Be Our Guest - And Drink Andiamo Coffee!

Jill Goldstein of Imprint Designs has hired Andiamo Coffee to cater the next meeting of the Health and Business Alliance next Friday, September 9th at the Hollisworth Hospital from 9:00am to 10:30am. The HBA is actively looking for new members, so allow this post to serve as your formal invitation to sit in on the meeting and perhaps join the group.

The Health and Business Alliance is a not for profit professional association comprised of dynamic individuals who represent the business community, the not for profit sector and the healthcare industry. Our diverse group analyzes the different ways we conduct business and then examines new and innovative ways to work together for mutual benefit. This process results in action oriented projects and educational programs that benefit HBA members and the community.

General meetings are held monthly and are partly devoted to hands-on, working creativity sessions that result in the formation of new projects. There is ample opportunity for even newcomers to get involved immediately by joining committees and working alongside people from diverse industries who are willing to share expertise and resources.

The HBA provides an open forum for anyone with a “wish list” to come and make connections to other resourceful individuals who can help their needs or make their ideas come to fruition.

At the next meeting, Jill will be displaying and taking orders for her extensive line of personalized holiday cards, so be our guest and attend - and don't forget to drink plenty of our delicious coffee as well.

New Study Reveals Coffee Is A Healthy Choice

According to a study released Sunday by Joe Vinson, a chemistry professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet. Of course, common sense prevails in that coffee, like everything else in life, should be consumed in moderation.

Antioxidants, which are thought to help battle cancer and provide other health benefits, are abundant in grains, tomatoes and many other fruits and vegetables, but are present in large amounts in teas and coffees as well where they are also known as polyphenols.

Vinson's team analyzed the antioxidant content of more than 100 different food items, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices, oils and common beverages, then used Agriculture Department data on typical food consumption patterns to calculate how much antioxidant each food contributes to a person's diet. They concluded that the average adult consumes 1,299 milligrams of antioxidants daily from coffee. The closest competitor was tea at 294 milligrams. Rounding out the top five sources were bananas, 76 milligrams; dry beans, 72 milligrams; and corn, 48 milligrams.

The typical adult American drinks 1.64 cups of coffee daily, and although the study doesn't mean that coffee is a substitute for fruit and/or vegetables, it's nice to know that something that tastes so good (at least coffee roasted by Andiamo Coffee) is actually good for you.

And Vinson's study isn't the only one to reach this conclusion. In February, a team of Japanese researchers reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that people who drank coffee daily, or nearly every day, had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank it. The protective effect occurred in people who drank one to two cups a day and increased at three to four cups.

Also, last year, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that drinking coffee cut the risk of developing the most common form of diabetes. In addition, men who drank more than six 8-ounce cups of caffeinated coffee per day lowered their risk of type 2 diabetes by about half, and women reduced their risk by nearly 30 percent, compared with people who did not drink coffee, according to the study in Annals of Internal Medicine.

That's pretty strong evidence suggesting you add coffees and teas to your everyday drinking routine. Andiamo Coffee is here to help you towards that aim. Our slogan, "Great Coffee - Salute!" couldn't be more right. Or as they say in English, "Great Coffee - To Your Health!"

Is Andiamo Coffee Next on Google's Radar?

The "Starbucks" of the Internet, "Google", recently distributed the following world-wide press release:

Google Hungry For Executive Chefs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - August 4, 2005 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a worldwide search for two executive chefs with the experience to creatively manage the preparation of thousands of quality breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals each day at the company's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters. The executive chefs will oversee the development and continual refinement of an eclectic menu capable of suiting every Googler palate, from vegan entrees to pad thai, grilled burgers, and wood-fired pizza-all while using organic ingredients whenever possible.

"These two chefs will play an important role in managing the company's growing appetites," said Sergey Brin, president, Technology, Google Inc. "We welcome all culinary engineers to try out for our exceptional team."

