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Green Coffee Plant

by Rebecca on August 20, 2010

A coffee company located in Cicero NY is going green. It already uses wind power for its roasting plant and has over 160 solar panels. The Paul Delima plant has been roasting coffee for over 100 years for many brands. The company also takes the used grounds to the local college to be made into compost and recycles. The forward thinking company states that these measures will decrease its power consumption by 15-20%.

Even as a consumer you can make green choices for example, use your used coffee grounds to make compost or sprinkle in your flower beds. Use a French press or a machine with a gold filter to stop using filter paper. Take a stainless steel coffee cup to work filled with freshly brewed gourmet coffee from home.

Source:

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Coffee-company-installs-solar-panels-to-power/cf5ybgpTNEOeSb89yEuSrA.cspx

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Coffee Infused Sponge Cake

by Rebecca on August 17, 2010

The following recipe comes from Chow and Chatter, this is a simple and wonderfully coffee flavored cake, a win win for coffee lovers!:

Ingredients:

1/2-1 cup of your favorite coffee
4 oz of self raising flour
2 eggs
4 oz of sugar
4 oz of butter
caster sugar for dusting

Method:

cream the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy
then add the eggs and coffee and slowly fold in the flour
bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes

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Influenced by Coffee Beans

August 16, 2010

If you enjoy drinking coffee then you will understand that your coffee needs to taste fantastic at all times. You will want to ensure that you buy the best coffee beans there are and that you know how to brew them correctly to give you a great cup of coffee every time. The coffee bean [...]

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How to Make Cold Brewed Iced Coffee

August 12, 2010

The following tutorial comes from High Low Food and Drink a wonderful NYC based food blog:
Making the coffee concentrate was really easy. We soaked 1 cup of ground coffee in 9 cups of cold water for at least 12 hours in the refrigerator. We used our Cafe Du Monde for the chicory flavor needed to make Vietnamese iced coffee [...]

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Norwegian Egg Coffee

August 10, 2010

You just read the title right the Norwegians make a special coffee with the addition of egg! The egg is said to allow the coffee grounds to sink faster to the bottom and also due to its protein content it binds to the bitter tasting poly-phenols creating a clear milder tasting coffee.
It is made by [...]

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US Coffee Statistics

August 5, 2010

Ever wondered what US cities drink the most coffee, who spends the most on coffee and has the most coffee shops well here are the Statistics:

City

Coffee shops per 100,000 residents

Average monthly spending on coffee $

Seattle
35
36

Portland
28
33

San Jose
20
34

Denver
18
32

San Francisco
20
30

Chicago
10
29

Phoenix
11
33

Los Angeles
13
26

New York
8
27

Boston
9
n/a

Washington
12
n/a

San Diego
16
29

Miami
8
26

Minneapolis
15
26

Houston
8
27

Cleveland
8
24

Dallas
7
30

Philadelphia
8
28

Detroit
8
21

Atlanta
8
25

Source- http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/1899/1/?redirectURL=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-27/coffee-capitals-20-cities-that-drink-the-most-caffeine/

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Have Gourmet Coffee Will Travel!

July 29, 2010

There was a fun blog post recently in The LA times about a lady who travels and takes her little one cup coffee maker with her, its called a AeroPress and features two chambers for brewing. You simply place the maker on top of a cup then in the lower chamber add ground coffee over [...]

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Tips for Using Old Coffee Grounds

July 28, 2010

Ever wondered what you can do with left over coffee beans or grounds? well here are some great tips:

Rub Coffee beans in your hands after cooking with garlic and fish the natural oils will absorb the odors from cooking
Pour a little boiling water and coffee grounds down the drain to remove bad odor.
Coffee grounds make [...]

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American Crowned World’s Best Barista

July 17, 2010

America has a new champion barista: Michael Phillips of Intelligentsia coffee in Chicago. He just won the 11th Annual World Barista Championships in London. He reports enjoying his job and gaining his love of hot coffee and espresso drinks during his time studying in the chilly North. He made his coffee drinks, espresso and cappuccino [...]

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Coffee May Decrease Risk Of Parkinsons

July 5, 2010

A new analysis looking at the risk of Parkinsons disease and coffee drinking shows that drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day cuts the risk by a quarter. The report looked at 26 studies and coffee drinkers had 25% less risk. It is published in The Journal of Alzheimers Disease in fact in this same [...]

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