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Coffeeland
Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug | Augustine Sedgewick
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The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern world Coffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world--one of the most valuable commodities in the history of global capitalism, the leading source of the world's most popular drug, and perhaps the most widespread word on the planet. Augustine Sedgewick's Coffeeland tells the hidden and surprising story of how this came to be, tracing coffee's five-hundred-year transformation from a mysterious Muslim ritual into an everyday necessity. This story is one that few coffee drinkers know. It centers on the volcanic highlands of El Salvador, where James Hill, born in the slums of Manchester, England, founded one of the world's great coffee dynasties at the turn of the twentieth century. Adapting the innovations of the Industrial Revolution to plantation agriculture, Hill helped to turn El Salvador into perhaps the most intensive monoculture in modern history, a place of extraordinary productivity, inequality, and violence. Following coffee from Hill family plantations into supermarkets, kitchens, and workplaces across the United States, and finally into today's ubiquitous cafs, Sedgewick reveals how coffee bred vast wealth and hard poverty, at once connecting and dividing the modern world. In the process, both El Salvador and the United States earned the nickname "Coffeeland," but for starkly different reasons, and with consequences that reach into the present. This extraordinary history of coffee opens up a new perspective on how the globalized world works, ultimately provoking a reconsideration of what it means to be connected to faraway people and places through the familiar things that make up our day-to-day lives.
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Kshakal
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Midwinter coffee flights!

keys_on_fire Those all sound fantastic! 🤤 2mo
ElizaMarie I want a coffee flight!!!! ✈️ 2mo
InkedBookworm13 Those looks amazing. ☕️❤️ 2mo
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Judybskt
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1. No - but it is nice!
2. I read some children‘s Christmas books while drinking a Gingerbread latte from Starbucks. 🎄☕️

#two4tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView That Latte sounds good. I haven't tried that one yet. Thanks for playing 3mo
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Kshakal
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An early morning coffee date with this beauty… we may not see each other often but I love that we can pick up right where we left off! 💗

Ruthiella That‘s how it is with good friends. 😃 4mo
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Leftcoastzen
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Thankful that Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf finally has a location near me! Because nobody at Starbucks can make a cappuccino!Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. #HumbleHarvest #Gratitude

AmyG Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽 4mo
Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving! 🥧 4mo
Jemgirl2014 That‘s my go to! Love the Coffee Bean! 💜 Happy Thanksgiving! (edited) 4mo
Eggs Hope you had a great day ☕️ 4mo
Leftcoastzen @Eggs thanks ! Hope you did too! 4mo
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ElizaMarie
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Yes!!! #CBBC

wanderinglynn 🤣🤣🤣 he nailed it! 4mo
Sargar114 💯 💯 💯 4mo
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BethM
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This was a great #cbbc package @ElizaMarie ! I love holiday coffee! @Gissy yours will be In the mail Monday due to my once again terrible timing against a federal holiday 😂#coffeebeanbookclub

Gissy No problem🤗 5mo
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Larkken
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1. Coffee! Or maybe a diner with a coffee in front of me?
2. High altitude pine forest
3. Certain plastic bags 🤷🏻‍♀️😂
#tlt

dabbe If #3 even remotely smells like rubber cement, I'm there with you! Thanks for sharing! 💜🖤🧡 5mo
Larkken @dabbe I dunno! But maybe that will help me figure out why it‘s only some bags? *runs out to buy glue to sniff like a totally sane person* 😆 5mo
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Kshakal
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I love coffee flights!

SassyBookworm Those look soo good!! And those descriptions 🤤 5mo
peaKnit You find the most amazing coffee flights! 5mo
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Chrissyreadit
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These are some lovely images of Octavian in my dough bowl, and Saoirse excitedly exploring my amazing #cbbc package from Ashley. Ashley Your spell jar meant the world to me! Everything in package was fun- and the tiny figurines have a perfect spot waiting for them! Thank you so so much!

Leftcoastzen 😻😻 6mo
Jari-chan 😸 ❤ 6mo
BookwormAHN Your welcome 🐈‍⬛️ 6mo
dabbe Kitty-cuteness overload! 🤩🖤🐾🐾🖤🤩 6mo
mabell I‘m so excited - I have a package from you!! 😄 Sophie and I will open it tomorrow! 🥰🥰 6mo
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Mommamanzi
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Creme Brûlée is one of my favorite desserts and I love coffee. I can not wait to try it, the mug is 100% my whole house vibe. Thank you so much!!

