If your New Years Resolution involves eating a little healthier and avoiding processed foods chances are you may be having some cravings by now. Have you been missing those wonderful tasting flavored coffee creamers? Here is a great recipe idea to make your own coffee creamers. While they do still use whole milk and heavy…
Do you enjoy some extra flavoring in your coffee such as hazelnut or cinnamon but don’t always have flavored coffee beans on hand? People online are talking about some of their own techniques for creating flavored coffee at home: Take the flavoring that you have on hand at home (think chopped cinnamon sticks, toasted coconut…
Are you a decaf coffee drinker looking for something a little different? Our Kona Decaf Coffee is made from a brilliant blend of world famous Kona coffee beans plus top quality gourmet Central and South American beans. Affordable Kona Coffee Beans Many of our customers love the flavors and aromas of Kona coffee beans but…
Has it ever occurred to you that you can pair coffee with food just like you would pair a particular white or red wine with an appetizer, meal or dessert? Yesterday I had a customer ask me to recommend a good breakfast coffee to go along with typical breakfast foods. Today I came across an…
Thanks to environmental advocate groups promoting Fair Trade and Organic coffees as well as the internet’s accelerated dispersion of information, many customers are looking for “Bird Friendly Coffee”. But what exactly does this mean? Bird Friendly, Shade Grown Coffee Bird friendly coffee refers to coffee beans that are grown in shaded areas where the forest…
Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say that coffee is acidic or high in acidity? Perhaps you have experienced heart burn after drinking a cup of coffee and know first hand that certain coffees can be acidic. Coffee Cupping Characteristics Just like wine tasting, coffees can be tested and described using a…
Today National Geographic News online writer Brian Clark Howard posted a News Watch article titled, “How Coffee Changed America“. The article starts off with sharing an infographic of the time line of coffee in America which some interesting coffee statistics are presented: Coffee is the 2nd most traded commodity in the world US coffee drinkers…
Now that 2011 is over we can look back and see what coffees our customers just couldn’t get enough of last year. Sumatra Black Satin Roast African Tanzania Peaberry Kenya AA Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Verdi Espresso (our most popular Espresso coffee beans!) Guatemala Antigua Guatemala Organic Sumatra Gayo Mountain Organic Coffee Colombian Supremo Costa Rica Reserve…
Monsooned coffees are unique in that they experience the natural elements of monsoon season. Coffee producers will cultivate the coffee beans and store them away in a specially designed warehouse until monsoon season begins. When the rain hits, the sides of the warehouse are opened up to allow the damp air to circulate. As the…
Different types of coffee roasts are achieved by roasting coffee beans for varied lengths of time. Since this occurs along a spectrum there is a very broad range of roasts starting with extremely light to very dark. How coffee beans are classified within the two ends of the scale is often determined by the individual…
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