Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!

Coffee comes from Africa, specifically from Ethiopia, from where it came through Jemen and Turkey to Europe where it became popular in the 17th century. Dutch traders were the first to start large scale import of coffee into Europe.

Coffee has two main types, Coffea Arabica which is older one and this coffee-beans are considered to be the best because of their high quality and delicious taste. Coffee Robusta contains about 40-50% more caffeine, than Arabica and is bitter and has little flavor, with a telltale "burnt rubber" or "wet cardboard" aroma and flavor. Other not that important species are Coffea Liberica and Coffea Esliaca from Liberia and Sudan.

Much processing is needed before coffee berries and its seed can be processed into the roasted coffee. Berries must be picked, defruited, dried, sorted, and sometines also aged. Roasting process has a great degree of influence on the taste of the final product. All coffee is roasted before being consumed, often we buy roasted coffee, but some people buy green coffee and roast it at home.

From coffee you can prepare many drinks, hot and also cold. Hot drinks are maybe a little bit more famous than cold ones. Black coffee, White coffee, Cappucino, Caffé Latte, Caffé Macchiato or Turkish coffee are probably best known hot drinks. From cold ones is Frappé best known and I must say it´s really tasty and refreshing.

Coffee is consumed not simply because of taste, but because of the effect it has on those who drink it. Coffee is a simulant, and it also has many benefits, it´s analgesic, antibiabetic, it stimulates human memory and it reduces heart diseases. On the other hand coffee puts people in risk of hihg blood pressure, coffee also causes staining of the teeth and can sometimes cause anxiety and irritability.

Indie vs. Emo

Indie vs. Emo
I couldn ´t sleep last night because of exam I had today so I watched German MTV after midnight and I saw interesting programme called US vs. UK. It was about many things but also about indie bands and emo bands. I didn´t know that they are distinguishable. Well consider yourself. ( I was surprised myself... Didn´t know much about emo as such).

Indie comes from independent and is characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture. In the UK, indie music charts have been compiled since the early 80s. The word "indie" is often used to refer specifically to various genres or sounds in a realm of music that runs parallel to more commercial music Indie is not strictly a genre of music although the term is often used to reference the sound of specific bands and the bands they have influenced, but is often used as a term covering a wide range of artists and styles, connected by some degree of allegiance to the values of underground culture. Indie artists are concerned more with self-expression than commercial considerations. Indie artists of any particular time often go against the prevailing trends.

The term indie is now used to identify variety of bands like The Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, The Kooks, Interpol...

Emo is a genre of music and has come to describe several independent variations of music originally in the USA. The classification of bands as "emo" is often controversial. In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe a subgenre of hardcore punk. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore". The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. Bands have gone to great lengths to explain why they don't qualify as "emo". In many cases, the term has simply been attached to them because of musical similarities, a common fashion sense, or because of the band's popularity within the emo scene not because the band adheres to emo as a music genre.

The term emo is used to identify a wide variety of bands like Death Cab for Cutie ( emo band??? ), Fall Out Boy, From First to Last, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Story of the Year, Taking Back Sunday, The Used , Underoath...

Interpol

Interpol is post-punk band based in New York. Debut album, Turn on the Bright Lights, was critically acclaimed. Antics has been a commercial success.
The members of the band are Paul Banks on vocals and guitar, Carlos Dengler on bass and keyboards, Sam Fogarino on drums, and Daniel Kessler on guitar and background vocals. The band's sound is a dark mix of bass throb and choppy, sparse guitar.

Turn On The Bright Lights - Original Release Date: August 20, 2002
Track listing

1. Untitled
2. Obstacle 1
3. NYC
4. PDA
5. Say Hello To The Angles
6. Hands Away
7. Obstacle 2
8. Stella (Was A Diver And She's Always
   Down)
9. Roland
10. The New
11. Leif Eriksson
12. Interlude (JP)
13. Specialist (JP)

The Black EP - Original Release Date: August 26, 2003
Track listing

1. Say Hello to the Angels
2. NYC [Demo Version]
3. Obstacle 1 [Black Session]
4. Specialist [Black Session]
5. Leif Erikson [Black Session]
6. PDA [Black Session]

Antics - Original Release Date: September 28, 2004

Track listing

1. Next Exit
2. Evil
3. Narc
4. Take You On A Cruise
5. Slow Hands
6. Not Even Jail
7. Public Pervert
8. C'mere
9. Length Of Love
10. A Time To Be So Small

The new album should be expected in the beginning of year 2007.