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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Abraham Lincoln
Offers types of gourmet coffee from Hawaii’s volcanic soil. Order via the Web.
Shop online or receive their mail order catalog. Gift baskets, rare coffees, coffee clubs, coffee supplies, and much more.
This site offers consumer and wholesale prices. Emphasizes the social aspect of coffee and calls for a return to the old world elegance of coffee drinking.
An environmentally conscious and socially responsible Mayan cooperative with a wide variety of fine coffee roasts and blends and other Cafe MAM paraphernalia available for online ordering.
Offers a traditionally dried 100% natural jungle coffee grown on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Proceeds from the sale of Capulin benefit a conservation project, which grows and harvests these beans.
Retail store over the Internet that offers many types of teas.
A Haight Ashbury-based coffee shop since 1973, this site offers a wide variety of coffees and teas. All orders are roasted expressly for shipment.
Features concentrated, cold-filtered, gourmet coffee extract.
The ultimate tea site. Offers 100 percent Pure Ceylon Teas, information on tea growing, cultivating, and Sri Lanka. Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.
Hipberry Tea carries more than 100 specialty teas and exotic herbal blends from around the world.
Offers whole bean and ground coffee. They guarantee you’ll love their coffee and prices! Visit to win free coffee and gifts.
Delivers whole bean coffee right to your door. Offers more than 15 distinctive roasts, straights, and blends. Gift boxes are available.
Provides a guide to the culture of Seattle coffee houses with reviews of the best and worst bean roasters and coffee house environments. Contains addresses and telephone numbers to order from with a 20 percent discount.
Learn all there is to know about the first soft drink, which was endorsed by Ted Williams and remains a staple in most New England refrigerators. The only commercial product to become synonymous with a personal attribute, Moxie even played a role in history. Download rare movie footage of an alien drinking Moxie.
Recommended by the founders of food etc., this site contains tips from Caffe Ladro on how to make great espresso at home. Suggestions on the proper equipment as well.
Gourmet coffee from the heart of the French Quarter. They offer a free pound of java with your first order.
Lets you express your personal opinions about a good cup of joe. Read the opinions of your fellow coffee lovers, or access other coffee-related sites on the Internet. You know, coffee talk! No big whoop.
Order online for home delivery. Visitors to this site can browse through the owner’s journal from his travels as he searches for fine coffee. Also includes a page on coffee news and wisdom for tips on how to brew the best cup of java possible.
Provides information about their story of growing coffee in Kona, Hawaii, an overview of the coffee process, an up-to-date product listing (including their famous Kona coffee), and an online order form for direct purchasing. Wholesale inquiries welcome.
Insights into coffee shops and cafes around the world. Suggestions on brewing the best coffee. Even includes a definition of coffee buzzwords for confused novices.
Teas from around the world. The best place to get a wide variety of teas and tea accessories. They have just about everything that deals with tea!
Free club. Have gourmet coffee, tea, and cocoa delivered right to your door.
A humorous top 10 list. A must for coffee drinkers!
A natural herbal soft drink that, according to the site, can be successfully mixed with red or white wine, beer, or any kind of liquor. The manufacturer says there is no comparable product in the U.S. What does this stuff taste like? Order it to find out.
Information on the world’s leading soft drink manufacturer. Cool pics and great info.
Full of the names, major ingredients, and descriptions of soft drinks produced in Antarctica. You’ve most likely never heard of these drinks, but with the help of this site you could be the first on your block to set a new trend.
Provides information about the most renowned soft drink company. Buy, sell, and trade Coca-Cola paraphernalia online. Check out Coca-Cola—sponsored sporting events. See how Coca-Cola is doing in the business world before you decide to buy some stock in soft drinks.
Arguably one of the best sites on the Web now. With the advantage of having a computer-oriented core audience, Jolt presents a Java-powered site featuring information on the beverage of choice of hackers and college students. Test your vital signs on the Jolt-o-meter. See the impact Jolt has had on the entertainment industry. Get a glimpse of Jolt culture. A good site for pure entertainment value.
