The stories and surprises of Los Altos’ coffee culture
Seriously, this was the cover story. Here's the lede:Many decisions across Los Altos are made under the influence of coffee – companies come together, civic policy is dissected, book club alliances are formed and neighbors nestle for a chat.
The coffee bean is one of the world’s largest agricultural exports by value, and the United States is the No. 1 coffee importer, trailed by Germany and Japan. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans consumed an average of 24.2 gallons of coffee in 2005 – enough fluid to fill two tanks in a typical sedan.
Coffee consumption peaked in volume in the 1940s, when Americans drank nearly twice as much as they do now. But today boutique drinks like espressos, lattes, mochas and coffee-style beverages that totally lack bean, such as chai or high-end teas, share the mass market.
The only mention of the war in this week's issue was Charlotte Jarmy's discussion of why she doesn't care about it.
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hmm, i got confused reading parts of this obvious fluff piece. it's hard to believe these people are actually paid to write. it's unfortunate this paper stays alive much less win awards when desperately needed foreign bureaus for major papers are shutting down.
What's this crap doing where my news is supposed to do? If I want to learn about coffee I'd rather go to Wikipedia. That's even before you get into how poorly this is written.
And then there's the made-up word "undersung."
Why would you go looking for Iraq War news in the Los Altos Town Crier?
FYI,
The following week's issue's cover story was all about veterans...
The paper wrote an editorial five years ago blithely backing the invasion. Even if it hadn't, the war has had an effect on Los Altos, even though its backers would prefer to talk about coffee.
I think the TC is ok for local news. They just have to be more critical about what's going on in the community. I personally prefer the MV Voice or even the PA Daily.
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