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* Cold brew. This is where you take coffee that's ground to a sea-salt consistency and steep it in room-temperature water for 8-12 hours. Then, you scoop out as many grounds as you can and filter the liquid through the...

According to a Reader’s Digest story (published on “Shine”) on 13 things baristas won’t tell customers, there are some barista secrets we all might want to search out. Knowing some of these secrets may help us to better order our...

Farming has never been a career for the faint of heart. Weather can change and rain at the wrong time, or bring too little rain, too much rain, too little or too much sun, and the bugs and the ……the...

Cooking with coffee adds rich flavor to meats, sauces, baked goods, and desserts. Learn how to use coffee in recipes without overwhelming your dish.

ROASTe has just introduced a new coffee line from LION Coffee.  Among LION’s “pride” is the Pure Choices line.  The Pure Choices group of coffees is a revolutionary concept in healthful coffee which uses more of the coffee cherry to...

Look into the cups in the photo. Who do you see? Do you recognize the couple? These latte art depictions are in honor of the upcoming April 29th wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, created for the International Food...

The headline doesn’t say it all, but a man was arrested in Britain last week for making coffee. Of course, he had made it in the police station, and he also made a bowl of porridge to complete his breakfast....

The online Travel and Leisure magazine just announced its survey results for the top twenty cities in America in regard to coffee culture. The survey recorded more than just the coffee category – there are 53 additional qualities. So if...

Research has explored coffee and stroke risk for years. Learn what the evidence shows and why one study cannot prove cause and effect.

 

Joyce Wadler wrote a clever story on this week’s International Housewares Show in Chicago, from the perspective of aliens visiting earth. One of their main observations would be that Earth people, 60,000 of whom attended the show, love coffee –...

A cute Southeast Asian marsupial likes coffee beans, and because of this, a rare variety of coffee was developed. This cat-like animal, a Luwak, pre-processes the beans, quite naturally, and then deposits them on the ground for coffee farmers to...

The growing call and allure of coffee continues around the globe, partially fueled by Starbucks and other coffee shop chains like Costa, Coffee House, Coffee Mania and Coffee Bean. Even though coffee has been a popular drink in Russia for...

They keep coming. Another day, another benefit from coffee - Seems like many researchers are studying the health effects of coffee. This week, Eating Well Magazine published five reasons the Dietitian Kerri-Ann Jennings won’t quit coffee. There is more evidence...

Every day there are articles about how healthy coffee is, and studies are being quoted that support coffee’s benefits for literally every part of the anatomy. We’ve reported in this space about coffee’s links to lower incidences of heart disease,...

Sustainable coffee choices can start with simple changes. Learn how to reduce waste, choose thoughtfully, and make your coffee routine greener.

 

Learn how coffee grounds in compost can give used coffee grounds another purpose and become part of a practical home composting routine.

Yet another study on caffeine has reversed past negative beliefs about the substance and the food most associated with it, coffee. This more recent study by a team at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, Israel, involved 80 subjects in...

Every espresso drink is built on a single foundation: a double shot pulled at 9 bars through 18 to 20g of finely ground coffee in 25 to 30 seconds. The 8 most common espresso drinks , espresso, doppio, macchiato, cortado, Americano, cappuccino, latte, and flat white , differ only in what is added to that shot and in what proportion. This guide covers each drink, its ratio, and how to make it at home.

A whole industry wants to make money off of how you feel. No, that’s not the psychiatric field, but the beverage industry. The media buzz has been about energy drinks, supplement enhanced drinks that give you energy and help you...

According to Senator Chuck Schumer, the neighborhood coffee shop may not be the safest place, cyberwise, to use your laptop. He is asking websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo to switch from the standard HTTP protocol to the more...

Rwanda coffee has a remarkable story. Learn how bicycle transport helped farmers move coffee cherries faster from steep farms to processing facilities.