The Cookoff
Qualified chefs are invited to submit their resumes to Google at jobs@google.com

. When a critical mass of submissions has been received, the top candidates will be invited to Google headquarters to prepare a meal for the "tasting committee." Four finalists will compete in a Google Chef Cookoff, whose two winners will be offered the roles of Executive Chef at Google.

Menu of Benefits

On-campus dining is an important item in the company's extensive menu of employee benefits, which also includes a staff MD, dry cleaningpickup and delivery, onsite car wash and oil change, gym, personaltrainers, tuition reimbursement, proximity parking for pregnant employees, nursing rooms for mothers, and more.

[Sample lunch menu available at http://googleblog.blogspot.com]

Interested applicants may review the position description at
http://www.google.com/jobs/facilities.html, and are encouraged to send a resume and cover letter to jobs@google.com.

About Google Inc.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day.

Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurableresults, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

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Perhaps Google and chefs all around the world should know about the great taste of Andiamo's custom roasted coffee - after all, since coffee generally provides the last taste people experience from their meal, a chef is only as good as his coffee, right?

Andiamo Teas Now Available Online

Our customers told us what they wanted and we've given it to them.

Now you can purchase the very same Andiamo Teas we've showcased at our recent catering events from our website at www.andiamocoffee.com. Whether you're interested in green teas, black teas, blended teas, scented teas, decaf teas, or our collection of herbal tisanes, you can find it all at the tea section of the website. Your teas will be shipped fresh in 2 oz specialty bags from our roastery/warehouse.

We've already talked about why it's so important to drink tea. So, for starters, may we suggest trying the Mandarin Orange Rooibos tea? The South African "Red Bush" is a certified organic tisane, high in anti-oxidants and nutrients, caffeine free and herbal, producing a flavorfully smooth and earthy experience. You'll never look at tea in the same light again.

Ask our customers about it and they'll tell you even non-tea drinkers are loving this flavor. Try it yourself, and let us know what you think.

Bunn Beverage Equipment Online Resource

Did you know that complete and current service information on Bunn beverage equipment is now available on Bunn's website? You can access this information, including service manuals, illustrated parts books and company bulletins here.

Manuals on the site are continuously updated to include the most up-to-date information, and also include information on models that have been discontinued. The BUNN web site also includes product specification sheets. Service information in the form of .pdf documents can be easily accessed, printed, and bookmarked for quick retreival as well.

BUNN is one of the most respected names in the coffee equipment industry - all the more better to enjoy your Andiamo Coffee with.

Bean Origin vs. Roast Degree

Different coffees have different origin characteristics that give it its distinctive flavor. Combine that with the degree of the roast and a master roaster can create coffee that complements and enhances those origin characteristics, if they know what they're doing.

While where the green bean coffee was grown influences the look, taste, and aroma of the coffee, those origin characteristics become more and more muted as the beans are roasted darker and darker. As the roast progresses, the increased heat intensifies the flavor by carmelizes the bean, adding a new dimension to the flavor and aroma not present during the early stages of the roast.

Light and medium roasted coffees are more moderate in flavor and maintain much of their origin characteristics, while a darker roasted coffee is more intense and loses much of the origin characteristics it had at the start of the roast.

What does this all mean? Because we custom roast our coffee beans, if you want to experience the true taste characteristics of a Costa Rican, or a Brazil Santos, or a Columbia Supremo, or an Ethiopia Yirgacheffe to name a few, ask us to roast it medium to light. If you'd rather get that intense coffee taste at the expense of the bean's origin character, go darker. Either way, Andiamo Coffee remains your best option for gourmet custom roasted coffee, regardless of wherever in the world the coffee bean originates.

Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005

Sometimes, you need more than a cup of Andiamo Coffee to calm your nerves.

If you're like us, you have to find junk faxes very annoying. There's nothing worse than finding your fax machine needs more paper because of "free vacation" or "best stock buy" unsolicited material. Lucky for all of us, there's a "junk fax" law that actually makes these intrusions illegal. And lucky for us, we have Claudia Hinrichsen of Nixon Peabody LLP to call that to our attention. The following is the content of the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 which Claudia was gracious enough to provide:

The Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 (Public Law No: 109-21) (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Bush on July 9, 2005. The Act clarifies and supplements the existing prohibition against transmitting unsolicited advertisements to fax machines that is contained in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (47 USC § 227).

