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Espresso Guide - Better Espresso With The Right Tamping Technique
When making espresso with your espresso machine, it is very important that the ground coffee is well packed in the filter basket. If the ground is not properly compacted, the water will flow through the coffee to quickly and create thin and bitter cup of espresso. This is much the same principle as when grinding espresso.Read more…Coffee - The Last of the Legal Drugs
Most people throughout our modern countries would find it hard to imagine starting the day without their coffee. And nowadays, coffee comes in all kinds of forms and flavors and costs a pretty penny besides—not just in dollars, but also in health.Most Americans love coffee.Read more…Does Coffee Really Taste All That Good?
Or has it just become a habit? Before anyone gets up in arms lambasting this as a blasphemous suggestion, be assured that the question comes not from an observer, but a partaker.Specific qualifications include: decades of indulging in somewhere between a cup to a quart daily on average; sampling of countless brands; mixing it up with varieties from espresso to cappuccino; often grinding my own beans; and though an early user of cream and sugar, taking it straight longer can be remembered.Read more…Coffee Flavors - Chocolate, French Vanilla, Espresso, Amaretto, Hazelnut, Kona
Who doesn’t enjoy waking up to a fresh pot of brewed coffee? With so many different flavors, it can be hard to figure out which are the best ones out there. It is definitely a subjective matter.Read more…Coffee Gifts - Top 5 Choices
Looking for a gift for a coffee drinker in your life? They are probably just about tired of getting the same old coffee mug. But, if coffee is their way of life, there are many gifts that you can give them to allow them more convenience and better flavor.Read more…Coffee Grounds & Your Future
Reading your fortune with coffee is a lot like taking a Rorschach test. You need to get the big picture and interpret the symbols correctly to know what lies ahead.Here’s the step-by-step guide to how to prepare to read coffee grounds: Use a white cup to get an accurate reading Grind your beans as usual.Read more…Boot Camp for Coffee Drinkers
Ok, so we go to a local coffee house and we order cappuccinos, caf? mochas, lattes and espressos. It isn’t the paper cups that make these drinks taste so good.Read more…Steaming in With Espresso Machine Tips
So what exactly is espresso coffee? An espresso coffee is sold at the caf? in a small cup and is an extremely strong cup of coffee.Read more…Making French Press Coffee
Making French press coffee is a way to enjoy an extremely robust and high quality cup of coffee. If you know how to use a French press pot you can make the best tasting coffee you have ever had.To make French press coffee you will first need a French press pot.Read more…5 Steps to Espresso Machine Heaven
Tip One – Let your espresso machine heat fully The components inside your espresso machine that contain water such as the boiler are typically made of metal. Allowing these components to heat by turning on your espresso machine at least 10 minutes prior to the first coffee will create a more consistent heat for your coffees. Also use this time to heat your espresso cups before use, use the steam nozzle in hot water mode to fill the cups.Read more…Is Coffee Bad for You? New Study Results are Questionable
Last week at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting, researchers presented the results of a Greek study which found that men who drank more than one cup of coffee a day had 30% higher levels of an inflammatory chemical called CRP in their blood. For women, the news was even worse: a 38% increase in CRP.Now that's a pretty serious finding.Read more…Percolators - Some of the Basic Problems with Percolator Coffee
The word "percolator" has come to mean that special coffee pot that used to sit on Grandma's stove and bubble away like mad all morning long. Typically they consist of a heat proof pot that holds the water, a long tube (like a straw) that holds a filter basket at the top. This filter is normally made of metal and holds the coffee grounds apart from the water in the main pot.Read more…Caffeine in Coffee
Caffeine is only one of several hundred chemicals found in coffee. However it is the most notorious because of the many physiological affects it has on the human body. Caffeine naturally occurs in many other plants apart from the coffee bush, such as tea and cocoa plants.Read more…What is "The Best" Coffee?
"What is the best coffee?" is a question that my clients ask more often than I would have expected. However, I am not certain that this question has an objective answer like the fact that the blue whale is the largest mammal, or that the Lexus is the most reliable vehicle.Read more…Coffee - To Freeze Or Not To Freeze?
