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Friday, May 03, 2019

Be sure to let us know if you are coming to “Koffee with Kevin.”

Be sure to let us know if you are coming to “Koffee with Kevin.”

May 3, 2019 by Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

Sherri and I are trying to figure out how much food to order for “Koffee with Kevin” on Saturday evening at Birdie’s Café on May 4th, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for light refreshments and conversation. Let us know if you are coming so that Sherri can make arrangements to have enough food available. We are looking forward to see you. For more information please see: https://www.facebook.com/events/294279461495454/ and please sign-in, if you have not already done so. THX 

Keep in mind that there are no plans for a program, speeches or any mindless political drivel. Look upon it as an art opening without the artist talk.

Several of the other candidates have been invited. I like all of them – they are our community leaders. Everyone gets a participation trophy in this election. After the top three take their turn at the council table chances are the other three will continue to play a leadership role in the community. We hope.

Westminster has some tough challenges ahead and this is a good opportunity to get together and toss around a few ideas. There will be plenty of Birdie’s great coffee and light refreshments available. Many folks have asked for a get together to talk about the election. This is your chance.

It was suggested that we consult with our Ouija board about how many folks are coming. Earlier I had asked my Ouija board if Tupac is really dead or just ignoring my texts like usual? I mean, while he was alive, he created five studio albums – but he really did release five albums after he died in 1996.

However my board is still angry since I asked it, “Describe the history of the sociological, economic, psychological, and physiological progress of humankind in relationship to ethnomusicology and religious structure, from its origins to the present day; concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific. It should rhyme, and be iambic pentameter. Do it in one paragraph; use semi-colons if needed.”

The planchette circled the board wildly and spelled-out "electric arc light." Well, according to multiple media accounts, in 1895, five-years after Charles Kennard, Helen Peters, “and several other investors started the Kennard Novelty Company to manufacture the [Ouija] board as a toy,” the big election issue was “electric lighting for the city,” according to historian Jay Graybeal.

Graybeal explained in research he documented in the late 1990s, “…through a vote of the citizenry, the use of street lighting by electric arc lamps was preferred. That is, the overwhelming majority of the 'Electric' ticket over the 'Gas' Ticket brought electric lights to our streets. To follow the press and certain actions on the part of our city fathers, it would indicate that Westminster took on new life immediately…”

So let’s celebrate the idea of Westminster taking on a new life after the election.

There is no charge for this event. For those who have asked – if you would like to make a contribution to help defray the costs of the event – speak with Sherri directly. I just want to concentrate on having a great event and I want to concentrate on the election campaign.

Birdie's café is the epicenter of cool in Westminster, MD. Birdie's café is owned by Westminster native Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, a local businesswoman and professional photographer. Birdie's café is conveniently located at 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157 410-848.7931

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Westminster Municipal election May 14, 2019
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Wednesday, May 04, 2016

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-revolutionary-idea-in-coffee-at.html

Photo of Dave and Erin Baldwin courtesy of Furnace Hills Coffee Co. video on YouTube.

I recently got a call from a reader that was looking for an article I wrote in October 2013 about the Furnace Hills Coffee Co Westminster Maryland …

Sadly - increasingly - - my articles are harder to find on the Sun’s website. And I am getting more requests from folks looking for my articles. I guess things keep “improving” in the newspaper business and some things are simply out of the writers’ command and control…

It has been said that the famous British writer Virginia Woolf, 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941, once wrote, “It’s the writing, not the being read, that excites me.”

Well, I am not sure who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf, or how Edward Albee feels about writing, but I like being read.

I understand what Ms. Woolf said, but I do not know Martha and George, and I am not going to drag Nick and Honey into this discussion, but I like storytelling. Although, I do subscribe to what has been attributed to Tennessee Williams, “When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”

And speaking of Tennessee Williams, writing for the newspaper these days reminds of his dialogue in “The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore,” (1963,) “Christopher: We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

By Kevin E. Dayhoff October 6, 2013 Furnace Hills Coffee Company - Specialty Coffee by Special People - The long version….

