Drink pink
After lingerie and wine, one of my hugest vices is coffee. So potent is my incessant need for it that I literally have the Starbucks Visa (yes, one exists! It rocks), and belong to two frequent buyer programs at my favorite local coffee roaster, Gorilla. (Called that because the beans are THAT strong.)
The problem with my never-ending need for caffeine is, like most addictions, the more you have, the more you need! And, thus, it goes pretty darn fast.
I grew up on Folgers coffee - it was before I became a coffeehouse snob, and what I would have on Sundays when my mom would let her way-too-young daughter imbibe, or after school at my grandma’s, when rather than give me milk and cookies, she’d slip me a dose of caffeine as we watched our soaps.
This October, Folgers will partner with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to support breast cancer research and education for underserved women with its limited edition Pink Can, which will be available in grocery stores and convenience stores nationwide. In addition to the Pink Can, consumers will be able to visit folgers.com to send a “wake up call” e-card to loved ones to make them aware of breast health and the importance of early detection.
As pink is my favorite color - breast cancer an important cause to me - and coffee, as I said, one of my favorite things, I realized this was the perfect way to kick off the next few weeks, when during the month of October, we will be doing a ton of giveaways in support of all things pink and breast cancer awareness.
Two readers will each receive one can of this special limited-edition Folgers Pink Can of coffee. To win, share where your caffeine obsession has taken you - and what awesome memories were created because of it. (Or, I suppose, terrible addiction aftermath. Whatever.) Deadline to enter is October 15. Good luck!
Fun fact! Aly Walansky wrote this story just for you on September 27th, 2008 |
September 27th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Love a can of pink for after the breast cancer walk. Thanks!
September 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
What a great idea!
September 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I’ll be looking for this in the store even if I don’t win. Thanks for making me aware of it.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
My caffeine obsession once made me drive through blizzard like conditions to get a cup of my favorite mocha.
My most awesome memory is waking up on weekend mornings smelling the fresh coffee aroma throughout the house when I was a child.
Thank you for the great giveaway!
themonkinme(at)gmail(dot)com
September 27th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
My mom was the only person that could make instant coffee taste and smell good. Like your grandma, my mom would have coffee with my preteen daugher as they would watch Days of our Lives.
Caffeine is the only drug that can banish a monster headache.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Coffee is the only part of the meal that my wife will let me make. I am great at making it and this is for a great cause.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
great prize! i’m not alive until i have my 2 cups of folgers in the morning!
September 27th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Way cool!
September 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
The smell of coffee makes me think of my parents. Waking up in the morning and smell that coffee smell. My dad asking me to go get him a refill. sigh! I miss them.
I once tried to use a paper towel as a coffee filter because I was out and needed my morning coffee.
Thanks for supporting breast cancer awareness.
Ladies get your mammograms.
September 27th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I love pink and coffee soo this is perfect for me.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
this sounds so cool
September 27th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Very good and unique.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Pink has always been my favorite color and have a special affinity for it since having breast cancer 3 times and losinga sister to it.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I have no dramatic reason like others on here, except that is was the coffee my parents drank and it brings me good memories.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
i love folgers but i love the fact that they care about breast cancer even more. The cure is out there and we can all help find it.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
There’s nothing better than sitting down with visiting family after a meal, playing cards or a board game, and then having dessert with coffee. Or just coffee.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Several years of corporate event planning forced me to spend crazy hours on my feet and waking up at the butt-crack fo dawn! I traveled the country and coordinated events in many hotels and convention centers that had me up with the night cleaning crew vacuuming glitter from prom the night before in prep for our National Sales Meeting or at FedEx Kinkos reprinting the latest and greatest handouts for the thousandth time! Had it not been for Starbucks and Hotel Catering Staff preparing special cups of Joe, I never would have made it! Being up at crazy hours did provide me with many majestic sunrises thru the years!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Wow, I love Folger’s coffe and I will look for the pink can.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Sadly enough I don’t seem to be able to get through the day without caffeine. I have honestly tried to give it up a few times but alas that just was not pretty at all! This is a great cause by the way!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I haven’t seen the pink can in stores, but I will be looking for it. Thanks for the heads up!
September 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
great combination!!
September 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
love the pink look for coffee!!
September 27th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Thanks for the opportunity.
September 27th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
would love some of this and would love the pink can- have not seen it in the stores but am keeping my eyes open
September 27th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
would love this- thanks
September 27th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Think Pink!
