238 North Pennsylvania Ave.

Centre Hall, PA  16828

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 Java Jive Café
Coffeehouse Newsletter!!!!!
Vol. 2 No. 2  September 2003
Thank you for supporting us!!!!!

Java Jive

KOFFEE ASTROLOGY

JAVA JIVE PROUDLY

Pool Tournament

 

Summer’s back (if you quit looking out the window and check the calendar, you’ll see that I’m right) and that means pool tournaments at Java Jive.  We will be shooting on Tuesday evenings this year, with the first game breaking at 7PM.  With up to 10 players, we’ll shoot through to a winner that night, with more, the tournament will finish the following Tuesday night.  Either way, it’s a $5 buy-in with 100% of the entry fees returned as prize money – 60% for 1st place, 25% for 2nd and 15% for 3rd. 

 

We play call-pocket 8-Ball, in a double-elimination format, all according to the Valley League and Tournament rules.  Our average game has been taking between 9 and 10 minutes, and finishes with one or two balls left on the table, so it’s as much fun to watch as it is to shoot.  In 12 previous tours, we’ve had six different winners and distributed over $570 in prize money.  Our shooters range in age from 15 to 65+ (one of our youngest has the only 8-Ball-on-the-break win, and our oldest has won 4 tournaments). 

 

There’s always something going on at Java Jive – we’ve got board games (Risk, Monopoly, etc.), card games (Uno, bridge, gin rummy, etc.), a great selection of borrow-and-read books as well as a reference section, and there’s always interesting conversation.  Hey, it’s a coffee shop!  Come on out any time and check us out.  Bring your $5 and sign up for the next pool tournament – entries for each tour close on the Monday before.  If you promise not to cover somebody else’s work, and don’t eat the markers, we’ll even let you write on the walls!

 

Aries (March 21-April 20)   Mars, your ruler, is retrograde. Big decisions are best delayed. Mars resumes direct motion on September 27th. It is a good time to relax, or just be a bit moody and pensive. During this cycle, your relationships with family will be redefined. Your emotions will play a role on the home front. At New Moon, Mars has retrograded within a breath of the cusp of Aquarius. Old ideas can be revived and revised now as well. Release grudges!

 Taurus (April 21-May 21)  Your ruler, Venus is in Virgo and complements your sign! Brothers, sisters and close friends get closer now. Embrace the growth of those around you! Withhold judgment with Mercury retrograde at this time. You prefer to view the world in black and white, and there are many shades of gray just now. At New Moon, both of the luminaries are in your complementary sign of Libra. Ambition is deserted for romance! Enjoy the passion!

Gemini (May 22-June 21)  At Full Moon, your ruler, Mercury, is retrograde in Virgo!!! Horrors! You cannot run or hide. Expect to do a lot of repeating and explaining. Expect the shut off valve for your mind to be temporarily disconnected. Mental review and meditation on past issues is recommended. Expect bizarre confrontations. At New Moon, your ruler is direct! (Thank Heavens!) You will still be trying to figure out the logic of those still in a fog. Punt!

Cancer (June 22-July 23)  Your At Full Moon, your mental competence and your legendary intuition merge. This can be an insightful time as you process more emotionally than through dialogue. This does not make you immune to the retrogrades, but rather causes you to sidestep them. At New Moon, you feel as an alien visitor to this planet. You do not recognize yourself as being part of the current scene. Your past mentors stand by you in the annals of your mind.

Leo (July 24-August 22) Last month was your month. You will need to step down from your throne and deal with practical matters. Your kingdom may seem a bit disheveled at first. Focus first on those who benefit from your magnanimous spirit. At New Moon, you met the challenge of confidence within your organization. Many young cubs will challenge your authority. Rest on the confidence of past accomplishments. The retrograde planets honor you now.