Chrissyreadit 🧡💛🧡💛🧡 6mo
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Kshakal
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How do I celebrate the first day of fall… fall coffee flights of course!! 🍁☕️🍁

peaKnit Oh hello 6mo
Cinfhen Sensational!!! 6mo
ItsAnotherJen These look so yummy! How fun to try so many different flavors. 6mo
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mcctrish Oh my gosh, that‘s brilliant ❤️❤️❤️ 6mo
TheQuietQuill 😍 6mo
Chrissyreadit what a fun place! 6mo
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BethM
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@ElizaMarie thank you for this awesome #cbbc package! @Gissy yours should be there tomorrow. @LaraReads #lmpbc was mailed Monday as well!

My family could use some prayers or good intentions. My dad‘s father died Friday (I‘m ok we weren‘t close) and funeral is sat. My mom was taken to the hospital Monday and has a blood infection in addition to some other things requiring emergency surgery. The dogs have kennel cough. It‘s been a week.

Libby1 (((Hugs))) 7mo
Bookwormjillk Thinking of you and your family Beth 7mo
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AmyG Mostly, hoping Mom‘s surgery goes well. 🙏🏻 7mo
MaureenMc 💗💗💗 7mo
LaraReads So sorry to hear about all of this! Sending you all the good vibes I can! ❤️ 6mo
Gissy No problem🤗❤️ 6mo
ElizaMarie I‘m thinking of you and your family 6mo
Avanders 🫢🙏🏽🙏🏽 praying ♥️ 6mo
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Mommamanzi
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Thank you for@the cbbc package. We are so excited about the bug spray, esp after this storm and the candle smells amazing! #coffeebeanbookclub

Avanders When you start a new round, please let me know! 😘 7mo
Chrissyreadit I‘m so glad you like it! i hope the big spray works- i love it but do have to reapply every 1/2 hour or so 6mo
BethM @Avanders you ready to come back?! ❤️ 5mo
Avanders @BethM yay!! Yes! 👏🏽👏🏽 5mo
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BethM
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@ElizaMarie this came today- thank you so much! I adore the little notecard thing- where did you find that?! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

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Chrissyreadit
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This has taken me longer to post than it should- but Ashley I loved it and want to say a huge Thank you!!! #cbbc

BookwormAHN Your welcome 😺 8mo
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Mommamanzi
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Another amazing #Coffeebeanbookclub package. I LOVE the candle and lipbalm smell. And laughed so hard when I pulled out the book. Thank you for a perfect package!!

BethM Oooh those bath salts look great! 8mo
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BethM
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@ElizaMarie this came this week! Thank you so much! Im so excited to try all of it! @Gissy I‘ll get yours in the mail this weekend. Between being gone for training and coming home to a very sick kid I‘m a bit discombobulated. #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

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BethM
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Thank you @ElizaMarie ! This came a day or two ago! I love HP and this coffee smells awesome! Not shown are the Bertie Botts :) #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

Kshakal Those socks are adorable!! 10mo
BethM @Kshakal I agree! 10mo
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Kshakal
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Coffee date with two of my besties!

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Looks amazing! 10mo
RaeLovesToRead Wow! How come you each get 4 flavours to try? It looks amazing and something that should be done everywhere! 🥰 10mo
RaeLovesToRead Latte tasting platter! 😍 10mo
Kshakal @RaeLovesToRead a local coffeeshop does coffee flights a few times a month and you can try smaller versions of their seasonal specials… it is super fun to do! 10mo
RaeLovesToRead Looks incredible 10mo
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BethM
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I forgot to take a mailing pic so enjoy this pic from the library today. I swear to god every time I blink he gets taller. @Gissy your #cbbc is in the mail! #coffeebeanbookclub

Bookwormjillk Wow! Seems like he was just born! 10mo
BethM @Bookwormjillk I know 😭 10mo
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BethM
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Last week was nuts. Hubby had lasik that didn‘t go as well as expected. Three day rummage sale. Family drama. All the things. So I forgot to post this. Thanks @ElizaMarie for the lovely #cbbc package! Those pb cups were delicious!! #coffeebeanbookclub