It was 6am and I'd just arrived at my local gym. As I walked into the entrance area I sensed that smell of all smells wafting across the foyer - the fine aroma of a well brewed coffee. It was my favorite part of the day.Read more…Brewing a Perfect Cup of Coffee
Brewing a great cup of coffee depends on a number of things such as the quality of the coffee bean, the quality of the water being used, the type of brewing being done, and the grind of the coffee. Now quality of bean and water is something you can easily take care. Just use good quality beans and pure water.Read more…French Press Style Coffee
The French press style of coffee making produces very rich, aromatic and tasty coffee. It uses very coarsely ground coffee that basically steeps in the brewing water for several minutes allowing all the flavours to fully extract from the coffee grinds. Because of the filtering system there is always some sediment which some people don't like.Read more…Espresso at Home - Making Great Latte
Making a good latte is relatively easy, but requires a bit of touch, experience and understanding. Many of the most common mistakes are not easily avoided unless you know what to do, and don't do.Naturally, you need to make a cup of espresso, but stop - prepare but don't make your espresso until you are done with the most important part of a latte success - the milk.Read more…Good News for Coffee Drinkers
Coffee, long known as the drink of choice for college students cramming for that final exam and those cursed to arise early in the morning, may be better for you than you think.A study recently released from lead author, University of Scranton in Pennsylvania chemistry professor, Joe Vinson, shows coffee to hold the lead in anti-oxidant absorption against long-time contender black tea. Trailing coffee and black tea are bananas, dried beans and corn.Read more…How to Effectively Blend Different Roasts for an Exceptionally Bold Cup of Coffee
In my experiences dealing with a gourmet coffee enthusiast clientele, it has become increasingly apparent that in their quest to enjoy a bold cup of coffee, many people will demand only dark roasted coffee regardless of the country of origin. I wanted to write this article from my own roasting experiences to shed a little light on how a bold cup of coffee can be achieved while keeping the coffee bean's origin character intact.It is important to note that coffee beans from certain countries are inherently more suited for dark roasting that others.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Coffee category
- Coffee T-Shirts and Gifts: Share Your Addiction - By: Ruth Lanham
If there is another thing a lot of people are passionate about, it's their coffee. For a lot of people, without their coffee, they might not be able to function on the morning or even an entire day. It could make their day at work that much worse as well. It's not always a joke how popular and important coffee is to people. - Tomorrow's Tamari Takes Time - By: Search Pros
Since the Buddhist monk Kakushin brought back the original soy sauce from China in 1254, soy sauce has become virtually ubiquitous world wide. So what is the difference between Soy Sauce, Shoyu and Tamari? - Coffee for a Better Life - By: Vader West
To that, the coffee bean itself contains a number of benefits to health. But the culture of coffee, like the tao of tea, contains a lot of excess trimmings. Espresso machines, for example, produce a highly concentrated form of ordinary coffee. And then the all-consuming vice: sugar. - Health Benefits of Drinking Coffee - By: Adam Akelis
It has been scientifically proved that coffee can fight fatigue that is why millions of people across the world drink coffee to fight tiredness. Coffee can actually helps to improve mental performance, elevates and improves mood and also boosts physical energy. - Gourmet Coffee and Fitness - By: Adam Akelis
Today for larger number of people, coffee has become a main delight in life and some people give your word by it to get their day started. Everyday you will come across more and more data proving tea as a huge means to wade off ill health. - Flavored Coffees a Delicious Enticer - By: Adam Akelis
Millions of people enjoy and consume coffee as a drink not only for its aroma but for its property as a stimulant. Some like to drink hot steaming coffee, while others dribble over cold coffee shakes. - How Do Coffee Grinders Work? - By: Paul Archer
Coffee grinders and electric coffee grinders are the best thing since sliced bread. - The 9 Things People Do Not Do When Making Espresso - By: Shikin Roslan
Espresso simply means ‘to press out’ in Italian. However it is easier said than done. Let me just start off with what espresso really is. - How To Apply Logic In Choosing An Espresso Coffee Maker - By: Dean Caporella
Choosing an espresso coffee maker isn't just determined by price. Many people have rushed in and bought a coffee maker simply because they thought that it's price dictated how good or efficient the machine was. This can be a costly mistake. - Espresso Coffee Machine Essential Buying Tips - By: Richard Davies
Most avid coffee drinkers will concur that an espresso coffee machine is the one and only piece of kit you can purchase that will deliver the perfect cup of coffee. You will be surprised, then, that many of these coffee fans don't actually own an espresso coffee machine. There are a number of different types of machine.