September 27th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Guys can think Pink Coffee too
September 27th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Who thought of this precious idea, wishing for a win here for sure.
Thank you and hope that everyone around the world remembers pink month for the survivors and the ones that have passed on. Let’s not ever forget them.
September 27th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I think pink is the perfect color for breast cancer awareness!
September 27th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
(not entering contest)
If it brewed pink, maybe I’d drink it… but caffeine makes my heart stop…
September 28th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Pink and Caffeine….2 of my most favorite things!
September 28th, 2008 at 12:41 am
love all different kinds of coffees
September 28th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Its great that you are doing this for Breast Cancer Awareness and i also love Folgers Coffee.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:19 am
I got the best cup of coffee from a vendor on the beach. I will never forget that gorgeous day with the rolling surf while drinking my coffee!
September 28th, 2008 at 8:05 am
I grew up on coffee and folgers and maxwell house. There was always a morning brew that awakened your senses when arising in the morning. I love folgers French Roast as that has both the flavors or I should say is comparable to what I grew up with.So that is the number one choice in my household. Cannot let a day go by without it.
September 28th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Piny winky dinky..
September 28th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I’d like to win, thanks.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I love Folgers. Way to go!
September 28th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Am retired but during my 39 years as an RN if it hadn’t been for coffee I don’t think I would have survived. There was a joke among the nursing staff that we should take our coffee IV then we wouldn’t have to drink so much of it cold as we seldom got through a cup without someone needing something and then having it cold when we returned but we drank it anyway. My dad was a die hard Maxwell House fan but as soon as I had my own household I switched to Folgers and have used it ever since. None of this sickeningly sweet latte stuff for me. Best coffee I have found outside the home is McDonalds.
September 28th, 2008 at 11:53 am
i lost my MOM to CANCER and FOLGERS is my fav coffee and i worked the night shift if not for coffee getting through wee hours of the morning would have been almost impossible
September 28th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I moved to Florida & was doing Home Health Care. My patient poured us a cup of Folgers & asked me to sit & drink coffee with her. Usually this would be a “no no” on the job but that conversations did her so much good - it did me good too!
September 28th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
It has helped keep me awake.
September 28th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
My grandma drank coffee with lots of milk, so she let the grand kids drink coffee that way at her house. Now I use less creamer, and stronger coffee, but remember Grandma’s coffee fondly.
September 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
My coffee obsession has driven me to buy a expresso/latte machine. Every morning, I make a special coffee drink for myself (depending on my mood), sometimes sprinkles of chocolate or brown sugar, sometimes a steaming cup of latte. I then take my delicious coffee and sit on my deck and absorb the morning. I am usually up at 5 am — I can often watch the sun rise.
These morning are the most incredible moments of my life. They are each unique and celebrated.
In the winter, I sit my sun room and celebrate the day with the same approach.
Just me, my coffee and my thoughts!
September 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Folgers is all we drink in our househild.
September 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Please enter me in your great pink coffee contest. Thanks from Bastrop, LA.
September 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
we went camping and i couldn’t get the camping coffe pot to work right after an hour , i gave up and drove miles into a strange town to find a Mcdonalds to get a cup of coffee
September 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I like agood cup of coffee.
September 28th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
My mom’s side of the family started a tradition every Friday morning where who ever isn’t busy or working that day goes to Granny’s for breakfast and coffee. It’s a nice way to get family together to enjoy each other’s company.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I don’t drink coffee at home except on week-ends and it would be great to be able to make a cup or two before going to work on the weekdays.
My disabled wife of more than 38 years tries to do the cooking on week-ends and she sets the coffeepot on automatic.
Thanks for this great contest and prize!
September 28th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
My dad’s breath was coffee. One of my most loved boyfriend drank coffee (I wonder if that was why I was so crazy about him). The smell of coffee has always given me a sense of home, security, and love.
September 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Coffee got me through the last semester of college.
Thanks!
September 29th, 2008 at 7:36 am
I love coffee. One of my kids always says you shouldn’t talk to me until I’ve had my coffee. I guess the times I remember most are just enjoying a cup of coffee with family & friends.
September 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Grandma shared her coffee with lots of milk in it with the grand kids. Altho I now drink stronger coffee with less creamer, I often think of grandma and her milky coffee.
September 29th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
i love strong hot coffee with milk and lots of sugar
September 29th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Having coffee after dinner.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Grandma shared her coffee with lots of milk with the grand kids. Now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer, but still think of Grandma’s coffee.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I look forward to a hot cup of coffee over morning breakfast. It gives husband and me that extra little moment to talk about our plans for the day.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Coffee got me through the last semester of college. Ever since I enjoy a cup of coffee every morning.
