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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Coffee Beef Stew Recipe |
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Once when I was making a savory beef stew, I sheepishly threw in that leftover 1/4-1/2 cup coffee. Wow, what a surprise, in lieu of super homemade beef stock, that little bit of coffee added a nice deep richness to my tasty stew.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Calculating the Cost Per Cup of Tea |
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If you are in the tea business, you should know how much each serving of tea is costing you. This knowledge can tell you which teas are profitable, which ones are not, and which ones you can have a sale with and still make money.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Costa Rica Coffee History |
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Seeing the lush, green valleys and beautiful mountains of Costa Rica from the air as we were landing in San Jose’ was not even the tip of the iceberg concerning the richness of this country.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| The Clever Coffee Dripper |
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The Clever Dripper is a new individual cup brewing device that uses the full immersion method of a French press and has a super clean finish due to a paper filter, or reusable cloth filter.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Table Top Press Pot Review |
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Earlier this year, I posted an article titled Buying a French Press – Picking the Right One. I isolated the only three variables that I felt were necessary to make a purchase decision.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Starbucks Coffee College |
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When I accepted the offer to attend Starbucks Coffee College, I decided I would not let my past Starbucks experiences cloud my judgment. It was time to listen and learn. I was going back to college.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Coffee Cupping Basics from Coffee Reserve |
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So, what is cupping? Is it an art, a science, or both? In a nutshell, cupping is a technique used to evaluate the quality of coffee including aroma and flavor.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Coffee is Loaded With Antioxidants |
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I always knew coffee had some antioxidants, but was unaware than it had more than tea. Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Caffeinated Classics: Brave New World |
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Deep down inside, do each of us really yearn for some conflict, struggle, and sadness in our lives? What would be lost if we were to become permanently happy?
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Don't Hate Me Because I'm Decaffeinated |
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I was innocently flipping through a magazine at the doctor's office when I read an article saying that if you want beautiful skin (I do!), you should lay off the caffeine.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Responding to the Enemies of Coffee |
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I know several people that don’t like coffee. I’m OK with that. But every so often I’ll meet someone that after learning about my love for coffee wants to rant to me about how awful the beverage is and that they would never drink it.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Home-Roasting Heretic: Happy Accidents |
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My first few home-roasting endeavors (particularly the first) were chock-full of screw-ups, and none of them yielded great results.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Sleepy Starbucks and Caffinated Sins in Phuket, Thailand |
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Just because I am on vacation doesn’t mean that I don’t still wake up early and seek out coffee.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Buying Your First Home Coffee Roaster |
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I started home roasting coffee in June 1998. Since then I've used a number of different roasters and methods. I'll be the first to confess that I haven't kept up on all the different machines available to home coffee roasters.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Extending the Life of Your Bodum Cordless Electric Kettle |
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Although there were various criticisms, the bulk of the complaints were related to the defective switch. I've owned one for years and I knew exactly what they were talking about.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| A Tour of Cafe do Brasil's Roasting Factory |
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While coffee originated in the Middle East, coffee historians traditionally give the date of 1615 as the year when Venetian merchants brought the beverage to Italy, thus introducing the dark brew to Europe. But the Campania region new about coffee far before this date.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Fearing Starbucks VIA Instant Coffee and My Solution |
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I have always suspected it was possible to make a decent instant coffee. However, I feared Starbucks would fumble the project.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:50 -0500 |
| Coffee and Tea Tasting Notes For Beginners |
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How do you take notes describing flavors that are difficult at first to detect or that you don't even have the vocabulary to describe?
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