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In case you missed it, last Sunday, Sept. 29, was “national coffee day.” Who knew? Many cups of coffee and much more research will be needed in order to percolate the history and tradition of this holiday. Then again, maybe not.

According to an article in Time magazine on Sept. 27, by Brad Tuttle, “Sure, it’s a totally made-up holiday based on almost no real tradition or significance other than being a day for folks in the industry to promote coffee…”

Nevertheless, National Public Radio, (NPR) noted in an April 24, 2013 article, “How Coffee influenced the course of history,” Coffee is a powerful beverage. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake and active. On a much broader level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture.

“Coffee plants grow wild in Ethiopia and were probably used by nomadic tribes for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the 1400s that people figured out they could roast its seeds… By the 1500s, he says, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world. Within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm.”

Up until the middle of the 1600s, coffee was primarily used for medicinal purposes, healing everything from scurvy to gout to smallpox. Commonly accepted folklore indicates that perhaps the first coffeehouse in history started in an academic environment in Oxford England in 1650.

National Geographic reports in a January 19, 2012 article, “How coffee changed America,” that in 1670, “Dorothy Jones of Boston was granted a license to sell coffee, and so became the first American coffee trader,” and that by “1688, coffee replaced beer as New York’s favorite breakfast drink.”

NPR observes, “It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists raided British tea ships and threw crates of tea into the harbor, Americans universally switched over to drinking coffee.” After 1773, it was considered unpatriotic to drink tea.

NPR notes historian Mark Pendergrast’s research, “One of the ironies about coffee is it makes people think. It sort of creates egalitarian places — coffeehouses where people can come together — and so the French Revolution and the American Revolution were planned in coffeehouses…”

Locally there is a frequent mention of coffee in many historical accounts of Carroll County; especially in discussions of social settings and dinners; however there are hardly any references to coffeehouses.

In colonial times, Westminster was located one day's journey from Baltimore on what is frequently speculated to have originally been a Native-American trail west. There were at one time seven large hotels and many restaurants in town which catered to westward bound travelers.

Dry goods and provisioning stores, restaurants and the hospitality industry has always a key role in shaping Westminster’s history. Research a number of years ago by historian Jay Graybeal refers to a September 1971 article by former Historical Society of Carroll County curator Miss Lillian Shipley, who wrote, “Around the turn of the century Westminster had seven churches, seven hotels and eighteen saloons…”

In the 1960s and 70s there was a popular coffeehouse, "B's Coffee Shoppe," where O'Lordan's Irish Pub is now located in the "old stone building" on Liberty Street.

A number of popular coffee shops have started in Carroll County in recent years. A recent trip to the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. at 71 West Main St., in Westminster reveals an egalitarian use for coffee that is revolutionary.

At Furnace Hills, the aroma of coffee wafted into the street Saturday afternoon, the day before the national coffee holiday. There, Regina Harshman was juggling business phone calls, roasting coffee beans, and doing various housekeeping chores among huge sacks of coffee beans at the one room coffee shop next to Harry’s Main Street Grille.

“I’m an employee…,” said Harshman smiling, without looking up from the coffee roaster and a container of mixed coffee beans that she was studying intensely.

After gesturing to the huge bags of coffee, Harshman volunteered, “I actually drive to the port occasionally to pick up these 60 kilo bags of coffee… 132 pounds, they’re heavy… (The) business (was) started by Erin’s Dad, Dave Baldwin… He’s the pastor at LifePoint Church.

“He has a fulltime job. This is actually Erin’s business. They started the business at home for something for Erin to do… in order for her to be productive.” Watch Dave and Erin explain the business on YouTube

Asked who “Erin is,” Harshman gestured to a brochure, “there’s more information on the website, “Furnace Hills is special coffee roasted by special people. The Chief Coffee Roaster, Erin Baldwin, has Down Syndrome. We started in 2010. We’re a gourmet specialty coffee business … Our vision is to employ developmentally disabled people in competitive jobs while providing high quality product that keep customers coming back.

