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Vol. 15 · No. 129 · Thursday, 29 October 2026

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Vet brand coffee beans pass through intestines of four vet bros before they hit your cup

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SEATTLE, Wash. — A startup consisting of retired members of the E4 Mafia has developed a new way to experience coffee: by exposing it to the alcoholic wastelands of veteran innards.

The discovery was accidental—as most discoveries involving retired E4s are. A strange series of events involving alcohol, fuzzy slippers, and $100 bet ended in the first iteration of the new coffee beans, now dubbed “Able Beans.”

“We were all in the same company in Iraq—Able Company,” said co-founder Ted Geller, proud of the originality in their naming conventions.

The Able Beans flagship variety enjoys a long four-day process, beginning when medically retired shammers ingest the beans after a 24-hour juice fast.

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