Alan's Corner

Here we are again after last week's washout. The forecast for tomorrow is dry with abundant sunshine so come along to the Friday Market.

Having missed out last week I will again be brewing the same coffees, a medium and a dark roast. The medium roast is West Sumatra Highland harvested from a small Estate high on the slopes of an active volcano. The dark roast is a blend of some of the finest coffees that Mederka Coffee have managed to source. With it's lower caffeine level it can be drunk at any time of the day. Incidentally did you know that there are over 1000, yes one thousand, volcanos in Indonesia. Fortunately not all of them are active but some that have been dormant for many years often start up again.

There have been two articles worth comment in the press recently. The first one relates to women's health and says that those who drink two cups of coffee per day stand a 20 percent less chance of developing depression. Those who drink 2 to 4 cups per day stand a 30 percent less chance. So Ladies keep the coffee pot brewing. The second article, which effects all of us who love coffee, says that financial speculators are responsible for the large increase in coffee bean prices during the past year. The retail price of coffee in July was up 20.7 percent over the same month last year. The price of a futures contract for 37500 pounds of coffee rose by more that 40 per cent last year and has gone up by 57 per cent this year through August 19.

Now for my Soccer tidbits. There is, at the moment, one more US investor in UK soccer. Mr Randy Lerner, the Owner of the Cleveland Browns NFL team purchased shares of Aston Villa, located in Birmingham.

For those of you who can drag yourself away from the NFL Broadcast on Sunday you can watch an English Premier League game between Tottenham and Arsenal. This will be shown on Fox, after the NFL game and starts at 4.30 pm. The Tottenham and Arsenal teams are great rivals from the same part of London. Their grounds are only 1 mile apart so the atmosphere will be electric. May the best team win, as long as it is Arsenal.

Checkout http://www.chesterfieldfarmersmarket.blogspot.com for more information about Koralee Coffee and what is being offered at the market this week.