PODcast #38 : Espresso Pods News

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Holiday Issue

December is a busy time this merchant of pods. Getting the time to write something even half-worthwhile during the Christmas season is a real challenge. Perhaps if I worked on it for another two weeks, but I wanted to get the December issue out early enough for customers to make use of their coupon codes for holiday shopping. In addition, this year no lumps of coal in your virtual stocking, but an additional coupon for 10% off purchases — but it's only good through December 30th. It's our present to you, our loyal customers.

Coffee News

Coffee Story of Christmas Cheer

It's the season of giving and brotherly love. At a Starbucks drive-through in Iowa, 53 customers picked up the tab for the customer behind them in line. The serial act of generosity only came to an end when the rush died down and there was no one behind the last customer. Read the full story here.

PodMerchant News

Back in stock! Blucaffe, Biologica, Brasil Santos, etc.! Our sea shipment has arrived. Most everything is back in stock now or will be this week. We are, and will be through the holidays, in short supply of Covim, so please take note of that.

Gift ideas! We have a page of gift ideas to help you select espresso pod gifts for that special coffee lover in your life. This year we are offering gift wrapping by means of gabled gift boxes.

New on our shelf is the Lucaffe Classic Gift Box. 50 pods of Lucaffe Classic for $29.97. It makes a terrific gift for not a lot of green. Lucaffe Classic is one of our most popular blends. It's a good, flavorful, balanced cup of espresso for everyday enjoyment. Classic is a mixture of excellent Arabica coffees with a small addition of Robusta. Gentle flavor, generous and soft body, medium dense crema and an excellent aroma.


Budget permitting, you may want to go for one of our finest offerings, the Lucaffe Blucaffe Gift Box. 50 pods of Lucaffe Blucaffe for $59.95. The coffee beans come from small farms on Central American islands so as to guarantee the quality of the product. These Arabica beans are blended with a small amount of high-quality Robusta coming from the Indian Ocean. Patiently dried in the sun, it is matured for at least eighteen months and slowly roasted, so as to achieve the very best standard of taste, aroma and fragrance — and who can resist the Lucaffe Soul Man with Marilyn Monroe in sidecar.

PodMerchant Coupons

PODcast subscribers get a 10% discount coupon with each issue. Just enter the code below on the Shipping Selection screen during checkout.

• Only one coupon per subscriber per issue.
• Coupon expires when the next issue is published, or at the end of the next month following publication of the issue, whichever comes first.
• Coupons are only valid for PODcast subscribers — we check use of coupons against the subscriber list.
• For more information, please see our PODcast Coupon FAQ.

For 10% off your next order — Enter code: XXXXXX (note, that is "P-C-Zero"). Our special Holiday coupon code is XXXXXX. You can use both coupons on your order for a total of 20% off through the remainder of 2008.

That's all for this issue of the PODcast.


Kevin Garrett, The PodMerchant.