AmyG I hope your husband is ok. I had lasik twice in 2000. They undercorrected so did it again and I was fine. 11mo
BethM @AmyG thanks! His left eye is still not quite right and his eyes are uncomfortable but he can see -ish. 11mo
ElizaMarie I hope the hubby's eyes recover soon! I had ablation eye surgery, the recovery period took a bit longer than expected, but... I am 10000% happy I did it! 11mo
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BethM
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It‘s been so busy this week- this came earlier In the week! Thank you @ElizaMarie !!! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

ElizaMarie I‘m glad you got it. Was a little concerned because it‘s normally a box and this time I did that envelope thing :) 12mo
Avanders Duude have you read The Martian yet? So good… 12mo
BethM @Avanders I have not, but I have watched the movie? 12mo
ElizaMarie @BethM it‘s one of those books is way better!!! Type of books 12mo
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BethM
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I almost got everything in the pic! @Callemarie you are too kind friend! I love it all! My absolute favorites were the dog mug and chocolate sign!

@Mommamanzi I‘m ready for the next round 😂 #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

Callemarie Yay I‘m so happy it got to you safe and sound. Merry Christmas my sweet friend ♥️🎅🏼🎄 1y
BethM @Callemarie merry Christmas to you guys too! 1y
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Pageturner1

who is in charge of the #coffeebeanbookclub ? i love coffee and reading books. can anyone join?
☕️📚😁
#cbbc
#coffeebeanbookclub
#coffeejunky

BethM It‘s @Mommamanzi and it‘s a postal book club focused on cozy mysteries. 1y
Pageturner1 thank you @BethM 1y
Mommamanzi Now is your time! Head over to my page and email me if you‘re still wanting to join. (edited) 1y
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ElizaMarie
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Oooo had a rough day at work and came home to this!!! Thank you so much :) #CBBC
@Mommamanzi

Mommamanzi I thought the mug was so much fun! And I feel ya in work, I had a 2nd grader literally poopon my floor. The rest of the day went to crap haha. (edited) 1y
ElizaMarie @Mommamanzi Haha, sounds difficult! 1y
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JenReadsAlot
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#grateful for coffee @Eggs
It is National Coffee Day too!

Eggs Happy Coffee Day ☕️🤎☕️ 1y
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JenReadsAlot
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#grateful for coffee on my long drive home today! @Eggs

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BethM
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Thank you @Callemarie for this lovely #cbbc package! Did you go to Georgia recently? #coffeebeanbookclub

Callemarie I did!!! All of those are from either the town my mom and dad live or from the peach orchard in my home town!! Let me know what you think of them!!! 2y
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ElizaMarie
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@MommyOfTwo I sent you just the book and journal earlier this week ( 9500 1153 9291 2213 2920 73 ). Today I ordered the little something to add to the package (I couldn‘t see well to do it then). Anyway the other package says August 9-11th. I‘ll send you an update if/when they send it to me. #CBBC

ElizaMarie @MommyOfTwo (ha I should have waited) but the second tracking number is : 9405536109361632974533 2y
MommyOfTwo Sounds good, I did get the book today. 2y
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cwarnier
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💖 The coffee references. I can't live without my coffee in the mornings.
The bookmarks are also reversible!
Thank you @nelnjali
#Summerbookmarkswap

Nelnjali Yay! I'm glad they arrived safely and that you like them. 2y
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BethM
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Thank you so much @Callemarie for this awesome #cbbc package! The mug was already used this morning - it‘s a great size!!! #coffeebeanbookclub

BethM And I‘m so excited about the container- I needed another one! 2y
AmyG The coffee container is awesome. 2y
Avanders 😍😍 2y
Callemarie Awww yay! I‘m happy it made it to you safely and you like it! 2y
BethM @Callemarie espresso beans are really hit or miss for me, usually miss, but these are super good! 2y
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Callemarie
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@Kshakal how fitting is this mug. Thank you so so much for my gifts!!! I added sleeping baby to the picture for added effect. @BethM your #coffeebeanbookub package was sent today!

britt_brooke Those little arms! So cute. 💚 2y
BethM What a cutie!!! 2y
Kshakal I love everything about this picture!! So glad everything arrived safely! 2y
BookBabe Aww, sweet baby! 🥰 2y
BethM Hey friend! Thinking about you, hope all is well with the family! 7mo
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BethM
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@Callemarie thanks friend! The maple candies were melty so those went in the fridge. #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

