Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Knitters' Coffee Swap Three

QUESTIONS
1. Whole bean or ground? Whole Bean
2. Fully-loaded or decaf? Fully-loaded!
3. Regular or flavored? regular I flavour on the side
4. How do you drink your coffee? with some soy milk and sugar, sometimes caramel or hazelnut or vanilla flavouring
5. Favorite coffee ever? JJ Bean Caffe Inferno or their Nero Forte espresso beans
6. Are you fussy about your coffee or will any old bean do? I'm somewhat fussy, I like quality beans and fair-trade and/or organic if possible
7. Favorite treats to have with your coffee? sweets - cinnamon rolls, muffins, ginger molasses cookies (mmm love starbuck's for those cookies!)etc...
8. Anything else about your coffee preferences?
9. Yarn/fiber you love? soy silk, silk, corn, bamboo yarns- soft
10. Yarn/fiber you hate? acrylic yarns
11. What's on your needles? Cables and Os cardi (no sheep for you book), Broadripple Socks (Knitty) and a few other things that are in hibernation at the moment
12. Favorite colors? blues, greens, reds, purples, browns
13. Allergies? yes lots...where to start all animal fibers of any percentage, lactose(milk and milk products - usually okay in baked goods in small doses), lemongrass. a lot of perfumes (most smelling like flowers), cats, dogs, cigarette smoke (sensitivity), Petroleum jelly, almost all lip balms don't have issues with burt's bees only one that I haven't gotten chapped and annoyed lips from (funny it's got lanolin but seems fine), products with high glycerol/glycine content cause issues as well, feathers, dust, mold, pollens, beef ( have to be careful because beef lard is in some cookies!, vegetable shortening is my friend!) and there is more to the list but that's all you need to know really
14. Anything you really love, really don't like, or just need to get off your chest? I'm not fond of pastels. It may seem like a pain in the arse, but please, please, please check items you send with the lengthy list of allergies! I thank you lots!!!!