In the post “19 Waking Quotes About Coffee” and in its comments there are several quotes about how some famous person likes their coffee. Now, at last, we’ve made a poll to give you an opportunity to answer that question by yourself. So, how do you like your coffee?

What’s the world’s second most popular drink after water? That’s right, it’s coffee!

During the American Civil War, soldiers, having used up all their coffee supplies, used roasted sweet potato and Indian corn as a substitute.

The only US state in which coffee is grown commercially is Hawaii.
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Today, instead of a playlist, we offer you a whole album: Mika - “Life In Cartoon Motion”. Usually there are only some songs on an album, that are good morning starters. This time, believe it or not, the whole album is so positive that it is a must on the grayest mornings.

Probably there’s no need for a long story, because you may already know the singles “Grace Kelly” or “Love Today”.

The very same tea doesn’t always taste the same - sometimes it tastes better than other times. Making a good tea isn’t so easy as it looks like, there are some rules to follow to get it right.

Use loose leaf tea. The quality of loose tea is usually better than teabag ones and it doesn’t taste like paper.

Store your tea in a sealed container. This guarantees that the tea won’t lose its flavor.

The bigger the tea infuser, the better, more space allows tea leaves to diffuse and steep properly. You’ll get the best results by putting loose tea directly into tea pot.
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It was 80’s and synthesizers and drummachines were all the rage. Actually, we’re not trying to make this a monument of synthpop neither definite retrospective to rather controversial decade in music. Maybe you loved it, maybe you hated it or maybe you just didn’t really care because you were busy being 4 years old but here it is - flashbacks of synth.

“Dancing With Tears In My Eyes” by Ultravox [mp3]
“Jerusalem” by Alphaville [mp3]
“Souds Like A Melody” Alphaville [mp3]
“Save a Prayer” by Duran Duran [mp3]
“Planet Earth” by Duran Duran [mp3]
“Train of Thought” by A-Ha [mp3]
“Take On Me” by A-Ha [mp3]
“Big In Japan” by Alphaville [mp3]
“A Victory Of Love” by Alphaville [mp3]
“The Sun Always Shines on TV” by A-Ha [mp3]

For more detailed info see the WakeUpVibes page.

Morning! Penguins here. Today we’ve got a great story for you how we… Stop, lets start from the beginning.

Couple of days ago we decided to go for a little walk. Just for fun, you know. Actually, we were going to search for the blue snow but that’s not important at the moment. So we were wandering around and suddenly instead of blue snow we found an abandoned camp of polar researchers. That wasn’t quite what we were looking for, but somehow it was even better. You see, polar researchers often have all kinds of cool stuff like shiny things and all sorts of hairy things and even machines that go bing! So we were checking what they had this time and found… coffee. That’s right, a real pack of coffee. Finally.
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Chumbawamba: According to the bands official FAQ the name doesn’t mean anything. However, there have been several explanations about how the name came to be. One of them is (according to a Pop-Up Video on VH1) that “Chumbawamba” is derived from a dream that one of the members had, where doors of public toilet had signs which said “Chumba” and “Wamba” instead of “Men” and “Women”.

Goo Goo Dolls: The band was founded under the name “Sex Maggots” but a club owner who booked the band requested they change the name, because the local newspapers wouldn’t print that name. So, they picked a name out of a magazine ad for a doll that cried Goo Goo when you turned it upside down.
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I just came across the site that shows you how to make your own mp3-player.
The Daisy is a multipurpose audio player, which uses MMC or SD flash memory cards, has several interface modes for both human or machine control and is based on Microchip PIC18F45j10.

It’s an open source project with Creative Commons license. The source files, hex files, EAGLE cad files and documents are all available on this site.

Ladies and gents, it’s the Monty Python’s Flying Playlist. Oh, and just so you know, the parrot is still dead, but Black Knight’s flesh wound is healing quite nicely. No, it isn’t. Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. Yes it is…
And now for something completely different.

Bruces’ Philosophers’ Song [mp3]
Galaxy Song [mp3]
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life [mp3]
Lumberjack Song [mp3]
Every Sperm Is Sacred [mp3]
Money Song [mp3]

You’ll find the details (and maybe the Holy Grail) on the WakeUpVibes page.

I don’t drink coffee with sugar, even though I use milk or cream. However, occasionally I like to sweeten it up with syrup. My personal favourite is peppermint, it adds interesting undertone to the taste, reminds a little bit those chocolate sweets with mint fillings.
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