 Virgo (August 23-Sept. 23)
Happy Solar Return, Virgo! This is your month! Radical adjustments at work take on a positive note. Getaways are well-aspected! Complete the mission and split!! Mercury is retrograde in your sign - a double whammy! With both Mars and Uranus opposing you, you will find that you overreact less and listen more. At New Moon, seek the solace of your nest. Brainstorming about personal goals is extremely productive! Laugh much!

 

Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)  This is a month where you must show your dedication. Difficulty with peripheral relatives is seen. If you are close to these souls you may find yourself traveling unexpectedly. The outcome, in spite of the stress, will prove positive. At New Moon, you are back in your element again! Many changes in your household and workplace are seen - but most long overdue! Planning a trip at New Moon is ideal. Meet the challenge!

Scorpio (Oct, 24-Nov. 22)  The Full Moon reveals a time of pride and cooperation in your current lifestyle. Love is more a sustaining force than an area of concentration. Old rituals resurface in a romantic and passionate format. Productivity in the workplace is awesome! At New Moon, some of the same old problems and patterns appear. You deal with them differently now. Transformation is your specialty - and even YOU notice! Appreciate others now!

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) At Full Moon, the rough ride is still in progress. Expect that you cannot please everyone. Those you encounter in work and service seem to lack common graces. No matter. Stand your ground and stay who you are. Partnerships, whether in business or pleasure, will be reevaluated now. Try not to burn your bridges - but certainly do not cross over them again. Self analysis is imperative to a new growing philosophy. Think much. Say little.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Reconstruct your marriage or your concept of it. Consider those persons and dreams that keep you motivated at this time. Know how much of the past need NOT be a part of your present and future. Issues regarding closest family loom large in intimate conversation. Much peace comes from loving strength! At New Moon, disappear! Take a sabbatical if you can see clear. Regret NOT the tough decisions that got you here! Rejoice!

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)   Rekindle the loving nature of your relationship or the concepts that you have regarding such this month. Your ruler, Uranus, is retrograde and on the cusp of Pisces/Aquarius. Love is individualized and open to interpretation on the soul level now in a new way. Sexual energy runs high for the next three months. Be interested and interesting. At New Moon, you feel the very heartbeat of loyal friends and family members. Security purrs.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20)  Try harder to understand than to be understood this month! Your identity is changing within yourself and to those who surround you. Journal the most intense times of your life, and do it now. Profound! Concentrate at New Moon. Back up. Seek perspective. See the flock in your life that benefits from your sighs and smiles. This is an enriching time. Discover the bliss of knowing who would be there when the rest of the world walks out. will occur on a Sunday.

CARRIES ON THE TRADITION

 

   The ANGEL, the first known coffee house in England opened in Oxford in 1650 to sell the exotic new drink from Turkey -coffee.  It was a gutsy move.  Bitter, non-alcoholic coffee was a favorite of the reformist-minded new Puritan religions.  By 1659, coffee houses were providing an important and sobering meeting place throughout England. MILES', a coffee house in Westminster known for free political debate, was nicknamed ‘The Amateur Parliament.’ Famous historians John Milton and Samuel Pepys drank coffee there. Today, the stock exchange, Lloyd's of London, and the Guardian newspaper all trace their beginnings to coffee shop meetings.

 

As trade opened with China, tea became popular in England.  Many places called ‘coffee houses’ served tea, but by 1770 coffee houses had been replaced by ‘tea houses.’ 

 

In 1772, Americans staged the ‘Boston tea party,’ protesting British tea taxes.  The Revolution established coffee as the nation's preferred drink and ‘coffee houses’ became an American tradition. Surely the rebellious founders of the London coffee houses would have looked on favorably

 


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Quick & Easy Mocha Cake


1 Pillsbury or other Moist Cake mix (the kind with pudding in the mix) Milk Chocolate or German Chocolate

In place of the water called for in the cake, use cool or cold double strength coffee to which 2 tablespoons of sugar have been added. Then, follow the rest of the ingredients
Instead of beating only at low to medium speed with the mixer, use low speed to blend the ingredients and then, using high speed, beat the batter for 3 to 5 minutes till it is fairly fluffy.

