A project to make Aussie school children aware of social and working conditions of other countries.

WANTED COFFEE PICKERS

This Saturday Forsyth Coffee & Teas at 284 Willoughby Rd Naremburn celebrates the 100 year anniversary of it's building with the inaugural harvest of Naremburns first organically grown (First grown fullstop!!) Coffee crop. That's right, the 19 Arabica Coffee plants that have been growing at the shop at 284 Willoughby Rd Naremburn are ready for harvesting and will be picked this Saturday, then processed to be available for all to enjoy as part of the Naremburn Christmas party on Friday 7^th Dec.

Forsyths has been providing the community with employment in it's local businesses in Naremburn now for over a quarter of a century, and this Saturday's coffee harvest is no exception. Pickers will be paid the current world market price of 10 cents per kilo, and it is hoped that this will prove to be a rewarding educational experience, to show how hard it is to process coffee, and what some families must do to produce an Income.

If you have children who would like to learn about the coffee process, or feel like dropping in and experiencing it for yourselves, please contact us or drop by this Saturday...

"A drug divine "

"A drug divine " a line from the song "Call of the Cappuccino" written and performed by Dermot Dorgan 1999.

The songs of an arm chair activist . based in Brisbane Qld Australia

"Some get high on ectasy and some get high on crack Some take trips on herion and some of them don't come back And some get their kicks from alcohol, from whisky and from vino But I get mine from a drug divine-It's called the cappuccino. Some may dream of writing the book thats win's them the Nobel Prize. Some may dream of enlightment and the secret that makes them wise And many a farmer dreams the dream of superfine merino But I have a simpler dream that that- a well-made cappuccino

Cos I'm a cappuccino junkie, I have to have a hit each day. I'd shoot it up with a sharp syringe, But you can't feel the froth on your lips that way "

Other work by Dermot Dorgan, Eddie Gibert. Glowing in the Dark. Despise the Humble Mozzie Not. The Labour, Not the label. The Debt rapt. Bless Me Father. Moment of truth. A True blue Aussie. Here To stay. Sunday Morning. The Hum Bug. A small price to pay.

"A Drug Divine Project" is reserch on the effects of coffee on the social scene and effects of the social scene on coffee in the 21st century.

The continuous search of the god shot and why do people desire the coffee hit? The shot of espresso 25mls +5/-5 extracted in around 25 seconds . Attacks the tongue and olefactory giving its owner either a exciting sensual trip of flavours and taste sensations or that immediate repulsive spit and a contourted "why did i bother" face. Why do people line up for their hit of caffiene. The desire to meet their body's call for another hit of coffee,it is a strong driver. The coffee house/ cafe has taken on the role of the pub in Australia's cities, as the gathering places. This started to evolve in 1990s. The RBT laws that were empowered earlier in NSW had started to take effect. The hotels relised that to survive they needed to review their income streams. So a push to have gambling areas as part of the operation started .