Thanks!
September 29th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I am a coffee lover, my best moments are over a pot of coffee with my friends. I love coffee from the moment I wake up until I go to bed and almost every memory I have involves coffee. I am a breast cancer survivor so I’d love a pink can
September 29th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
caffeine and aspirin cures my headaches.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I fondly remember gram’s coffee made with lots of milk. Now I drink stonger coffee and less creamer.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I used to be a morning tea drinker–that is, until I moved in with my sister who had an insatiable penchant for coffee. Guess who now pushes aside the tea bags in the cabinet to get at the coffee?!
September 30th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
my brain doesn’t function until i’ve had my 2nd cup of FOLGERS.
GO PINK!!
September 30th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
coffee got me through my last semester of college and now I can’t go a day without it.
October 1st, 2008 at 1:16 am
Love the pink.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am
I fondly remember gram’s coffee with lost of milk, that she served to the grand kids. Now I use stronger coffee and less creamer.
October 1st, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Think Pink and drink Folgers!
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
love the pink can! can make a few craft projects with them!
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:44 am
I have a electric coffee maker and discovered just how hooked I was when I could not get my fix. I now have a back-up coffee pot. It’s one of the perculator types that I can use on my gas stove.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 am
When on vacation abroad, I’ve gone out at 2:00 a.m. in search of a all-night diner to get a coffee fix.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
I often think of gram serving coffee with lots of milk to the grand kids. Now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Thanks for the pink
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 am
Coffee helps me start my moring on the right foot.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am
Maybe it is a crutch but coffee puts me in a comfort zone.
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I was fortunate enough to take a group to Kenya as part of my job at a zoo. While everyone else spent their time searching the Serengeti for animals, I was at the lodge sipping Kenyan coffee and figuring out how to ship some home. They returned with photos of leopards, I came home to bags of roasted beans and strong, rich memories
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
My caffeine obsession has sent me on a Starbucks run in London. We were in London for Spring Break and I saw one Starbucks and then every Starbucks I saw I had to get a new cup of coffee…
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
i’ve always loved caffeine!! i didn’t get the coffee habit till they came out with the flavored kind!! i indulged on this more than once and didn’t sleep for a couple of days!! i try to be careful now.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Most days i drink around 4 cups of coffee to stay awake. It keeps me moving i tell ya.
October 4th, 2008 at 9:34 am
My gram shared her coffee with lots of milk in it with the grand kids. Now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer.
October 4th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Coffee got me through the last semester of college. Now I don’t go a morning without it.
Thanks!
October 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
coffee kept me up on myspace too long but i found my life long friend there !!!
October 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I remember gram’s coffee with lots of milk. Now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer.
October 5th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
My caffeine addiction has made me a Dexter fanatic, a PTO mom, and a somewhat fantastic wife!
October 5th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I began to drink coffee while in the Navy but really became addicted when I worked at the Folgers Coffee plant in Kansas City, MO. My wife is a breast cancer survivor and I shave my head in honor of her. We love to drink our Flogers Gourmet coffee every morning.
October 5th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Coffee led me to my husband! We met at a coffee-shop in the town that we live in. I was studying, and he was reading….we saw each other often, and one day he had the courage to walk up to me and start a conversation. We became instant friends. We have been married for 4 years now with 2 small children!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:36 am
unlimited entries?
Fondly remeber gram’s cofee with lots of milk. Now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Often think of gram’s coffee with lots of milk that she let me drink.
Now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:22 am
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October 8th, 2008 at 1:45 am
coffie coffie i cant live with out it i love to try and win this thanks
October 8th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I often think of gram’s coffee with lots of milk that she shared with the grand kids. Now I drink stronger coffee and less creamer.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I was able to lose over 110 lbs partly because I drank lots of black coffee whenever I got hungry. This, in turn, enabled me to meet my wonderful husband, with whom I had three children in three years–whew!
Alicia Webster
5webs@comcast.net
October 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I love to try different coffees. i like flavored coffees too.
October 9th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Loved gram’s coffee with lots of milk, now I drink stronger coffee with less creamer.
wish I knew if this was one entry or unlimited–don’t want disqualified
October 9th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I would love to win this. Its such a great idea.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Working so many years ago in my first job with a crew of “old World War II” retired military guys, I learned to drink coffee with them. We drank it strong and it must have been Folgers as it was so good!
