Surveying the web this evening, I came across several items in which coffee was featured in some sort of scandal.
The first item mentioned something about which I have already written in these pages: the issue known as the "Great Kona Coffee Scandal."
According to "Coffee Times" only about ten per cent of the coffee bought and sold as "Kona Coffee" actually comes from that region. (Kona is a district located in Hawaii and happens to be the only coffee that originates in the United States).
Kona manufacturers have been lobbying the U.S. federal government for years to introduce truth in labeling laws for their product. In 1994, four U.S. corporations filed federal lawsuits that have effectively blocked Kona farms from trademarking their coffee. According to the Times, the Food and Drug Administration has refused to enforce their labeling regulations, allowing phony "Kona" coffee to flood the market.
On a considerably lighter note, a barista at a New York Starbucks has admitted to using full fat milk instead of skim in the coffee he has been preparing for the Olsen twins, because he believed the famous pair were "too thin." Spokespeople for Mary Kate and Ashely called the assertion "ridiculous" while the actresses themselves "laughed it off."
The last "scandal" I came across had nothing to do with coffee. Apparently a module used in some of the Grand Theft Auto computer games called "Hot Coffee" has been accused of containing sexually explicit content in its software. An investigation into the affair is now pending.
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