03 May 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: SayCet :::
Press the button and enjoy the show for today: a Senseo® one to be precise! Processing the last couple of days. As you can hear on the show our host thinks there’s a lot of sick people out there… >> Queen attack in The Netherlands! << At least 6 people were killed. Queen Beatrix and all other members of the Dutch Royal House were safe. Where are we going to? Queensday used to be the best day of the year, everybody happy, everybody party, playing music, hanging out, young and old, events in the city, fireworks @ night and so on. Now look what a sick mind has done to us. Status: he’s dead. Some say he deserved to die. On the other hand we’ll never know what got into his brain anyway. We hope it wasn’t a side effect of the swine flu… ???
High time for a big chill: from France it’s Mr. Pierre Lefeuvre a.k.a. SayCet - a french music composer hailing from Paris who cut his teeth listening to Boards of Canada and Múm. His first solo album entitled One Day at Home resulted in nine atmospherical tracks, evoking abstract landscapes and fairy tales for adults from song to song. Enjoy this fantastic artist and buy his album right now !!!
Orangecello Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2-15 oz can mandarin oranges
- 1 box of Pillsbury Moist Supreme Pineapple
- ½ cup of reserved juice from oranges
- ½ cup of Caravella Orangecello
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup of oil
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Glaze
- 1 cup of sugar
- ½ stick of butter
- 3oz of Caravella Orangecello
- ¼ cup of chopped pecans
Directions:
- Preheat oven.
- Spray Bundt Pan with Crisco Pillsbury Flour.
- Mix 1 cup of chopped pecans with 2 teaspoons of sugar then sprinkle in pan.
- Mix eggs, oil, orangecello, cake mix, ½ cup of reserved juice. Blend well.
- Add 2 cans of drained oranges and Blend on high for a couple of minutes.
- Pour immediately into pan and place in oven on 325 for dark coated pan or 350 for regular coated pan for 45 minutes—You want a nice brown crust.
- Turn oven off and leave cake in for another 15 minutes.
- *Check with toothpick for nice clean stick before turning off oven.
Make glaze while cake is in the oven, let cool and thicken.
Pour glaze over top of cake right before serving.
ENJOY !!!
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Senseo® Sundays ::: SayCet :::
(04:08) - SayCet - Mood#1
(06:25) - SayCet - Metadine
(10:42) - SayCet - Trilogie
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Pierre Lefeuvre, podcast, Queensday, SayCet, Senseo, Senseo® Sundays
12 Apr 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Ryan Farish :::
Time for your break now… coffee break that is! Enjoy this episode with music from Beverly Hills, California. A very pleasant encounter with Ryan Farish. Music you might have heard on The Weather Channel perhaps? Ryan ranked as one of the most popular artists of all time on the legendary mp3.com - Ryan has seen his music licensed to countless companies and production houses across the globe. Sony, IBM, Columbia Tri-Star Pictures, COX communications, Red Cross, Lifetime Network, IQ Television Group, Freedom Stone and The Weather Channel. His music has a typical sound that millions of listeners love… On today’s show we play two tracks and dream away, it’s very melodic, it’s in the head and will stay there for quite some time!
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Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe
3 cups All purpose flour
1 3/4 cups Brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Baking powder
3/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground ginger
1 1/4 Tb Ground cinnamon
3/4 cup Vegetable oil
2 cups Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, chopped
1 cup Buttermilk
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Large Egg
Oven Temp ~ 325°
Baking Time ~ 1 Hour & 20 Min.
Pan Type ~ 9 inch round pan
Preheat oven, grease and flour a round baking pan.
Mix flour, brown sugar, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground ginger and 2 ½ tsp cinnamon in a food processor or bowl. Add oil and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer 3/4 cup of mixture to smaller bowl and stir in remaining cinnamon. Set aside and reserve for topping. Add remaining ingredients to mixture in processor and process until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle reserved topping over top and bake until tester comes out clean when inserted into center. Transfer to rack and cool slightly.
