Hopefully this week doesn’t seem as slow to you as this week’s coffee fun fact: Coffee beans are actually grown on trees and cultivated from a cherry-like fruit. A tree takes five years to reach maturity and produce any beans. Even at maturity, a tree’s annual yield is the equivalent of one pound of roasted…
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…
This week’s fun fact is dedicated to all those coffee drinkers who rely on caffeine’s energizing powers in their daily cup(s) of coffee. Studies have found that the human body can only absorb up to 300 milligrams of caffeine at any given point in time. This is about 4 cups of coffee. If any more…
Despite our ability to make gourmet coffee at home, we all stop at local coffee shops to pick up a cup of coffee while on the run. Recently, Krups has honored ten coffee shops across America with the “Cup O’ Joe” Award. The basis of selection was consumer-based response gathered through a variety of mediums…
Kenyan coffee bean farmers are being urged to start using higher yielding varieties of coffee plants in order to benefit from the high prices of coffee in today’s international commodity market. Growing a higher yielding coffee bush is being considered as Kenyan coffee beans are recognized for their consistency in high quality and face a…
When thinking of coffee beans roasting and cracking at some point during the process I can’t help but think of a jack in the box toy. It’s probably because I imagine I would jump each time the first bean “cracks”. Maybe it’s a good thing I don’t do the roasting myself! What is this cracking…
Do you know the 4 M’s of making espresso? They are quite simple! Macinazione – the correct grind Miscela – the correct coffee blend Macchina – the espresso machine Mano – the Barista We like to think that the Mano has the largest effect and is the most important as it has control over the…
Rather than throwing your gourmet coffee grinds into the garbage, why not add them to your compost? If you don’t compost already – why not give it a try? It’s quite simple and the benefits are plentiful. Composting improves your soil structure, helps stop contaminants from reaching our water sources, reduces the needs for pesticides…
After brewing gourmet coffee beans chances are the grounds are thrown in the garbage or the compost. Here’s an alternate way to use up your coffee grinds, exfoliate your skin and save money on expensive body products. The Ingredients Main: 2 cups of coffee grounds ½ raw sugar or sea salt 2/3 Tbsp. massage oil…
This week’s fun fact goes out to all those who refer to their coffee as a “Cup of Joe”. Next time you order up your Cup of Joe (please) you will have a better understanding of why you just called it by a man’s first name. In 1913, US President Woodrow Wilson appointed Josephus Daniels…