Callemarie Ah boo I‘m sorry about the candies. I was hoping they‘d get to you before that happened. Looks like usps wasn‘t the gentlest with the package—- sorry for the crushed tea box too 😩😩😩 2y
BethM @Callemarie it was 90 for over a week here so no worries! Plus I usually toss the tea boxes anyway. Im@drinking it now as this cold tries to creep lower 🙄 2y
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Kshakal
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Celebratory coffee after the 5k!!

wisherwishinguponastar I like your running buddy‘s shirt! 2y
Kshakal @booksellerofyourdiscontent thanks… we had done a sloth 5k and it was the race shirt!! 💗 2y
Gissy You deserved d that coffee!💪 2y
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ElizaMarie
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Thank you
@Mommamanzi for your package today. I opened it without my phone near me so no pic :) also I have a couple heavy reads right now so … #CBBC will be a nice book to the mix :)

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BethM
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@BookwormAHN I‘ll be sending June early today! I‘ve read it already and I‘ll be on vacay from 5/24-6/4 so this works out perfectly! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

BookwormAHN Okay. Have fun on vacation 😺 2y
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BethM
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@Callemarie thank you so much for this cool #cbbc box! I love it! Super excited to try the pretzels. Keep hanging in there mama! #coffeebeanbookclub @Mommamanzi

BethM @Callemarie if you need extra time this month too don‘t rush! We won‘t be back from vacation until the afternoon of June 6 anyway. 2y
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Kshakal
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I am in love with my new coffee bar set up!!

DebinHawaii So cute! 2y
Bklover Love it! 2y
KateReadsYA Sooo cute. Love the pink keurig 2y
Nute I always like your table settings. Now I like your coffee bar setting. 2y
Kshakal @Nute awww! Thank you! 2y
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BethM
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Girl I am so impressed you mailed this in time after giving birth! The coffee smells absolutely delightful. The candle and wax melts are perfection! And I had to hide the bunny from the hubs 😂#cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub @Callemarie @Mommamanzi

Callemarie Hahahahaha I too am impressed with myself. Thank my mom who is visiting and helping us and needed to go to the post office 🤣😂🤣 2y
Sleepswithbooks This is all so cute!!! 2y
Chelsea.Poole That Reese bunny! 🤤 2y
Avanders 😍🥰 2y
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JenReadsAlot
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Happy Saturday! Not book related but love my diamond painting and wanted to share!

Librarybelle 😂 2y
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2y
KristiAhlers 🤣🤣🤣 I love diamond painting. I just did an Alice in Wonderland picture! 2y
carlthecattt Reminds me of Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch 🧙‍♀️ 2y
RaeLovesToRead Hahaha! I love it!! 😆💕 2y
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ElizaMarie
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Can't wait to dive into this coffee! Thank you @Mommamanzi for your #CBBC package!

Kshakal I love door county coffee! 2y
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BethM
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@Callemarie I got my #cbbc thank you! I love the handful of k cups- I‘m the only one who drinks coffee in my house so this is perfect! #coffeebeanbookclub

I was thinking of you this am! As you near your due date- invest in some High Voltage by Bones- I lived on it the first three months of Wes‘ life! ❤️

Callemarie Yay I‘m glad you like it! And induction date is t minus 9 days away! 🥴🥴 I‘m excited and ready for sure! I def am going to be doing some bones shopping to stock up for the little guy 😂🤣🤣 2y
BethM @Callemarie I went into labor the day before my induction 😂 2y
Callemarie Oh wow!!! I def wouldn‘t mind that haha since I‘m taking that day off anyway too 😂🤣😂🤣 heck I wouldn‘t mind him coming this weekend at this point 😂🤣 2y
BethM @Callemarie just don‘t be like us who had a whole day of errands planned and a washing machine being delivered 🤣 at 345 am I was like ummmm I think I‘m in labor😂 2y
Callemarie Yeah the only thing I have planned for induction day is a mani/pedi 😂🤣😂🤣 2y
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BethM
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My favorite thing on Litsy, and one of my favorite things in life is back! Thanks @Callemarie ! Pancakes and chocolate are my favorite and I‘ve never seen this flavor! Also the book had been on my tbr forever! Yay! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

AmyG Oh wow…I need to find this flavor. 2y
Callemarie You‘ll have to let me know how it is. I saw it at my local grocery store and was like ooooooooo this sounds good! 2y
Avanders 🥰🥰🥰 2y
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BethM
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Been in a reading and a life slump lately. But #cbbc is starting again and that‘s always a bright spot! Starting my likely selection for #coffeebeanbookclub and having some hot cocoa. Then off to an early bed!