Senseo® Sundays ::: Ryan Farish :::
(04:23) - Ryan Farish - Holding Hands (buy album ‘Wonderfall’ on iTunes here)
(07:53) - Ryan Farish - In This Moment (buy single ‘In This Moment’ on iTunes here)
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, 90210, Beverly Hills, California, Holding Hands, In This Moment, podcast, Ryan Farish, Senseo, Senseo® Sundays, Wonderfall
22 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Schiller :::
Let it all go… Time for a new Senseo episode on Sunday march 22nd 2009 - with crystal clear sounds from Germany: hi-quality productions by Christopher von Deylen aka Schiller. This music must be played at high volume for sure! No kidding - the blend of pop, electronic and ambient is hard to resist and asks for bigger speakers and heavier sub woofers 
Schiller was rewarded five gold records, received the 2002 Echo-Award, the DVD Champion Award for best music DVD and the Opus Award for BEST SOUND DESIGN. Performances with a wide variety of international artists; Klaus Schulze, Sarah Brightman, Kim Sanders, Ana Torroja, Jaël, Mike Oldfield, Moya Brennan, Anna Maria Muehe, Jette von Roth (todays show!), Thomas D. (todays show!) and many others…. Todays music can be seen and heard @ Schiller-tv.com
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Starbucks shuts 300 more stores… Thousands of baristas are to lose their jobs as Starbucks shuts stores to cope with dwindling sales of lattes, cappuccinos and frappuccinos as cash-strapped consumers lose their thirst for coffee.The Seattle-based chain tonight revealed a 70% slump in quarterly profits to $64.3m and announced that it intends to shed 6,700 employees this year. It is closing 300 stores, two thirds of which will be in the US, on top of 660 shutdowns last year.
As the global economy turns sour, appetite for Starbucks’ premium-priced drinks appears to be waning. Like-for-like sales fell by 10% at American stores and dropped by 3% elsewhere in the world - including a decline in the UK during the three months to December.
Starbucks’ chief executive, Howard Schultz, is joining in the belt-tightening by asking the company’s board to cut his basic salary from $1.2m to $10,000. Schultz, 55, dropped off Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires last year as the value of his stake in Starbucks plunged. In a statement, Schultz blamed the “weakening global consumer environment” for Starbucks’ problems. He said the company was following a “well developed plan to strengthen our business through more efficient operations and by preserving the fundamental strengths and values of our brand”.
Analysts say Starbucks’ market has been eroded by improved coffee offerings at fast-food stores such as McDonald’s which typically charge much lower prices. Starbucks has 16,875 stores globally. It once boasted of an ambition to have 20,000 outlets in the US and a further 20,000 overseas, although expansion plans have since been radically scaled back.
SOURCE: Andrew Clark in New York - guardian.co.uk - Wednesday 28 January 2009 23.12 GMT
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Schiller :::
(03:56) - Schiller - Die Nacht… Du bist nicht allein
(08:28) - Schiller - Der Tag… Du bist erwacht
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Germany, podcast, Schiller, Senseo, Senseo® Sundays, Starbucks
15 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Glen Darcey :::
Have a break everybody…. Coffee time! Imagine yourself exploring a new city….new sounds, people, buildings, traffic, parks, stores, boulevards, church, station, hotelroom… all accompanied by fantastic ambient tunes in your ears to give this adventure an extra dimension and powerful memory. Glen Darcey is on our show today with his album ‘Ambiata’ and we’re sure this music fill fit your iPods and iPhones to go and travel your preferred cities and environments - a perfect soundtrack. Glen has always been into synths and electronic music, he has studied music and performed LIVE on stage in bands for example. Please check out his website for more details and get your copy of this relaxing ‘Ambiata’ album via iTunes Store today!
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On the other hand, it is clear that coffee is not for everyone. In excessive amounts - meaning more than whatever an individual’s body can tolerate - coffee can cause nervousness, jitters, and rapid heartbeat.
Although studies investigating any relationship between higher cholesterol levels and coffee have yielded conflicting results, it is believed that in some people, drinking excessive amounts of coffee might cause elevated cholesterol levels (5).
However, coffee drinkers who consume filtered coffee should not worry themselves with respect to cholesterol levels, because research indicates that it is the coffee oils which are mainly responsible for the rise in cholesterol in people who drink nonfiltered or boiled coffee.
Most recent large studies show no significant adverse affects on most healthy people, although pregnant women, heart patients, and those at risk for osteoporosis may still be advised to limit or avoid coffee.
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Glen Darcey :::
(03:41) - Glen Darcey - The Garden
(09:44) - Glen Darcey - Ekklesia
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Ambiata, Glen Darcey, podcast, Senseo, Senseo Sundays, spacemusic
08 Mar 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Mikael Fyrek :::
This is your 15 minutes coffee break calling…. sneak out of the routine and listen to music coming from Sweden; Mikael Fyrek is high in our playlists for sure! His music is very movie and soundtrack alike, his mixing and producing skills are very obvious. For more details about Mikael please visit his Myspace site or the netlabels where you can download the albums for free.
