Monday, April 19, 2010

Mother's Day Gift Guide: The Coffee Lover

Congratulations Tania!! I'll be emailing you soon, but if you see this before then go ahead and email me your US mailing address. Congrats!!

Does your mom like to begin her day with a cup of coffee? I hope something on this Mother's Day Gift Guide for The Coffee Lover can spark an idea for this year's Mother's Day shopping.

Did you enter yesterday's giveaway yet? I've got one here for you too! A note so it's clear for everyone: not all of the items in the gift guide are in the giveaway. Check out the end of the post and you'll see what you can enter to win. Good luck!



In I Love Coffee! coffee connoisseur Susan Zimmer shares expert advice and techniques, and photographs from how to brew the perfect cup and how to make a basic cappuccino without a machine to tips for making masterful latte art designs. It is brimful with a wealth of coffee understanding from the "ground" up, from bean to cup, including international coffees and brewing techniques best suited to a variety of preferences.



Urnex has everything the coffee lovin' mom needs for a perfect brew. Featuring an innovative collection of organic coffee and espresso machine cleaning products, Urnex leaves java lovers with a delicious and fresh-tasting cup of Joe - whether it’s working to prevent coffee oil residues (which lead to bitter taste) or helping to eliminate water-build up and clog flow in coffee equipment.



Ok, so it’s not coffee…but I think this hand printed, limited edition Mug Print is absolutely adorable! I bet any coffee loving, mug collecting mom would love to have this in her kitchen.



Want to give mom a new flavor of coffee to try? ROASTe has you covered! They offer the largest collection of specialty coffees from award-winning roasters in any one place. Fresh coffee is shipped direct from the roasters to to your homes.



For the on-the-go coffee drinker, this Bodum Stainless Steel Travel Mug looks perfect! This 16-ounce capacity mug boasts a wide silicone band for a firm grip and a double-wall stainless steel construction is vacuum sealed to better maintain heat. Pick one in your mom's favorite colors - there are eight to choose from.



These Cool Beans Coffee Ice Cube trays look perfect for the iced coffee loving mom! Just pour your coffee in the molds and freeze. No more watered down iced coffee!



Surprise mom with a Pump Espresso Maker. Its swivel jet frother allows even the most inexperienced barista to make a cappuccino or latte with ease. The patented sempre crema filter enhances the brewing process to produce perfect crema every time for an authentic Italian espresso. It also features a self-priming operation, which eliminates pesky start up preparation, a removable water tank and drip tray for hassle-free clean up, a durable stainless steel boiler and 2 separate thermostats, so you can enjoy espresso or cappuccino at the perfect temperature each time.

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Giveaway (1 winner):
  • Pump Espresso Maker courtesy of Delonghi
  • $15 gift certificate and free shipping courtesy of ROASTe
  • One of each of Urnex 4 consumer products: CleanCaf, Dezcal, Grindz, and Cafiza.
The Rules:
  • Comment on THIS post by 11:59 pm PST April 21th
  • Anonymous comments: leave your email address and first name in the comments.
  • One Random winner will be announced by April 27th. I will notify you via email and you will have 72 hours to respond before I choose a new winner.
  • Contest open to US Residents only.
Extra Entries: Additional entries can be earned by doing any of the following, giving you a total of 5 entries. Leave a separate comment for each of your entries.
  • Tweet about this giveaway. Include @goodLifeEats and a link to the giveaway in your tweet. Leave the link to your Twitter post in a comment.
  • Subscribe to goodLife {eats} via email or RSS reader. New Subscribers only.
  • Become a fan of goodLife {eats} on Facebook.
  • Vote for me (Katie Goodman) as one of Babble's Favorite Mom Food Bloggers



Mother's Day Gift Guide Index

The Baker (Winners posted here)
The Coffee Lover (Winner posted here)
The Health Conscious Mom (ending 11:59 PST 4/23)
The Sweet Tooth Mom (ending 11:59 PST 4/23)
The Eco Mom (ending 11:59 PST 4/25)
The Edible Gardener (ending 11:59 PST 4/25)
The Wine Enthusiast
The Aspiring Chef

275 comments:

  1. Jessica @ How SweetApril 19, 2010 at 5:02 AM

    Love those coffee bean ice try cubes!! How cute!

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  2. Elyssa
    elyssa.sanner@gmail.com

    LOVE the Coffee Lover gift guide--it all sounds perfect!

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  3. My mom is definitely a coffee lover! She'd love any of this!

    Julie
    juruble@gmail.com

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  4. Love that coffee bean ice cube tray, and the print!

