7 Steps for Preparing Great Gourmet Coffee
Here are the top 7 things you should know about preparing a great cup of Gourmet Coffee .
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Bike Powered Coffee Bar
Kickstand coffee in NYC follows a new green trend of mobile coffee bars, powered by people. The coffee bar is transported and powered by the cyclists. It was a big hit this past weekend in McClarren Park. The two barista cyclists tow all the equipment between them and set up shop wherever they please. The…
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Coffee Breaks Good for Productivity!
Recent research shows that shift workers who had coffee breaks were more productive. British researchers found that workers who consumed Gourmet Coffee with caffeine improved memory and concentration and decreased the number of mistakes made. It had the same benefit as taking a power nap. Results from 13 studies from around the world were analyzed…
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Fun Coffee Quotes
Grab a cup of hot Gourmet Coffee and enjoy: No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee’s frothy goodness.  ~Sheik Abd-al-Kadir No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.  ~Henry Ward Beecher A morning without coffee is like sleep. …
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Kopi Luwak: The World Most Expensive Gourmet Coffee
It may sound strange but the most expensive and sought after Gourmet Coffee in the World comes from the Dung of a civet a cat like animal native to Indonesia and the Philippines. Their dung is carefully collected and used to make Kopi Luwak coffee. The animals eat the coffee cherries that then get fermented…
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Seattle: America’s Gourmet Coffee Capital
Seattle, the birth place of Starbucks, is considered to be America’s Gourmet Coffee capital it is well known for high quality coffees. Starbucks is a world wide coffee brand found on almost every street corner in the World’s major cities. Coffee arrived in America in the 1600’s brought by John Smith to Jamestown, it was…
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Fair Trade Coffee – What’s It All About?
Fair Trade Coffee is defined as an organized social movement developed to assist producers in developing countries to promote sustainability. It often involves direct trade with the buyer and farmer cutting out the middle man, thus ensuring the grower gets a fair price. In recent years fair trade coffee is gaining in popularity. But Why…
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Ethiopian Gourmet Coffee Ceremony
So to continue our global tour of coffee practices around the World, the next stop is Ethiopia, in fact, believed to the the home of coffee. The coffee ceremony is a centerpiece of Ethiopian culture. First the Gourmet Coffee is roasted over hot coals in a special container used a brazer fresh green beans are…
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Tips for Storing Gourmet Coffee
Here are a few tips for storing gourmet coffee: Don’t keep coffee in the fridge as it will absorb other flavors Don’t freeze the coffee as the moisture breaks down the natural oils Store gourmet coffee in a sealed container Buy freshly roasted gourmet coffee beans and grind just before brewing Don’t store the coffee…
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Vietnamese Gourmet Coffee
Coffee was introduced to Vietnam by the French in the late 19th Century and has been a popular beverage ever since. A French dark roast is used and ground finely, chicory may also be added and is in fact quite similar in taste to Cafe De Monde coffee and South Indian filter coffee. Vietnamese filter…
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South Indian Filter Coffee
South Indian filter coffee is a blend of dark roasted gourmet coffee beans and chicory, popular in the Southern Indian states of Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The coffee beans used are Arabica and Robusta. These coffee beans are grown in the hill regions of these states and have been for the last…
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Comical Coffee Glossary
Americano: espresso for light weights, aka watered down! Barista: makes coffee Fair Trade: coffee for money come on can’t get fairer than that! Latte: in Italy its milk Red Eye: a must after an overnight flight, brewed coffee with espresso Green Beans: a vegetable Crema: not the artificial stuff you add Clover: for luck actually…