Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/30

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit
From: joelct at singnet.com.sg (Joseph Low)
Date: Sat Sep 30 01:03:53 2006

              Simone

              As an F&B enthusiast - I echo your recommendation about Illy 
coffee - their
              claim to fame is consistency and consistency - also they do 
not cater to the masses

              One caveat - after Illy - the rest may not measure up 

              Joseph Low

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of 
Simone Tiraboschi
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 5:01 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado and Illy Coffee OT a bit

By the way Illy, located in Trieste, is one of the best Italian coffee.
Riccardo Illy served as the Mayor of Trieste, now is the Governor of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia that's one of the twenty Regions of Italy.
Illy aims to operate in a fair and sustainable coffee market. In Italy
Illy is involved in the sponsorship of many cultural events.

I suggest you to try an Illy coffee also at your home with a moka!

ciao

Simone


On 9/29/06, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote:
> So I happened to be wondering through the Time-Warner mall at Columbus
> Circle last week when I spied a lot of giant Salgado prints on display, (he
> once used a Leica).  On each image there was a small caption about the
> image and a plug for Illy, which I had never heard of before.  I assumed
> Illy was some group sponsoring the exhibit.  At the conclusion of the
> exhibit there was a coffee bar, an Illy coffee bar.  I was unhappy to
> realize the whole thing was a PR campaign.  Now the question shot into my
> mind...is this right?  I looked around at the mall and the shops and all
> the people sipping the Illy coffee and then at the Salgado prints again and
> the prints became reduced to corporate PR and I was angry.  Flame me all
> you want but I realized two things - consumption has replaced democracy,
> and the image is the driving force behind consumption.  It's all so rude.
>
> Chris Saganich - not happy with the world these days.
>
>
>
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