Coffee With a Conscience: Why Buy Fair Trade Coffee

Coffee is second only to oil as the most traded commodity in the world, and the United States is its largest consumer. While the average cost for a pound of coffee ranges from $3.00 to almost $40.00, the average third world coffee farmer receives only 25 to 50 cents. Though a good yield can garner [...]

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Coffee Facts and Gourmet Coffee Figures

Some great gourmet coffee trivia: * The Boston Tea Party was planned in a coffee house – the Green Dragon Coffee House * One Coffee Tree or plant in its normal harvest will produce enough coffee cherries to make one pound of coffee bean * 27% of U.S. coffee drinkers and 43% [...]

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Coffee Facts and Gourmet Coffee Figures

Some great gourmet coffee trivia: * The Boston Tea Party was planned in a coffee house – the Green Dragon Coffee House * One Coffee Tree or plant in its normal harvest will produce enough coffee cherries to make one pound of coffee bean * 27% of U.S. coffee drinkers and 43% [...]

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Specialty Stores Carry Gourmet Coffee

When creating decaffeinated coffee the European process involves having the beans soaked in water and washing the beans with methylene chloride. The treated beans are then dried and roasted. Gourmet coffee beans from this plant are usually harvested from this tree three times a year for 30 years. Gourmet coffee made from the beans [...]

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The Coffee Maker From the 19th Century

About twenty years ago almost every home, restaurant and office kitchen in Costa Rica was equipped with a gourmet coffee making device called Chorreador de caf?r simply caf?akero. It consisted of an unvarnished wooden frame about 33 cms. tall, with a round hole at the top where a wire rimmed cloth filter or strainer was [...]

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Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee-an Introduction to One of the Best Coffees in the World

Widely considered to be one of the worlds best, if not the best, coffees, Jamaican Blue Mountain is a rich, smooth roast. This aromatic and flavorful coffee has to be experienced to be believed. The Beginning of Jamaica’s Coffee Trade The history of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is just as rich and interesting as [...]

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How Gourmet Coffee Can be Beneficial for Your Health

Coffee has gotten a bad reputation over the years. Between the negative attentions that it has garnered due to its caffeine content and a few misreported findings that hinted at health problems caused by drinking coffee, many people believe that coffee is not good for you. The perception is that coffee is great for [...]

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Give Your Babies the Best Party Ever

Some people fussing about how to create a perfect birthday parties for infants. For 5 years old children or older might be easy, but what about toddlers?  As they don’t have the ability to understand what are you doing to them while the party is going, how could they feel the fun? Fortunately, you don’t [...]

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The Filtration Buys Coffee Seed Which Has Roasted

Coffee roasts or that like to call that “fresh coffee” mean coffee which change roasting or make cooked already. To fully bring make drinkable by just bring grind brokenly or be powdery depend on the equipment that use in making. If ask that will buy coffee roasts what is the trademark? drink good the answer [...]

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Find the Perfect Coffee to Pair With Someone’s Personality

Much ado nowadays pairing gourmet coffees with matching desserts, or chocolate varieties. We’ve discovered something new for you to pair. Why not pair a premium coffee with the unique and individual personality of someone you care about. People are all so different. For a fun change of gift-giving pace, for Someone Special find the perfect [...]

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