28/09/2007 by andrew.

Coffee drinking just gets better and better - now I discover that Italian scientists have reported that - “Drinking coffee protects against an eyelid spasm that can lead to
blindness, a study suggests. Italian researchers looked at the coffee
drinking and smoking habits of 166 people with blepharospasm”.
This has been reported in the journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, not my normal evening read but as I down my umpteenth cup of espresso today I can relax in the knowledge that I have reduced my chances of my eyelids twitching- i suppose to compensate for any other twitching brought on by my excess’ of caffeine!

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28/09/2007 by andrew.

Verde Coffee are pleased to announce their brand new web site just launched. As business progresses and we sell a greater range of products we have found you have to look continually to see if you are doing justice to your customers.

After a lot of searching we choose a fantastic program - ZEN CART. This is an open source product  -ie free. I am  a recent convert to this type of software - we were not adverse to paying but I think you get more from open source -an active community who are building on the existing framework all the time so you are not waiting for paid updates but can pick and choose what module to add when you want.

After trawling through a lot of comments -both negative and positive we came to the conclusion it was the best solution for us -I would say you need an in-house ‘expert’ or equivalent as the options and modifying can be complex -it is not a total out of the box solution but really that is part of is appeal -you can custom build.

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