    Rachel
    Rachel@yarnigans.com

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  5. Nice giveaway!

    nina[at]sylvaticasolutions[dot]com

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  6. I'm on the fence about giving my mom that espresso maker or keeping it to myself ha!

    smalltownoven@gmail.com

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  7. My Mom is obsessed with coffee so this would be perfect! Ok so am I too. I love the bean ice cube tray!

    Meg
    mkaralambo@gmail.com

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  8. Count me in. Thanks.

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  9. I'm a bigger coffee drinker than my mom, so I'd probably keep all this for myself. Does that disqualify me? :)
    http://atimetoeat.blogspot.com

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  10. This is awesome! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

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  11. yes, mom loves coffee and so do i! :)

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  12. Love the coffeebean trays! Perfect for a girlfriend gathering. Thanks for hosting this sweet giveaway. :)

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  13. Those cool bean ice cube trays are neat! What a wonderful giveaway. My mom is definitely a coffee lover.

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  14. http://twitter.com/OPKitchen/status/12454741172

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  15. Just tweeted about the giveaway too!
    @melmcd99

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  16. I am now a subscriber via RSS. Thank you!

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  17. I was completely stuck on what to get my coffee loving mother for mother's day, but you gave me several great ideas on this post. Thank you!

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  18. My mom is a huge coffee fan. She drives to Starbucks every day at least twice a day just to get her coffee! She keeps promising us she'll make it at home if we get her a nice machine. :)

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  19. oh, and I subscribed! Pick me! Pick me! lol

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  20. I can't wait until I can drink coffee again it has been 15 months and counting. I'm getting closer!

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  21. boy howdy is my mom a coffee lover! fingers crossed i win for her!

    mary

    mstrupeck@gmail.com

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  22. What a wonderful giveaway!!! What Mom wouldn't love it!

    HollyB

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  23. My mother is defintely a coffee lover!

    lilaznjewel@yahoo.com

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  24. I would LOVE an espresso maker! I had to sell mine when we moved and have regretted it ever since! Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  25. I love coffee and I would love these!!

    Christina.coursey@gmail.com

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  26. where's my lucky charm?
    need it badly here.....

    Nagesh
    mail.nsehgal@gmail.com

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  27. My three greatest loves: My girls, my computer, my coffee. Wait, my husband....uh....well ~ he's a very understanding man. Nothin' wrong with 4th place.

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  28. Kristian
    KristianMKovacs@gmail.com

    :)

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  29. My mom would love this, thanks.

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  30. Love your blog, and love coffee. Fingers crossed!
    Katie.soderberg@gmail.com

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  31. What a fantabulous giveaway! I love my espresso & can't start my mornings without it!

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  32. I like the simplicity of my French press. But oh-la-la, an expresso maker would be fun!

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  33. Mmmmm..... I can almost smell the coffee!

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  34. Looks absolutely amazing! Oh how my mom would LOVE to get this loot for mother's day!
    stephanie.rink319@gmail.com

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  35. what a generous giveaway! and great prizes -- love the espresso machine and the fun ice cube trays!

    cheers,

    *heather*

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  36. What a great idea for a mother's day gift! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  37. The coffee cube trays are genius!! I hate how ice waters down my ice coffee. Love it! :)

    gitskt@aol.com

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  38. Wow - I did not realize there were that many coffee-related gift ideas. thanks!

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  39. Oh my word! I would love to win this- what a fantastic Mother's Day giveaway. You know I am all over this one! ;)

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  40. Tweeted this (http://twitter.com/momadvice)

    "Just entered @goodlifeeats fantastic coffee giveaway. Must. win. this. :) http://tr.im/Wigw

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  41. Wow, this is a great one. I love coffee!

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  42. Awesome giveaway!! I'd love to win!!

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  43. Would love an espresso maker.
    mountainmuttsvt@comcast.net

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  44. Aww!! Those coffee bean ice cube trays are great! Love the print as well!

    Lalycairn (at) gmail.com

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  45. And am a facebook fan (and a regular subscriber!)

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  46. Wahooo! My mom would go nuts for this stuff!!

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  47. P.S. You've been on my google reader for quite some time now! :-)

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  48. as a coffee lover, these prizes look wonderful!

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  49. This is great! I love the coffee ice cube trays.

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  50. There's nothing like a delicious cup o' Joe to get your morning started!

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  51. Great set, perfect for my mom, thanks!

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  52. FB fan@tcarolinep JessieKatie S.

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  53. http://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/12462113765 @tcarolinep follower

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  54. My mom loves coffee so this gift guide is perfection! Thank you!

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  55. Those coffee ice cubes are brilliant! Especially since it's just starting to get hot, perfect for iced coffee.

