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When I was in Japan, I used to go to Starbucks everyday, one two or three times a day!
I've always loved the athmosphere of Starbucks Coffee bars; however when I'm in London I rarely go there. I think that the Starbucks espresso here in UK is not good at all, while in Japan it was delicious (being Italian, I am very picky about espresso)!
Most of all, I enjoyed going to Starbucks because there are plenty of photo opportunities there! Cool people to shoot, nice Starbucks mugs, warm lights that make beautiful bokeh... :)
Ah....did I mention that it rained almost the whole time I was in Tokyo? So it was good to have a confortable and relaxing place to rest and chat with a good friend...
nothing to say about this shot. sometimes i just get the urge to mess around in photoshop and see how i can better a photo. well , better to my liking .
Its a messy job but someone has to clear away this cup cake!
From fairies at the bottom of your garden to 'the borrowers' we are obsessed with the fantasy of little people in a
full-sized world. My 'downsizing' project, using model railway figures, food and everyday objects, is merely an
extension of those thoughts.
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With the holidays approaching, all the shopping and preparations can certainly cause a little stress!
Relax and take a bit of time for yourself. Take a break - a coffee break!
These shots were taken over several days. I wanted to try something different with a mosaic and sepia effect.
In training for the mad march mare, myself and tom took a walk up Nick Cup Nick in the North Pennines near the Lake District and Penrith.
Harriet Dart of Great Britain plays a shot during the match between Jessica Pegula of USA and Harriet Dart of Great Britain match at the United Cup City Finals Day 7 at Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney, Australia on 4th January 2023. Photo by Peter Dovgan.
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Scarlet Elf Cup / sarcoscypha austriaca,. Cloud Wood, Leicestershire. 14/03/20.
It looked as if a small rodent had eaten a sizeable area from the inside of this Scarlet Elf Cup. The irregular edge and gnaw marks in the white flesh strongly suggest this. If viewed large, you can make out much smaller signs of other feeding activities ... probably invertebrates.
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a cup of coffee on the table at the Sitting Room in Seattle
-Added to theCream of the Crop pool as most interesting.
"A cup of tea is a cup of peace." Soshitsu Sen XV
And a cup of tea is always a good idea! I love tea and I always like to taste new flavours!
Nothing special happened today, just a lazy and cold day at home.
Wish you all a wonderful evening!
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I was sitting outdoors having a cup of coffee and noticed the sunbursts in the bubbles so quickly took a shot - much to the amusement of the other coffee drinkers!
Happy Monday morning!
And some coffee related information:
There is a lot of hype about the McDonalds' scalding coffee case. No
one is in favor of frivolous cases of outlandish results; however, it is
important to understand some points that were not reported in most of
the stories about the case. McDonalds coffee was not only hot, it was
scalding -- capable of almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh
and muscle. Here's the whole story.
Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was in the passenger seat of
her grandson's car when she was severely burned by McDonalds' coffee in
February 1992. Liebeck, 79 at the time, ordered coffee that was served
in a styrofoam cup at the drivethrough window of a local McDonalds.
After receiving the order, the grandson pulled his car forward and
stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her
coffee. (Critics of civil justice, who have pounced on this case, often
charge that Liebeck was driving the car or that the vehicle was in
motion when she spilled the coffee; neither is true.) Liebeck placed
the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from
the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled
into her lap.
The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next
to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full
thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body,
including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin
areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she
underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement
treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds
refused.
During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700
claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims
involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This
history documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of
this hazard.
McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants
advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to
maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the
safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell
coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is
generally 135 to 140 degrees.
Further, McDonalds' quality assurance manager testified that the company
actively enforces a requirement that coffee be held in the pot at 185
degrees, plus or minus five degrees. He also testified that a burn
hazard exists with any food substance served at 140 degrees or above,
and that McDonalds coffee, at the temperature at which it was poured
into styrofoam cups, was not fit for consumption because it would burn
the mouth and throat. The quality assurance manager admitted that burns
would occur, but testified that McDonalds had no intention of reducing
the "holding temperature" of its coffee.
Plaintiffs' expert, a scholar in thermodynamics applied to human skin
burns, testified that liquids, at 180 degrees, will cause a full
thickness burn to human skin in two to seven seconds. Other testimony
showed that as the temperature decreases toward 155 degrees, the extent
of the burn relative to that temperature decreases exponentially. Thus,
if Liebeck's spill had involved coffee at 155 degrees, the liquid would
have cooled and given her time to avoid a serious burn.
McDonalds asserted that customers buy coffee on their way to work or
home, intending to consume it there. However, the companys own research
showed that customers intend to consume the coffee immediately while
driving.
McDonalds also argued that consumers know coffee is hot and that its
customers want it that way. The company admitted its customers were
unaware that they could suffer thirddegree burns from the coffee and
that a statement on the side of the cup was not a "warning" but a
"reminder" since the location of the writing would not warn customers of
the hazard.
The jury awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages. This amount
was reduced to $160,000 because the jury found Liebeck 20 percent at
fault in the spill. The jury also awarded Liebeck $2.7 million in
punitive damages, which equals about two days of McDonalds' coffee
sales.
Post-verdict investigation found that the temperature of coffee at the
local Albuquerque McDonalds had dropped to 158 degrees fahrenheit.
The trial court subsequently reduced the punitive award to $480,000 --
or three times compensatory damages -- even though the judge called
McDonalds' conduct reckless, callous and willful.
No one will ever know the final ending to this case.
The parties eventually entered into a secret settlement which has never
been revealed to the public, despite the fact that this was a public
case, litigated in public and subjected to extensive media reporting.
Such secret settlements, after public trials, should not be condoned.
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excerpted from ATLA fact sheet. © 1995, 1996 by Consumer Attorneys of
California
Cedar Cup Fungus / geopora sumneriana. Blaxton, Doncaster. 22/02/20.
'TENSION.' (2)
A closer look at a maturing Cedar Cup.
It had begun to push up from the soil and start to split around the rim. The developing 'crowned cup' appearance was becoming evident.
If viewed large, you can appreciate the tension created between the splitting rim and coarse exterior fibres. The splitting would continue down the wall as the fibres were eventually forced to tear apart.
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