I. Definition of “Unsolicited Advertisement”.

An unsolicited advertisement is defined as “any material advertising the commercial availability or quality of any property, goods or services which is transmitted to any person without that person’s prior express invitation or permission in writing or otherwise.” There is little guidance regarding what items might fall within this definition. Therefore, solicitations should be reviewed carefully on a case-by-case basis to determine the Act’s applicability.

II. Exception for Established Business Relationships.

An exception to this prohibition allows businesses to send such solicitations to individuals and businesses if the following requirements are met:

(1) The sender has an “established business relationship” with the recipient. An established business relationship (“EBR”) exists when there is a prior or existing relationship between two parties that was formed through voluntary two-way communication with or without consideration that has not been terminated by either party. The relationship can be based on an inquiry, application, purchase or transaction for products or services. The only guidance currently available interpreting EBR is from administrative rules issued by the FCC in connection with EBR’s in the telephone solicitation arena. These rulings provide that an EBR based on a purchase, transaction or application is generally self-explanatory and that an EBR based on an inquiry occurs when it creates an expectation on the part of a consumer consumer that a particular company will contact them. The administrative materials also provide the following:

· If the status of an EBR is questioned, then the company making the solicitation must establish existence of an EBR with clear and convincing evidence.
· An EBR is not limited to a specific product or service. If a company has an EBR with a consumer with regard to one product, then the company can contact the consumer regarding other products it offers.
· Affiliates of an organization fall within an EBR if the consumer would reasonably expect them to be included given the nature and type of goods or services offered and the identify of the affiliate. The current definition of an EBR also does not set a time limit for when an EBR is deemed to have terminated. The Act, however, gives the FCC the authority to determine whether a time limit should be set. Again, in regulations governing telephone solicitations, the FCC established that an EBR exists for eighteen (18) months after a purchase or transaction and for three (3) months after an inquiry or application.

(2) The sender obtained the fax number through (a) a voluntary communication within the context of an EBR; or (b) the recipient voluntarily made its fax number available through a directory, advertisement or Internet site that is available for public distribution. Note that this requirement does not apply if the sender had the fax number of the recipient prior to enactment of the Act and if the EBR existed prior to enactment of the Act.

(3) The fax contains the required opt-out notice. All unsolicited advertisements that are faxed to recipients under EBR exception must contain required notice information (discussed below). Failure to provide such notice is unlawful and could subject the sender to penalties of $500 for each violation of Act. Treble damages can be assessed if the sender willfully or knowingly violates the Act. This EBR exception does not apply with respect to an unsolicited advertisement sent to a recipient if the recipient has, in accordance with the opt-out notice described below, requested that the sender not send any unsolicited advertisements in the future.

III. Required Opt-Out Notice.

The opt-out notice required for an unsolicited advertisement to fall within the EBR exception must be clear and conspicuous on the first page of the unsolicited advertisement. It must include the domestic telephone and fax numbers of the sender as well as a cost-free mechanism for the recipient to make a request to be removed from future solicitations. The FCC is charged with adopting rules regarding the guidelines for such cost-free mechanisms including whether any exemptions will be provided for certain classes of small business senders. The telephone and fax numbers as well as the cost-free mechanism must be available for submitting an opt-out request 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. The notice must also provide the following information:

(1) Opt-out Request – A statement that the recipient may request that the sender not send any future unsolicited advertisements to the recipient’s facsimile machines and that failure of the sender to comply with such request within the shortest reasonable time, as determined by the FCC, will be unlawful.

(2) Validity of Opt-Out Request – a statement that in order for an opt-out request to be valid it must:

· identify the fax number(s) the request applies to; and
· be made to the telephone or fax number of the sender as provided in the notice.

(3) Revocation of Opt-Out Request – a statement that an opt-out request will become invalid if the recipient provides an express invitation or permission to send such advertisements subsequent to making the opt-out request.