How do you feel about drinking a naturally caffeine free coffee variant?
If you prefer your cup of joe without a kick then you might be interested to know that a group of Turkish researchers have claimed that they have found the ideal substitute for decaffeinated coffee – and it’s made out of pistachios.
So could we be seeing some nutty substitutes in the near future?
Due to the Western World’s insatiable desire of coffee – and the culture of ‘coffee to go’ – takeaway coffee cups apparently are responsible for around 25,000 tonnes of waste per year, waste that cannot conventionally be fully recycled.
However, as a number of media outlets have reported, a British business man has become the first person to devise a fully green cup.
“People will be shocked to find out that the paper cups they use rarely get recycled,” the creator Martin Myerscough said.
Coffee was first introduced to the Central American country towards the end of the 18th century when the Spanish brought over a couple of coffee plants from the Caribbean. Commercial cultivation began a few years later when plantations cropped up in the coastal state of Veracruz.
Translated as ‘a little pot of coffee’, Café de olla is a traditional Mexican way of making coffee.
Bulletproof Coffee doesn’t have the properties of Kevlar, nor will it turn you into a man of steel. But it is one of the latest coffee trends.
“It’s rich and creamy and tastes delicious,” says the New York chef Seamus Mullen.
But what exactly is Bulletproof Coffee?
With the FLAVIA Creation 400 you will be spoilt for choice.
Available with either a four or a six column merchandiser, FLAVIA’s office coffee system can brew up between nine and eighteen speciality beverages thanks to its unrivalled flexibility. Crucially this means that you can ensure there is something for everybody and that nobody’s tastes, no matter how left-field, are marginalised.
So, what drinks are available?
…continue reading Flavia fresh packs, available from Caffe Society
How do you create the perfect cup of coffee?
Making an eminent brew isn’t down to the fateful hand of Lady Luck; instead a lot of the Dark Arts behind the process comes from science and there is no shortage of opinions on the exact methodology behind achieving a faultless espresso. However it comes as no surprise that science answers the question.
“Brewing coffee might be the most practiced chemical extraction in the world.”- Chris Hendon
…continue reading Water is the key to a perfect cup of coffee
Coffee is almost as synonymous with Brazil as football is.
The South American country is the world’s largest producer of coffee, and has been one of the leading lights in the cultivation of java for the best part of 150 years. As the myth goes, Francisco de Melio Palheta smuggled in a handful of coffee beans once upon a time and from there Brazil’s coffee empire grew and grew.
No, that isn’t the latest office tongue twister we’ve been trying to repeat after being spun around on our chairs….
We are well aware that coffee tastes evolve over the years and that people’s desire for java has morphed into some rather abstract choices of drink in recent times, but we think that the Sexagintuple Vanilla Bean Mocha Frappuccino takes the biscuit as the most outlandish and most decadent – not to mention potentially the most hazardous – that we have seen in a long, long time.
…continue reading the Sexagintuple Vanilla Bean Mocha Frappuccino
What to do with those leftover coffee grounds?
Well Heriot Watt University are giving away small bags of leftover grounds from their campus coffee shops in the hope that students will put them to good use and start tending to flower beds and compost heaps.
Whether or not students will suddenly find themselves with green fingers overnight remains to be seen, but many people have been advocating the use of coffee grounds as a horticultural aid for a long time now.
…continue reading Greenfingered gardening tips for leftover coffee
What sound does coffee make?
Many of our senses are taken up by coffee; the aromas associated with the beans, the taste of the brewed drink, the aesthetics of the finished product and even the heat – or lack of if you have plumped for an iced version – allows people to ‘feel’ their coffees. …continue reading The acoustics of roasting coffee
