March 14th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
Grinding coffee beans is best done using a burr grinder, which produces less dust than a blade grinder, and coffee beans can be ground into any size granule. Grind up coffee beans to brew coffee drinks with advice from beverage specialist in this free video on hot drinks. Expert: Adrien Matthews Contact: www.taystrestaurant.com Bio: Adrien Matthews runs the wine program at Tayst Restaurant and Wine Bar in Nashville, Tenn. Filmmaker: Dimitri labarge
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February 9th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
After oil, coffee is the most highly traded substance in the world. The worldwide demand for coffee stretches from coffee houses in New York, to cafe’s in Italy, to street stalls in Vietnam.
Undoubtedly, this coffee consumption takes a heavy toll on the environment. Most of us do not consider the deforestation caused by commercial coffee farming, the huge amount of water consumption, and the mountains of paper products (filters, cups, etc.) we create as a by-product of our coffee habit.
If you want to drink coffee (relatively) guilt free, below are some ways to make your coffee habit less harmful to the environment:
Drink Local Coffee – Buy coffee which has traveled the shortest distance to reach you to help lower the impact of shipping on the environment.
Buy A Cool Mug – Purchase a really cool mug that you will want to again and again; eliminating the need for plastic or styrofoam cups.
Do Without A Coffee Stirrer …
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January 29th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
If you’re looking to buy a new coffee maker, you obviously want to get the best one that you can. However, “best” is relative and it depends on what you need. Cheapest, fastest or best features all being ways of evaluating which is the best coffee maker. Therefore, it’s necessary to know the pros and cons of the differing types of coffee makers, and weigh your needs against them, in order to know which is the best for you.
The most popular type of coffee maker is called a drip coffee maker, and you can find them literally all over the places – homes, offices, hotels, restaurants etc. They work by using a pool of hot water to pass over coffee grounds in a paper coffee filter. The fact that they are so widely used is testament to the fact that they make a good cup of coffee. However, there is a downside to them – coffee that’s left in …
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December 21st, 2009 by Geoff Marks
When I think of a cup of coffee (which is often), two pictures come to mind. The first is me pouring my first cup of coffee out of my automatic coffee maker first thing in the morning, and the other is a picture of the waitress at my favorite coffee shop handing me a cup of coffee over the counter. There isn’t anything fancy about the coffee in either situation. It is coffee….good, hot coffee.
However, I have discovered that coffee doesn’t have to always be just plain coffee. Plain coffee is terrific, but you can make coffee as fancy as you want to make it.
For example, hot coffee in cold weather is great, but hot coffee in hot weather isn’t. Iced coffee in hot weather is better…much better. The trick to making good iced coffee is to brew the coffee well in advance. Let it cool to room temperature and then refrigerate it …
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November 29th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Most people know that a cup of coffee will wake them up and make them more alert first thing in the morning. It’s a little shocking, but there really are non-coffee drinkers alive and well in this world. I even know a couple of them personally.
These non-coffee drinkers are most certainly in the minority, however, and even they have a way of getting a morning shot of caffeine. They will either drink a cup of tea, a soft drink, or a glass of chocolate milk — all of which contain caffeine, the active ingredient in coffee.
The caffeine in coffee is a stimulant. It is a natural stimulant without many, if any, side effects. Drinking a lot of coffee can make a person nervous, but even a lot of coffee will not raise blood pressure or increase the heart rate for more than a few minutes. The stimulating effect of coffee lasts a long time, though. A single cup …
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November 19th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Every morning sunrise in America means that coffee is being brewed in almost every kitchen across this great country. Coffee is the traditional morning drink for the greatest majority of American citizens. The coffee that is brewed each morning is just coffee. There isn’t anything exotic about it.
The coffee is usually made from coffee that has been purchased at the local supermarket. It is most often made in automatic drip coffee makers, but there are still a few of us who use percolators. We don’t want anybody to do anything exotic to that first cup of morning coffee, but as the day progresses, we get more adventuresome and we like to try “stuff” that will make coffee more interesting.
Syrups are available in some really exotic flavors that can be added to a plain cup of coffee to give some added body, zest, and interest. You can purchase syrups in …
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