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  56. I love coffee and so does my mom... this will be a hard giveaway to let go of! That print is so cute.

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  57. Those coffee bean ice cubes are sooo cool and I love that print!
    tylersmome at comcast.net
    Miki

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  58. I became a facebook fan (although I'm surprised I wasn't already. Guess I missed that!)
    tylersmome at comcast.net

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  59. I just tweeted too!
    tylersmome at comcast.net

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  60. And tweeted- http://twitter.com/JacobiteRose

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  61. And I tweeted too! @janayn
    http://twitter.com/JanayN/status/12464401758

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  62. Oh this makes my heart jump for joy!

    Anna Owens
    highlydecorated@gmail.com

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  63. I also joined you as a fan on FB.

    Anna Owens
    highlydecorated@gmail.com

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  64. These are cool products I know my mom would love- she has not only one cup of coffee each morning, but usually a whole pot!

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  65. Oh, I'd love to win!

    Sarah C
    artistalatina@gmail.com

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  66. I'm also a FB fan

    Sarah C
    artistalatina@gmail.com

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  67. Oh, that espresso maker calls to me...

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  68. What a wonderful giveaway package! (I love-love-love the bean tray. Seriously cool.)

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  69. Aleisa S
    aleisa.schat@gmail.com

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  70. I love the Cool Beans trays. They're so cool looking haha. I could see those as being fun for regular ice cubes, too.

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  71. I like coffee, I like tea.
    I like goodLife{eats}
    for giving out treats!

    Yeah!

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  72. I love coffee! These items really are perfect.

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  73. never seen the ice cubes before! Cute!

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  74. Great products! I, too, love coffee!!!

    Emily
    emilynaber @ gmail

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  75. what a great giveaway! I hope I win :)

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  76. What a great giveaway!

    andreasiebentritt@hotmail.com

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  77. My mom would TOTALLY love this giveaway! Awesome stuff

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  78. My mother likes coffee. Good gift to win for her. THANKS. Kim

    kim.kenty@ars.usda.gov

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  79. I love those coffee bean ice cube trays so cool!

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  80. I am definitely a mom who loves (and needs) coffee. Thank you for the great giveaway!

    Anne Gordon
    gordonad@triad.rr.com

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  81. I love the coffee bean ice tray. So cute! I love all these ideas. Now I'm crazy a cup of coffee. Great post!
    multiplydelicious@gmail.com

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  82. the coffee bean ice cube tray is just too cool! I'm also a FB fan :) thanks for a great giveaway!

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  83. oops! I meant craving. See I need a cup of coffee. :)

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  84. Coffee makes the world go round:)
    ciaobella762002@yahoo.com

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  85. I love this blog, and what great gifts? Thanks so much for posting!

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  86. My mom and I both love coffee, this would be wonderful to win. Thanks

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  87. I follow you through emails.

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  88. love the coffee ice cubes! so cute. might have to try to recreate those at home.

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  89. this is perfect for my mom! she is a major everything-coffee lover! =)

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  90. I love the coffee cup print. Thanks for the link.

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  91. I work at a local coffee shop, so I absolutely LOVE all these ideas!! Cute stuff. I love the coffee bean ice cubes the most though!

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  92. And I'm a subscriber too!

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  93. those ice cube trays are awesome!
    Caitlin
    flyn2520@vandals.uidaho.edu

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  94. I subscribe to your blog w/ my google reader.

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  95. An espresso machine would make me stop visiting Starbucks on such a regular basis. : )

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  96. Oh, so cool! The ice cube tray idea is brilliant! Also, winning would mean more money in my pocket, and less in Starbucks and Sonic.

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  97. thats the most awesome giveaway ever.


    emtronlikestodance@gmail.com

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  98. my momma would flip out over any of those prizes!

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  99. wow! amazing giveaway
    elizabethlajoie@gmail.com

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  100. VERY cool giveaway!! Love those ice cube trays!

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  101. Subscribed via Feedburner!
    Thanks!

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  102. I hate coffee but adore coffee-flavored everything. Yes, I'm one of those. My mom, however, can't get enough of the stuff, and she's been wanting an espresso maker. Amazing giveaway!

    stellinove1893@hotmail.com

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  103. Love the bean ice cube tray, how adorable!

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  104. I like the coffee bean tray, super cute! I am so behind in blogging, sorry I haven't been around. I hope life slows down soon!

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  105. What a terrific selection of ways to quench that caffeine craving.

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  106. It all looks so.... ME! Cool Beans, LOVE IT! What a wonderful caffinated post! Thank you!

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  107. Ooooh man do I want that espresso machine. C'mon randomness. Thank you!

