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This Is Now The World’s Strongest Coffee

Death Wish Coffee [seriously?] wants you to know that they make the world’s strongest coffee. As evidenced by their stark black website and ill-advised use of a skull and crossbones to promote a food product, the company appears to mean business.

Using red type to imply danger, Death Wish boasts 200% more caffeine than your average coffee shop coffee, and warns that, ‘You will not find this coffee at your local diner or at your sissy Starbucks.” They even give a bit of unwarranted and occasionally misspelled coffee education — waxing poetic on the virtues of their Robusta beans, opposed to the typical Arabica.

The site also provides a few testimonials from some of the more refined coffee drinkers in the land. John Downey from Santa Barbara writes, “This coffee should be illegal. Thanks!” Well John, perhaps after the first Ed Hardy wearing Death Wish drinker’s heart explodes, it will be.

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How To Make Coffee In Afghanistan Under Combat Conditions

A few Canadian troops, stationed in Afghanistan, take a break from thinking about insurgent attacks and hockey, to make some coffee. With a little help from standard issue heating packs, bottled water and Starbucks VIA — the troops whip up a brew under the harshest of conditions, ay!

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Starbucks Goes Big Gulp With The 31-oz ‘Trenta’ Size

photo: Eater

Starbucks, finally succumbing to America’s need for excess, will officially launch their ‘Trenta’ size beverage nationwide May 3. The Trenta is 7 ounces larger than Starbucks’ “Venti”, which currently is its largest size.

With fear of 31 ounces of scorching hot coffee and bigger lawsuits looming, the new size will only be available for iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks.

And, for those who still don’t participate in Starbucks’ pretentious ordering system, let’s all agree that the ‘Trenta’ will now be ‘Extra Large’. Unless you’d really like to be a wiseass and just order the ‘Big Gulp’. It’s no wonder your barista hates you.

[link, via Eater]