Studies indicate coffee reduces the risk for diabetes and Parkinson’s…
Some studies have shown that coffee may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. After analyzing data on 120,000 people over an 18-year period, researchers at Harvard have concluded that drinking 1 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee each day can reduce diabetes risk by several percentage points, compared with not drinking coffee at all. Even more significant, is the fact that in this study, having 6 cups or more per day slashed men’s risk by 54% and women’s risk by 30% over those who avoided coffee. This study is the latest of hundreds of studies which suggest that coffee may be something of a health food - especially in higher amounts.
At least 6 studies indicate that people who drink coffee on a regular basis have up to 80% lower risks of developing Parkinson’s disease, with 3 of those studies indicating that the more coffee they drink, the lower the risk. Other studies indicate that, compared to not drinking coffee, drinking at least 2 cups per day can lead to a 25% lower risk of colon cancer, an 80% drop in the risk of liver cirrhosis, and nearly 50% the risk of gallstones.
Cheers!
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Mikael Fyrek :::
(03:09) - Mikael Fyrek - There was a sudden silence
(10:28) - Mikael Fyrek - The smaller oranges and yellows
~TC
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Mikael Fyrek, planet boelex, podcast, Senseo, Senseo Sundays, Softphase.org, Sweden
22 Feb 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: Intelligent Toys :::
Senseo Sundays today brings you the Intelligent Toys part 5 - a Sutemos release - with tracks that make you feel comfortable and ‘at home’ even at work. Big thanks to our listeners and the tons of e-mail that came in about the return of the Senseo® Sundays. It’s OK ! Coffee and good music is appreciated by many different cultures. It’s our way of saying ‘hello’ during a 15 minutes coffee break…. cheers!
Abyssinian Mocca is an Ethiopian coffee type exclusive to Moplaco. The coffee is grown in the Eastern highlands if Ethiopia where Mocca coffee originated. It grows at altitudes as high as 2,200 metres and the local farmers use only traditional methods of cultivation. It is carefully cleaned and prepared at Moplaco’s Addis Ababa facility using modern techniques and equipment. The coffee is of uniform appearance and the cup quality is characterized by the consistency of its special Mocca flavor; the unique winey, gamey tastes which can only be found in coffee from this area.
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Senseo® Sundays ::: Intelligent Toys :::
(02:52) - Tammetöru - Tule Mulle Kaissu
(07:52) - Ulrich Schnauss - Shine (MINT Remix)
(13:01) - Wildach Sonnenkraut - Calypso
Intelligent Toys part 5 is released via sutemos.net
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Tags: 2009, Intelligent Toys, netlabel, podcast, Senseo, Senseo Sundays, Sutemos, Tammetoru, Ulrich Schnauss, Wildach Sonnenkraut
16 Feb 09 Senseo® Sundays ::: TALES :::
The Senseo Sundays are back online! Your 15 minutes coffee break accompanied with good music.
Coffea Arabica originated in Ethiopia where apparently a shepherd noticed that his goats became more frisky and animated after chewing on the berries of the plant. Kaffa, the region where this amazing plant was discovered, has cultivated the plants and beans since the thirteenth century. It wasn’t until the sixteenth century however that the locals began roasting the pits of the coffee cherries before using them in their hot brewed beverages. These beans or pits were dried, roasted and ground to create the first coffee beverage.
Arabia maintained a hold on coffee production for several centuries, however the Dutch managed to smuggle a few plants out of Arabia and a long a colourful history of espionage, smuggling and redistribution ensued. Now coffea arabica grows around the planet in a narrow belt around the equator and is one of the second highest commodities traded after oil.
Light roast
Some coffees, like our Costa Rica, have such a delicate fragrance that roasting them beyond a light- medium roast would ruin them.
Medium roast
Incredibly complex, full flavour, optimal body, balanced acidity. This is where we get the most and the best out of our beans.
Dark roast
Our Dark French roast is roasted slowly to caramelize the sugars in the beans. This results in a sweeter finish than most fast roasted dark beans available elsewhere. The intensity of the French roast lies in its bittersweet peculiar taste.
So, have a break…..
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Senseo® Sundays ::: TALES :::
(03:00) - Wreckage in Space
(06:10) - Imperial Space Fleet
(10:10) - Sagitarius Gate
TALES is a project by the French composer Jean-Luc Hervé Berthelot.
spacemusic.nl
© 2009
Tags: 2009, Jean-Luc Hervé Berthelot, Senseo, Senseo Sundays, TALES
