The 4 M’s of Espresso

A new trend has hit American coffee bars featuring a bar design where coffee drinkers order their coffee stand at the bar, unplug chat and go. Many coffee shops in recent years have become like offices and in some cases this has resulted in the ban on laptops like NYC’s Cafe Grumpy Chelsea location. The…

Have you ever heard instant coffee being credited to George Washington’s name? George did invent instant coffee – that’s George Constant Louis Washington born in Kortrijk, Belgium in May 1871. He was an American inventor who became well known for inventing the first mass-produced instant coffee. At the time, he was living in Guatemala where…

I don’t know about you but this summer has been a scorcher in my neck of the woods! With little relief in sight we are all looking for something, anything, to cool us down. The last thing we would think to cool us off is a hot cup of coffee. But Thermal Ergonomic studies are…