    Sara
    saralady19@hotmail.com

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  108. What a great giveaway! I hope I win, as I love, love, love coffee. Dee -- sheepish56(at)aol(dot)com

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  109. I subscribe to the blog. How fun!!!

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  110. i'd love to have an espresso maker at home and be able to froth milk to creamy marvelousness!

    those coffee bean shaped iced coffee cube makers are adorable too!

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  111. Is it OK that I would give this to myself for Mother's Day?!?

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  112. Awesome- <3 coffee!

    Melissa
    lissluv55@yahoo.com

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  113. I think those ice cube trays are just the best thing ever! I hate watered down iced coffee!!


    Tania
    lovebigbakeoften@gmail.com

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  114. I follow you and am a friend on FB....

    Tania
    lovebigbakeoften@gmail.com

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  115. Retweeted but have no clue how to link to it! Lame, I know!!

    Tania
    lovebigbakeoften@gmail.com

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  116. Coffee is my most favorite thing in the world!!! YUM!

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  117. My mom and I always go out for coffees together... maybe we could stay in!

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  118. mmmmmmm coffee!

    Kate
    K_bakka@yahoo.com

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  119. I'm having an exhausting month, and this post definitely made me want to curl up somewhere with a really nice coffee drink with lots of foam on top.

    Kim
    kas1@williams.edu

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  120. holly cow! a COFFEE giveaway?! you are truly an enabler... i hope i win!
    Michal

    mwrightATmichalwrightDOTcom

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  121. I just froze coffee today - but those beans are so much cooler (pun noted though not intended)! Want again!

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  122. WOW! AMAZING! DIVINE! WONDERFULL giveaway 8) Am not the biggest of contest enterers but have been enjoying the goodLife for awhile now. I love it and wow this contest got me off my duff. Keep up the good work

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  123. This would be a dream come true for me as a major coffee drinker!!! Thanks for the great blog!

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  124. OOPS forgot e-mail address for post 160
    mobiledeb35@msn.com

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  125. Coffee and I are big friends! One cup every morning makes life beautiful!

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  126. All the prizes look amazing!!

    Lauren
    lac522@cox.net

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  127. Heather
    bulletinheather@gmail.com

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  128. Great giveaway! Who doesn't love coffee?

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  129. Yay! Coffee! I love coffee and my mom does too :)

    Jen
    squidhead24@yahoo.com

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  130. I just tweeted about this: http://twitter.com/dishiereads/status/12495908034

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  131. Am now a fan on Facebook. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  132. Aaaaaand subscribed to the RSS feed. Awesome! :)

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  133. Coffee....so good!

    Betsy
    elizabethj.kelley@gmail.com

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  134. i'm not a coffee drinker myself - but my mom sure is. and she would love any of these.

    jacquie
    jacquieastemborski AT comcast DOT net

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  135. I know my family would love this!

    Mackenzie
    mkcx@hotmail.com

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  136. I'm going to try this one more time :-( Maybe eight times are the charm? My mom adores coffee.

    judithavory@gmail.com

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  137. What a great giveaway! I became a FB fan, and voted for you. Hope you win!

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  138. Our machine does "wore out." We are huge cappuccino fans. This is a great give away.

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  139. I tweeted. http://twitter.com/SpinachTiger

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  140. Great giveaway!! Love that machine!

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  141. Thanks for the great giveaway. hope to win the machine
    Jamie jkeil@cox.net

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  142. Great give away!!! What if I am the mom coffee lover?

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  143. New facebook follower! (already getting your blog through bloglines- now I cant miss anything.)

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  144. man, my momma would flip her lid over this! I hope I can win it for her !

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  145. Also, I follow your blog of course!

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  146. and I already voted for you :)

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  147. Great blog!!
    Michaela
    Shutyououtwiser@hotmail.com

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  148. WOW, what I wouldn't give for the Espresso machine! Coffee, Coffee, Coffee and more coffee!
    jewing@ewinginvestments.com

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  149. Ahhh coffee
    Fay, fallen_fairy@hotmail.co.uk

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  150. Wow! What a great mother's day giveaway. I'm a huge coffee lover, so I'd love a chance to win!

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  152. This is such an awesome giveaway. I think the Cool Beans Ice Trays are neat because we definitely appreciate non-watered down iced coffee. :)

    Theresa,
    theresajudy@gmail.com

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  153. became a facebook fan too. whoo-hoo!

    mwrightATmichalwrightDOTcom

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  154. My mom LOVES coffee ! Such great ideas! Keep em coming!

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  155. Pump espresso maker. I'm curious.
    Karen, karenpl@hotmail.com

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  156. Coffee??!! Yes, Please!! Great ideas!

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