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May 27, 2008
Bay Area Man Brings Coffee To Combat Zones
"I walk in the front door, I look at the counter, and I'm not in the desert anymore."
( CBS 5 )
A Bay Area man is working to make sure troops overseas get their caffeine fix. He has taken several risks to set up cafes in war zones.
A Saudi Arabian princess asked Jason Araghi set up the country's first coffee shop, and that's how Green Beans Coffee was born. Now he has 70 cafes in 9 countries including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Many of his cafes are serving troops on overseas military bases. Araghi came up with the idea of taking a shipping container and converting it into a café which is litarally dropped onto a base.
Wild Thing's comment........
He’ll be ridiculed and perhaps run out of town since he is based in San Francisco.
I am always glad for anything that makes our troops happy and a little bit of home is wonderful for all of them.
Posted by Wild Thing at May 27, 2008 03:47 AM
Comments
Coffee--the troops love coffee and cocoa and cookies! And they deserve every cup! God, let's give them a break now and again. Geez, what they have to go through over there is truly demanding and excrutiatingly bad. They are in Hell and only want a cup of joe.
God bless Jason Araghi and the Saudi Princess for bringing a bit of home to the troops.
Posted by: Lynn at May 27, 2008 09:58 AM
Capitalism and innovation working in the desert. I am glad that these coffee shops and other treats are available to our troops.
Posted by: TomR at May 27, 2008 11:05 AM
Lynn, yes it is so wonderful. I love how he fixes the inside of the place too so it is more like back home for them. He thought of everything.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 27, 2008 05:38 PM
Tom me too, it really makes me happy to see this.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 27, 2008 05:40 PM