According to information found on the website. “Our first employee, Erin Baldwin, has Down Syndrome. Although she is challenged in how she lives her life in a number of areas, she loves to roast coffee and is doing a great job as well… Our goal is to hire more developmentally disabled people as our roasting company grows.”

“We’re on Main St, in part because Erin’s Dad feels passionately about turning around downtown – Main St. Westminster. In spite of a big increase in business, we want to stay true to our mission… Erin loves her job…,” said Harshman as she answered the phone to keep track of one of the several events in which Furnace Hills was providing the coffee.

“We were a little kitchen roaster that has turned into a name in the (coffee) industry. I mean, we are in the Whole Foods Market – the grocery chain market. We have a national customer base.”

One frequent customer, Abby Gruber, the Westminster Director of Recreation and Parks, says she loves Furnace Hills coffee. “The shop is right there near the city offices. The smell just calls you. I always enjoy the company and the coffee there…”

“I love the mission. I love working here,” said Harshman Saturday. “It is great coffee and I love telling the story.

When he is not in one of the local Westminster coffee houses, Kevin E. Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff (at) gmail.com

Read More: A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff 9:02 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131001,0,4635850.story





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Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Hopefully the first of several stories about the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce trip to Cuba in November


Hopefully the first of several stories about the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce trip to Cuba in November - by Kevin E. Dayhoff


Outside of the town of Viñales, a Cuban tobacco processor pauses at the end of the day at a small government-run tobacco processing and sorting facility called a “despalillo de Tabaco.’ The employees – mostly women, sorted and graded tobacco by quality and color for use in the Francisco Donatien factory in Pinar del Rio. Photo by Kevin E. Dayhoff Nov. 6, 2015




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National tragedy unfolding in Florida - Hundreds of cans of Cafe Bustelo wash up on beach


National tragedy unfolding in Florida - Hundreds of cans of Cafe Bustelo wash up on beach http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/12/national-tragedy-unfolding-in-florida.html


I am heading to Florida immediately to help with the national disaster.

Hundreds of cans of Cafe Bustelo wash up on Florida beach

Thousands of cans and vacuum packed bricks of Cafe Bustelo brand coffee have washed up on the beaches of Indialantic, Fla.


December 9, 2015

INDIALANTIC, Fla. — Hundreds of sealed coffee cans and vacuum-packed coffee bricks have washed ashore along Florida’s Space Coast and officials believe they may be from containers that fell off a barge last weekend.

Florida Today reports that the yellow-and-red packages of Cafe Bustelo dotted the beach Tuesday in Indialantic, where delighted beach combers were scooping them up, and stuffing them into bags.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Good Morning! The Cost of Your Breakfast Just Went Up Tuesday, 22 Apr 2014

Good Morning! The Cost of Your Breakfast Just Went Up Tuesday, 22 Apr 2014


The cost of breakfast is poised to increase as coffee futures surge after a Brazilian drought damaged crops and orange-juice prices climb with Florida’s output heading for a 29-year low.

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To start this year, Brazil, the world’s top coffee and citrus grower, faced the most severe drought in decades. In Florida, the second-biggest orange grower, a gnat-sized insect spread citrus greening, causing fruit to wither and drop early. Prices for bacon, eggs and milk have also climbed, and surging meat and dairy are helping to spur the fastest gain in U.S. consumer food costs since 2011, government data show.