The first Pepsi site in Russia with links to other Pepsi sites and the history of Pepsi in Russia. You can even see your name appear in Russian atop the Kremlin wall.
Nature’s original beverage refresher in bottled form. Perrier’s site provides information about the company and offers a restaurant guide to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. View Perrier’s past, present, and future advertising artwork. Enter the bottle art contest or order some Perrier apparel and paraphernalia.
Made from the best stuff on earth, Snapple’s site offers information on its current and future flavored beverages—vote for your favorite! Enter the Snapple-a-day sweepstakes and win free Snapple products.
A history of Royal Crown Cola, some photos, and various promotional information. This site appears to belong to a reeeaaallly devoted fan of the soft drink.
A humorous look at an old favorite—Yoo-Hoo. Site includes frequently un-asked questions, mix ups, and a Yoo-Hoo gallery.
http://www.essetti.com/tips.htm
http://www.cw-usa.com/gifts.html
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/drink.html
http://www.hoovers.com/sample_his.html
http://www.javaventures.com/costrica.html
http://www.nbcfiz.com/products/
http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/hj891806/twedel2.html
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
H. L. Mencken
Geared primarily toward the competition-minded player, this site offers complete rules for the games of 8-ball and 9-ball, plus an opportunity to join the APA or start up an APA tournament franchise. Also includes a link to American Poolplayer Magazine articles.
The Billiard Congress of America is the governing body for the sport of pocket billiards in North America. Their site is primarily educational, providing official rules and guidelines for equipment, but you can also join the organization from here and read about their publications. Surprisingly deep and detailed content in a wide range of areas, ranging from the history of the sport to the latest tournaments.
An online store where you can purchase the very finest cues, cases, and table fabrics. This is pricey equipment ($500 and up for a cue), but if billiards is your life, it’s no doubt worth the expense.
The online complement to the most comprehensive magazine in billiards. Rather than replacing the magazine, the site offers features that supplement the paper copy, such as coverage of upcoming tournaments, chat rooms, and opinion polls.
Nicely done online magazine, including all the features you would expect from a paper mag. There’s an advice column, feature articles, letters to the editor, cartoons—you get the idea. Definitely worth the stop!
A site where you can play a computer pool game online with other players from around the world. Just the thing for anybody who can’t get enough pool in his or her real life.
Loads of helpful information for the pool novice, in question-and-answer format. (Note that this is not the official FAQ from the rec.sport.billiard newsgroup.)
A huge list of other sites on the Web pertaining to billiards and related sports. Not fancy, but quite thorough.
Another huge list of cue-sports links, including commercial vendors, clubs and organizations, and personal pages created by fans of the sport.
A text-only glossary of pool-related terms. Very helpful for a beginner trying to understand the lingo at a tournament!
A view from the pro billiards circuit, including player spotlights, tournament photos, schedules, and (of course) genuine PCA merchandise for sale.
A nicely constructed online sales catalog for pool tables, cues, and billiard room accessories with many pictures. A great resource for comparison-shopping many brands and models. They also sell foosball and air hockey tables.
Thoroughly researched and easy-to-navigate information about cue sports brought to you by the Players Pool League of Kansas City. Many good articles, including one on how to spot and avoid hustlers.
Frequently updated, professional-quality site with articles about billiard playing, on both the amateur and professional level. There is also a chat area and a list of events.
Part organizational info, part fanzine, this site provides profiles and the latest stats for the top WPBA players and offers posters and other souvenirs for sale. You can also find out how to join the organization in any of several capacities. (They have a Patron class of membership for those who want to support the sport but don’t play competitively themselves.)
http://zenon.inria.fr:8003/koala/jma/hobbies/Snooker/Snooker-Referees.html
http://www.freespace.net/~elmark/pool1.htm
http://www.nakisa.ca/software/billiard.html
http://www.netins.net/showcase/bcahome/wpa/wpa_epbf.htm