Bake as directed on the package (usually 350° ) in a bundt cak   e pan.  Cool well and use the following frosting recipe

 

Cream Cheese Icing
1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter softened
2 tablespoons double strength coffee (cooled)
1 teaspoon vanilla (if desired)
3 cups sifted powdered sugar

Cream butter & cream cheese together and add the coffee & vanilla. Whip till fluffy then add the powdered sugar a bit at a time continuing to whip on high till all the sugar is added. Whip an additional 3 to 5 minutes.

Icing the cake: Turn cake out on a cake plate and, using a piece of heavy thread or a knife cleanly slice horizontally thru the cake.  Carefully remove top and lay aside. Ice the cut top of the bottom layer and replace the top. Ice the cake with the rest of the icing making decorative swirls in the icing with a table knife.

To decorate: Use shaved chocolate or chocolate sprinkles in the swirl pattern.

PLACES THAT SHOULD GET THEIR OWN JAVA JIVE

 

Hot Coffee, MS

Coffee Creek, Trinity County, CA

Coffee County, AL

Coffee, Bacon County, GA

Coffee, Bedford County, VA

Coffee Plantation and Cemetery,

Lauderdale County, AL

COFFEE TRIVIA

 

The USA is the world's largest consumer of coffee, importing 2.5 million pounds annually. (1/3 of all coffee exported) That works out to between 1 and 4 cups a day.  However, Scandinavia has the world's highest per capita  annual coffee consumption, 26.4 pounds.  (Approximately 75 cups a day per person.)

 

The French philosopher, Voltaire, reportedly drank fifty cups of coffee a day.

 

The first European coffee was sold in pharmacies in 1615 as a medicinal remedy.   An ordinary cup of coffee contains about 150 milligrams of caffeine - what most physicians still call a "therapeutic dose".

 

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

 

For reducing wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp.  

Coffee Humor

A lady came into the kitchen, sat down at the table, leaned forward, put her head in her hands and said to her husband "Honey, I feel terrible! My head hurts, my back's killing me and my left breast just burns and burns." He said "I'm gonna help you, Dear. I'll get you some aspirins for the headache, I'll rub your back with Myoflex for the backache, and if you'll sit up and get your breast out of the coffee, it'll stop burning!

CERAMIC VESSELS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE

 

At Hershey Foods, biochemist Jeff Hurst identified a major component of chocolate in residue found in 14 ceramic vessels excavated from Colha, northern Belize dated between 600 B.C. and 250 A.D.  It was most likely a beverage, “bitter water,” made from a combination of cocoa beans blended in cold water, flavored with hot chiles, vanilla and potent mushrooms.  (A particular favorite of Mayan nobility)  Montezuma reportedly took such a drink before visiting his harem.  Which may account for the legend of chocolate’s aphrodisiac qualities. (And his 32 children)

 

The Spanish Conquistadors liked cacao mixed with cinnamon, cane sugar and cloves.  When the beans hit Europe, the Swiss added milk powder and later invented a process called ‘conching’, which makes the smooth chocolate confection we’re familiar with today.  The Belgians first put one kind of chocolate, nuts, or fruit, inside another layer of chocolate, creating the praline. And, finally it was the British company, Cadbury's that first marketed chocolates for romantic events -- a tradition that continues around the world today. (Montezuma would be proud.)

THE COFFEE POLITIC

This November, Seattle voters will consider an initiative to place a 10-cent tax on all coffeeshop espresso drinks. The money would go toward child care programs. Apparently instant ‘coffee’ from convenience stores can’t help kids.  In Berkeley, a ballot proposal calls for a ban on the sale of any coffee sold in coffeeshops not organic, shade grown and/or purchased above a set minimum market price.  Of course, it would be business as usual for canned grocery store coffees.