Avanders ♥️☕️📖 2y
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catiewithac
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@CoffeeNBooks Thank you for the best birthday gift!! 🥳 This coffee looks really delicious!!! Medium roasts are my favorite ☕️ I‘m enjoying the tagged book from you, too! It‘s an excellent read with exciting history, philosophy and political/economic intrigue. #LitsyLove

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎁📚💗 2y
Bookwormjillk Happy birthday 🎂🎁🎈🎊🎉 2y
Ddzmini Happy birthday 🎉🎁🎈🎂🎊🥳📖 2y
CoffeeNBooks I hope you enjoy the coffee! ☕️ 2y
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 🎈 2y
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Mommamanzi
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#coffeebeanbookclub members (and potential members) who‘s ready for the next round?!

BethM So in! And I agree- were an amazing group of humans and thankfully friends! 2y
Kshakal Count me in!! I love this group and it is always a bright spot in my month!! 2y
Chrissyreadit YES!!!!!!🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️ 2y
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Chrissyreadit Sent my email! Cause I‘m super excited ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
BookwormAHN Email sent 🤎 2y
Mommamanzi @Chrissyreadit @Kshakal @BookwormAHN and @BethM I know there are a couple more in our group, my brain is broken for the day plus I am trapped under a 5 year old‘s huge sleeping head…. Can one of y‘all recall who I am missing from this round? Thank you!! 2y
MommyOfTwo Are we good to go if we were in last round or do you still want me to email you? 2y
Avanders ♥️♥️♥️ I‘m in! 2y
Gissy I will like to know what this is about to see if I can participate.🤗 2y
Callemarie YASSSSSSSS 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 2y
MaleficentBookDragon I have to miss this round. 😥
This is such a great group and I am very grateful for the people I've met through it.
Have fun! I can't wait to see what cozies you all read this year.
Keep me in mind for next year if you have any dropouts.
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ElizaMarie I am so in!!! 2y
Chrissyreadit @Gissy 😘😘😘🥳🥳🥳 it‘s so fun ! We each pick a cozy, and send it to the next person each month. And a coffee. Some people send extras, some book and coffee. And a journal to write our thoughts in that months book- so the original sender can see what everyone thought of their book. 2y
Gissy @Chrissyreadit Sounds so interesting!! I will like to join the club! ☕️📖📚 2y
Chrissyreadit @Gissy WooHoo! Send Nicole an email so she has your information 🎉🥳 2y
Pogue Unfortunately we have some serious expenses coming up this year and I will be unable to participate this year. If it works for next year I would like to participate if possible. 2y
SamHeartCoffee You guys are all amazing! Have a really fun year and I will miss you dearly! Thanks for tagging me @BookwormAHN !! 😘 2y
coffeewithbooks Can I join? Is this still going on? 2y
Mommamanzi @coffeewithbooks it is still going on, we are already scheduled through the year. Send me an email and I will take your information down and let you know more about it that way our next round you are ready to go! Nicoleorlando@hotmail.com ❤️ 2y
coffeewithbooks @Mommamanzi cool just sent you email 2y
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catiewithac
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@CoffeeNBooks Thank you for the surprise book for Christmas! I started reading the prologue, and, WOW this book is perfect for me! Of course, I‘m enjoying it with a fresh pot of coffee. Merry Christmas, friend! #litsylove ☕️

Crazeedi Hmm since I've been called a coffee snob, I may have to read this!😉 2y
catiewithac @Crazeedi Yes!!! ☕️ 2y
CoffeeNBooks I'm glad it got there! It sounds like a really interesting book!! ☕ 2y
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SusanLee
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Eggs French press coffee mmmmm☕️🍫🧁 2y
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Kshakal
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This is what is going to get me through my 6 hour class today!! #teachersoflitsy

Aims42 Yum!! All the Caribou‘s closed up around us a few years ago (I‘m outside Chicago), I miss them sooo much! Their campfire mocha was my favorite!! ☕️😍 2y
Sparklemn They usually have a spicy mocha around Christmas. Can't wait!
2y
Kshakal @Sparklemn it was on the menu… I debated between that and the ho ho mint mocha! 2y
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Kshakal
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Decided to go to a coffee shop to get some homework done!

Aims42 Yum! That looks delicious, I can practically smell it 🤤🤤🤤 Enjoy!! 2y
peaKnit Sounds perfect! 2y
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