Mixed messages

Coffee, tea and me

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October 26th 2010
The coffee crisis is over. My Melitta cone filter had been left behind when I moved from Yutai to Weishan. In the meanwhile, I had been forced to drink Nescafe instant. My friends back home were horrified! A flotilla of mercy vessels stocked with dark-roasted beans was being prepped to sail from Sausalito. But at the very last moment, my precious #2 cone made it's way to Weishan. B ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more