October 10th, 2008 at 2:32 am
I love the smell of coffee in the morning and especially over a campfire! I always here the commercial jingle “….it’s Folgers in your cup”, whether its Folgers or not. I too will be looking for the pink can if I don’t win and will go back to the site for the email wake up. Thanks so much!
October 10th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Taking my turn at the office making coffee for approximately 50 people, all thirsty for that first cup.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I can’t go a morning without a cup of coffee. It’s what I need to have a productive day.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Coffee is yummy!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Both my wife and I lost our moms to breast cancer. We are proud to be pink.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I remember when I was little, sitting on my grandmas lap dunking my cookies in her cup of coffee. Please enter me, thank you
October 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Having my coffee at the moment!
October 12th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I never really understood the importance of coffee until I became a mother. Since then coffee has been by my side sadly more than my husband has (he’s military) Anyhow, I love coffee anything especially coffee ice cream its my all time favorite!
October 13th, 2008 at 12:49 am
NOT ALIVE TILL I HAVE 2 CUPS OF MY FOLGERS!
October 13th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Coffee has made me walk through a foot of snow in blizzard conditions to help me study for an exam.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I need to own a coffeehouse.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Coffee is one of the no calorie drinks that I love. That really helps us dieters! Thanks!
October 13th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
My caffeine obsession has taken through breast cancer and chemo and back to a cancer-free life this past year…WOOT !
Thank you so very much for a wonderful giveaway and the support and awareness of Breast Cancer !!
Cathy
tholix@pineland.net
October 13th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
coffe is what it takes to get my day started and folgers is my preference
October 14th, 2008 at 1:31 am
My caffiene addiction has taken me to tolerating the cold ,breezey weather.At home,I especially like to make cafe lattes with flavored syrup. (with lots of whipped cream on top).
Love the pink Folgers can for Breast Cancer Awareness!
October 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Very good and unique.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Got my pink can today!
October 14th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
We got an early first snow here last week. I looked out the window and there were huge flakes floating down. So I turned off the computer (gasp! lol) made a cup of french press coffee, and just watched the snow fall for half an hour.
oinkmoobaa (at) yahoo (.) com
October 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Gotta have caffeine! After Hurricane Ike came through our town and electricity was out for several days - one could find
LONG lines of people waiting at the local convenience store not for gas but for coffee! -
October 14th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
My family goes to granny’s for what we call ‘friday morning coffee’. It started after my grandfather died: we didn’t want her being alone all the time. So who ever isn’t working goes to her house. We’ll eat breakfast together, drink our coffee, and enjoy the family time together.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:08 am
i love caffiene, it has added to situations that i will never forget…imjessica@mail.com
October 15th, 2008 at 5:13 am
My earliest memories of coffee are sitting on my dad’s lap at the kitchen table, tasting his coffee. It made me feel so grown up when he put a little of his into one of my teacups for a pretend party. I still think of Dad when I drink coffee, with cream and sugar, just like he made his.
October 15th, 2008 at 9:50 am
my dad made coffee on the stove and taught me how to make good coffee. the pink can remeinds me =my MOM dies of cancer in 2003
October 15th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Good Coffee improves everyones day. If you don’t drink, the smell of coffee generates good feelings.
October 15th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
i drink a full pot sometimes more every single day
October 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
My local grocery has Folgers on sale for 5.99 and with my coupon doubled it’s going to be a great buy!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Dittos, great idea
October 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
My caffeine obsession has allowed me to multi-task as a busy stay at home mom. My earliest memories of coffee are the wonderful smells early in the morning when we went camping as kids.
October 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I would love this pink can of coffee hope to win it
October 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I started drinking coffee with my Grandma when I was two. When I say coffee it was more like 3/4 milk, 1/4 coffee with a little sugar added.
October 15th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
At work I take coffee breaks to socialize with co-workers. Sometimes it’s nice to take a walk down to the cafe and talk about work. The change of scenery is refreshing .
On the weekends I like to hangout at a local coffee house and get some ready done. So times I end up meeting new people and making friends. It’s a nice way to relax and be social.
October 15th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I WOULD love to give this pink canister of coffee to my friend who is a breast cancer survivor and tell her that I won if for her. Thank you. What a wonderful idea !!!!!!!!!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I love pink and coffee soo this is perfect for me.
October 15th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I love my coffee and even better for it to come in PINK! Please enter me, thanks
October 15th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I love my java!
April 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
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