I'd be willing to bet on it.bloke wrote:WOW!
...I guess if you drink enough trace Agent Orange coffee and drink a bunch of alcohol, smoke a bunch of dope, and do a bunch of cocaine/LSD/etc. you could end up on the streets!
Agent Orange in Vietnam-Grown Coffee?
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Re: Agent Orange
Hmmmm... I thought my coffee was unusually tangy this morning...TubaRay wrote:I'd be willing to bet on it.bloke wrote:WOW!
...I guess if you drink enough trace Agent Orange coffee and drink a bunch of alcohol, smoke a bunch of dope, and do a bunch of cocaine/LSD/etc. you could end up on the streets!
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I know very much about Agent Orange. My feelings: It was not intentionally put out to hurt anyone. Several GIs suffered greatly by its effects, including Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's own son.
Anyone who tries to make anything bigger than the mistake it was is trying to dig up a dead horse.
And, unlike 95% of the Vietnamese, I am a coffee drinker, not a tea drinker. Most of what I drink is grown locally. You can go to many honest, respectable discount stores in the United States and purchase some good Vietnamese coffee for about a buck a bag. If it would make a person sick to drink it, they couldn't sell it in the United States.
Anyone who tries to make anything bigger than the mistake it was is trying to dig up a dead horse.
And, unlike 95% of the Vietnamese, I am a coffee drinker, not a tea drinker. Most of what I drink is grown locally. You can go to many honest, respectable discount stores in the United States and purchase some good Vietnamese coffee for about a buck a bag. If it would make a person sick to drink it, they couldn't sell it in the United States.
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Although I understand and agree with your point, I'm not sure I could completely agree with this statement.LoyalTubist wrote:If it would make a person sick to drink it, they couldn't sell it in the United States.
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Re: Agent Orange
Don't use Chinese toys or eat yellow snow, either!TubaRay wrote:Although I understand and agree with your point, I'm not sure I could completely agree with this statement.LoyalTubist wrote:If it would make a person sick to drink it, they couldn't sell it in the United States.


Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Sorry, that's Agent Brown, and I'll thank you not to bring up politics here!bloke wrote:


Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Well, he DID consume Agents Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, and Yellow in his investigations...knuxie wrote:I hope you didn't conduct any personal experiments to arrive at your conclusion.


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I have been drinking Vietnamese coffee for over 15 months and I am fine.

By the way, this is a typical Vietnamese coffee maker. It's a metal cup with a basket that fits over a cup or a glass. Pour boiling hot water into the cup at the top and the water drips into the cup or glass below. I haven't seen any regular coffee pots since I've been here.

By the way, this is a typical Vietnamese coffee maker. It's a metal cup with a basket that fits over a cup or a glass. Pour boiling hot water into the cup at the top and the water drips into the cup or glass below. I haven't seen any regular coffee pots since I've been here.
Also, I have worked with businesses in the past to import/export food to the United States. It's not the same as importing/exporting toys or tubas. With regards to food and drink, there are certain health standards which must be maintained. The products I dealt with were tested for purity and safety.For anyone interested, Bill wrote:Note to anyone moving to Vietnam...
Don't forget to bring a stovetop coffee pot
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Civet coffee, anyone? A notch above the Vietnamese fermented coffee.
"Vietnam has a similar type of coffee, called weasel coffee which are coffee berries which have been defecated by local weasels. In actuality the "weasel" is just the local version of the Asian Palm Civet." Wikipedia
"Vietnam has a similar type of coffee, called weasel coffee which are coffee berries which have been defecated by local weasels. In actuality the "weasel" is just the local version of the Asian Palm Civet." Wikipedia
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I think I'll pass on it.Dean E wrote:Civet coffee, anyone? A notch above the Vienamese fermented coffee.
"Vietnam has a similar type of coffee, called weasel coffee which are coffee berries which have been defecated by local weasels. In actuality the "weasel" is just the local version of the Asian Palm Civet." Wikipedia
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Re: Vietnam-grown coffee
Actually, what's more disturbing than the coffee itself, is the notion that some guy watched a civet pooping and said to himself "I'll bet that would make great coffee!", and furthermore, he actually got other people to try it! ("No, really! It's good!)the elephant wrote:I think the civet already did that for you.TubaRay wrote:I think I'll pass on it.Dean E wrote:Civet coffee, anyone? A notch above the Vienamese fermented coffee.
"Vietnam has a similar type of coffee, called weasel coffee which are coffee berries which have been defecated by local weasels. In actuality the "weasel" is just the local version of the Asian Palm Civet." Wikipedia
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If you see the way most street stall food is prepared, everything you buy in the street is tainted with some kind of defecation or guano...

Note the lack of canopies, awnings, etc.

Note the lack of canopies, awnings, etc.
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