Forum (GCF) which will take place during Expo Milan 2015. A full press release about these events will follow.

Coffee associations from both coffee producing and consuming countries have agreed to join the ICO in celebrating and promoting the first International Coffee Day. For the full list of participating associations visit http://ico.org/international-coffee-day.asp 

About the ICO:

The International Coffee Organization is an intergovernmental organization created under the auspices of the United Nations to serve the international coffee community.

On A Personal Note:

 

As I am sitting in our beautiful historic store on East Main, I have a number of thoughts and happenings to tell you about!  Why do I have this time to relate these things?  Well, it is Wednesday afternoon in a village that still pauses on this mid-week day to catch its breath, sigh, prepare for the evening gatherings, and reflect on all the blessings that surround it.  That is really good for the spirit, does not do too much for the bottom line, but hey, you cannot have everything, and what it offers probably out weights most other "things". 

 

That brings up a good question...at least in this ol' brain of mine.  How do you know when to take that breath, or when to allow yourself a moment to simply sigh and enjoy where you are?  How do you get yourself to let go of something you really enjoy to see if you might enjoy something else more, or at least as much?  

 

Jude and I have been blessed in so many ways.  We have a family, our entire family, that we love and love being with whenever we can.  We have always been surrounded by good friends wherever we have lived.  We have always been surrounded by far reaching prayers when we needed them...even when we did not know we needed them!  

 

Yes, we have had times where we were hurt, or we ended up in the ER with needs that the medical profession had to take care of with their expertise.  Matter of fact, those were some of the times when we were surrounded with prayers of healing.

 

An experience this ol' Coffeeman had during one of these "visits," really got my attention.  You see, I had a similar experience shortly before this during an alpaca show in Virginia...it was referred to then as persistently, persistent AFIB...or an irregular heartbeat that will not regain its proper beat pattern without intervention.  

 

I had hoped that event would be a unique and solitary happening.  Then that fall, the morning of The Royal Alpaca Challenge, it happened again.  Another ride with EMTs, another ER, and hopefully (I thought), another quick care situation.  Well, when I arrived at the ER, I was rushed into one of THE primary care rooms...I was quizzed on medications, etc., and prepared for action...or at least participation in a med team's action.  After getting an IV, I lay quietly hoping beyond hope that the old ticker would start ticking like it should.  

 

Jude and our Minister, Pastor Mac, had arrived, and while I knew they were there, they were not allowed in to my space.  Nurses were moving all over the place, taking vitals, hooking me up to all kinds of machines, and one was given the task of putting whatever the Doctor said to put into my vein.  Well, she began injecting something, when all of a sudden another nurse yells, "What are you doing?"  That alone got my attention, but when the yelling nurse grabbed the IV bag and started squeezing it, I became fully engaged! :o)

 

You see my blood pressure had almost bottomed out because of whatever was now going through my body.  You know a strange calmness had come over me, and I could not help but feel I needed to share that calmness with this frazzled nurse at my head, so I looked up at her and said, "Unless I am wrong, this does not look too good, huh?"  If looks could do harm...well, it is good the Lord gives trauma nurses a special sense on how to care for their patients!  Now this strange calmness that engulfed me had to come from the Lord's presence with me there in the ER, a presence that took place because of many, many prayers being offered on my behalf.

 

As it turned out, I ended up getting the full shock treatment (if you want details on this I will share it with you privately) and placed in the cardiac care unit for one night of observation.  While there, I was started on a new med for the condition.  Wish I could say that was the end of that...but for now it is the end of this chapter.

 

I relay this info because since the times I found myself having these exciting events, something has changed...Jude and I look at each day differently.  Matter of fact, we have begun to look at something we never looked at before...limitations.  I really, really hate this because like one of my heroes, I really want to live every day until I die...not pass through the days so caught up in an ending that we miss the passage and the joy of each and every day.  Do not get me wrong, there are many things left to be done, and I have the perfect partner to do these things with...we just have to figure out the right time, place, and events.  

 

That is yet to come,  Hmmmm, maybe we need to sit down with a good mug of The Alpaca Bean Coffee and dream a bit...don't you know?

 

 

 Until later....... 

Peace,

The Coffeeman

 

 

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 The Alpaca Bean Coffee Company, and The Southern Alpaca Connection, will be celebrating International Coffee Day on October 1st by offering a 10% discount on all packaged and/or liquid coffee (at our Historic Downtown Lavonia, Georgia Location).  If you are anywhere close by, drop in, order any size cup of joe, and get AT LEAST a 
10% discount!

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Coffee Lovers and Friends,  
 

Judy and I are really enjoying having the opportunity to provide the best possible coffee for your enjoyment.  We also hope you will be able to visit us soon to experience the pleasure of drinking an outstanding mug of our Alpaca Bean Coffee while watching the little ones pronking all over the place!

George Dick
The Alpaca Bean Coffee Company, LLC 


 

 

 

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466 Stone Lane

Canon, Georgia 30520