Sunday, November 9, 2008

Coffee field

A U.S. C-130 transport plane in Afghanistan over the shaking violently, Rashid Zhansen A tightly grabbed the seat belt, in the hearts full of fear. He took this military transport aircraft, some of the equipment sent to Afghanistan to operate in a cafe, coffee shop that opened in the U.S. military base in Kandahar. Taliban militants were launching attacks, C-130 transport planes had to escape a fire in the air attacks. Arathi has been like, he will be able to see my dear wife and children. All this while, only to coffee!
Arathi Iran is a son of immigrants, grew up in Los Gatos, California. 11 years ago, or dentists in Saudi Arabia, he opened a clinic, one of his patients is a Saudi princess, the princess asked him to open a furniture exhibition in an American-style coffee shop. Brothers in Jon’s help, Arathi, where the first to open a cafe - “sub-bean coffee.” Later, a large number of U.S. troops deployed in Saudi Arabia, the military commander asked the U.S. military base in Arathi to open a cafe, then on his fate with the United States military closely linked.
Over the years, the Arathi people suffered unimaginable danger, often the kidnappers, snipers and suicide bomb attacks. However, he insisted in the Middle East and Central Asia, the U.S. military to provide high-quality coffee. He said: “The soldiers earn much, but I want to provide them with a cup of coffee, sit down and let them Runescape Power leveling, and then happy to say: ‘Ha, as if I brought back home.’”
No matter where the deployment of U.S. troops, Arathi cafe opened on the go, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq and Afghanistan have left his footprints. The frequent changes in the deployment of troops, he followed the transfer. Arathi said: “We have 40-foot, 8-foot-wide shipping container into a small coffee shop, there are wood cabinets and marble countertops, self-contained device, and then follow the truck carrying the troops moved together.” However, such a transfer is often a nightmare, everywhere in the risk of waiting for them, the container is often away, that each of the 110,000 U.S. dollars, if extremely lucky to reach their destinations, it is also riddled with Runescape Money. Sometimes staff members will also have been kidnapped, the cafe’s staff in transit must wear helmets. Arathi, but do not care, he said he could not abandon the only soldier to a safe place.
Coffee is totally different from the theater of military quality of life. Each of them living in the tip on a day of tremendous pressure, a small coffee shop to provide them with a short time to relax, alone or with friends walked into the cafe while drinking coffee while listening to The music, while chatting or playing games. This is in the eyes of ordinary people is a normal life, could be ready for combat soldiers, but it’s hard to enjoy.
Today, the “son of mung bean coffee shop” in the world, has 70 branches, most of the U.S. military base in the open or near a U.S. military base. To Rashidieh Zhansen A, “sub-bean coffee shop” is not just a business, and it means more. Some people say he is doing it out in the political show, like war profiteers, Arathi, but frankly speaking, he just wants his customer service, “the soldiers carry out patrols 12 hours, all dirty foul, they want to The first thing to do is to drink a cup of coffee here, I relax. On the shoulders of their carrying M16 automatic rifles, to show me photos of the children, eager to talk about their hometown, for me, these are Priceless. To them, I willing to risk the loss of property and lives at risk. “
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