Okay we all love our coffee, but there may be the odd time you want something different, or you have guests over that are not necessarily coffee drinkers. How about a nice cup of Cappuccino? Cappuccino is prepared by people in many different ways. This recipie is commonly used in Latin countries, but cappuccino prepared…
Green Mountain Coffee presents a brief overview of coffee from the tree to cup. With an emphasis on the coffee farming communities, this short film illustrates how a coffee fruit becomes a sweet cup of brew. [ad#google_a]
Kopi Luwak or civet coffee is made by brewing the undigested coffee beans in the crap of the Asian Palm Civet, a weasel-like mammal. The civet’s stomach enzymes break down proteins in the beans giving the coffee a less bitter taste. And even though the coffee is made from feces-beans,is the most expensive coffee in…
The Keurig single-cup brewing system uses a special packaging for coffee, tea and hot cocoa called K-Cup® portion packs or “K-Cups®”. Each K-Cup is an airtight, mini-brewer that locks out oxygen, light, moisture and humidity while locking in freshness and flavor. There are hundreds of K-Cup varieties available that include blends such as Light, Medium,…
According to research at the Sleep Research Laboratory at Loughborough University, in a study titled “Suppression of Sleepiness In Drivers: Combination of Caffeine With A Short Nap” it was found that found that the mid-afternoon ’sleepiness peak’ was significantly reduced by caffeine and eliminated by the combined treatment of caffeine and a power nap. Here…
The “Agitor” is a new concept in coffee stirring. A button located on the bottom of a cup can be pressed, thus causing the contents to become “agitated”. The system involves a small pocket of space, surrounded by a soft plastic membrane, at the bottom of the cup. The membrane has small holes, allowing the…
In 1615 a Venetian merchant introduced the Turkish “drink of black color”to Italy and Europe. Recognizing the value in the brew, many traders wanted the means to mass produce the coffee bean. The Dutch spirited the a coffee plant into Europe in 1616. In 1696 they founded the first European-owned coffee estate, on what was…
A team of wacky scientists from BBC1’s “Bang Goes the Theory” TV show, have converted a 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco into a coffee-powered car, nicknamed Car-puccino. As revolutionary as this concept sounds, it’s more of a fun project than a cost-efficient one. The idea behind Car-puccino is relatively simple: coffee, like wood or coal, has traces…
The Fair Trade Certified™ labels are owned by Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International and the Fair Trade licensing initiatives around the world. Coffee Companies pay licensing fees to the licensing initiatives, and in turn they are able to affix the Fair Trade Certified™ trademark on their packaging. According to the licensing initiatives, a majority of the…
The best coffee I ever tasted was while in the coffee growing regions of Mexico, in the state of Veracruz, in the town of Coatepec. The quality of the coffee was mostly due to the method of preparation rather than the quality of the grains (which is at about the same level as an average…
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