Brewed Fresh Daily

A possible espresso tax here is creating a tempest in a coffee cup. In just a couple weeks, voters in this city will decide whether to impose a dime-a-cup tax on espresso drinks to raise money for preschool and day-care programs. 'It's a dime. It's nothing. It's just a dime for kids,' said John Burbank, executive director of the nonprofit Economic Opportunity Institute, which came up with the idea. 'What's next? Is there going to be a salmon tax to pay for literacy programs?' said Robert Nelson, president and chief executive officer of the National Coffee Association.

• Stretching the phrase "tempest in a teapot" doesn't do a whole lot for me.
• I guess they're lumping us coffee sinners in with the rest of the targets for sin tax
• Is a dime all that much to pay for education?
• Will you even notice when you're paying ridiculuos amounts anyway?
• Where the heck did the president of the NCA come up with a salmon tax? It must be more meaningful on the west coast.
• What do you think of the little coffee cups as bullets?