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Monday, April 28, 2014

The charge at the Café Bustello by Kevin Dayhoff October 19, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/mloq5p7



The charge at the Café Bustello by Kevin Dayhoff October 19, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/mloq5p7


Genius is one percent inspiration and 99-percent coffee… Sometimes, without coffee, I question my sanity. Occasionally it responds. http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-charge-at-cafe-bustello-by-kevin.html



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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Starbucks Retools Pastry Menu After Customers Complain - Bloomberg

Starbucks Retools Pastry Menu After Customers Complain - Bloomberg: "By Leslie Patton Apr 1, 2014"

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Starting this week, the company will begin reverting to selling slices of banana, pumpkin and iced-lemon loaf cake -- old favorites -- in its U.S. stores. Starbucks will be using new La Boulange recipes and existing suppliers to create food that more closely resembles its previous fare.
Getting the menu right is critical to Starbucks’ U.S. growth strategy. In a saturated coffee market, the company is trying to entice more customers to add a pastry or croissant to their latte orders. Starbucks also faces mounting breakfast competition from fast-food chains: McDonald’s Corp. has been offering pastries at some locations this year, and everyone from Taco Bell to Burger King is trying to boost morning sales.
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Saturday, March 01, 2014

Coffee - life is good

Coffee - life is good
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Minestroni soup for dinner. And oh. The coffee is 'Caffe la Toscanas.'


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It's time for coffee.

It's time for coffee.

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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives]

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives]

A revolutionary idea in coffee at the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff 9:02 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2013


[…]

A number of popular coffee shops have started in Carroll County in recent years. A recent trip to the Furnace Hills Coffee Co. at 71 West Main St., in Westminster reveals an egalitarian use for coffee that is revolutionary.

At Furnace Hills, the aroma of coffee wafted into the street Saturday afternoon, the day before the national coffee holiday. There, Regina Harshman was juggling business phone calls, roasting coffee beans, and doing various housekeeping chores among huge sacks of coffee beans at the one room coffee shop next to Harry’s Main Street Grille.

[…]

One frequent customer, Abby Gruber, the Westminster Director of Recreation and Parks, says she loves Furnace Hills coffee. “The shop is right there near the city offices. The smell just calls you. I always enjoy the company and the coffee there.”

Read More: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-eagle-archives-20131001,0,4635850.story
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

USA TODAY: Disney patrons will be able to get their Starbucks fix by Bruce Horovitz






Disney (DIS), the world's largest theme park company, on Monday announced a deal with Starbucks (SBUX), the world's largest coffee chain, to open stores in its theme parks at Disneyland Park and Walt Disney World Resort.

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For Disney, which has often been criticized for the limited food and beverage choices at its parks, this is a huge move forward. For Starbucks, which is running out of ways to expand in the U.S., this is a slam-dunk move in a captive market ripe for growth… http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2012-04-23/starbucks-disney-deal/54491812/1



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Sunday, October 02, 2011

NPR's Most E-Mailed Stories: Caffeinated Women May Be Fighting Depression With Every Cup

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Monday, May 30, 2011

Coffee Talk on Westminster Patch by Sherri Hosfeld Joseph

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Coffee Talk, a blog about finding solace and self in a little coffee shop on Main Street Westminster MD

Find Coffee Talk, a blog about, well – wondiferous coffee, great food, - - and socks and shoes; by Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, at Westminster Patch here: http://westminster.patch.com/users/sherri-hosfeld-joseph/blog_posts

Birdie's Café phone number: 410-848.7931

Location: 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157


Sherri Hosfeld Joseph at Birdie’s

The coffee is marvelous.
The staff is wonderful.
The atmosphere is fabulous.
The owner is adorable.
The socks are intriguing.
But it’s all about the shoes.
Do not overlook the shoes.
We wanna hear about the shoes.

[KED 20110304 Birdies 9bsm50] [20110526 Coffee Talk on Patch by Sherri Hosfeld Joseph]

The new Patch Blog about a girl, some coffee and characters that pass through the world’s best coffee shop…  http://westminster.patch.com/blog_posts/coffee-talk-finding-solace-and-self-in-a-little-coffee-shop-on-main-street-westminster-blog


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