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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October 27th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Wow! The temperatures are soaring so it must be summer. Those nice hot cups of coffee that we were enjoying fully only a few months ago now just look…well…HOT, like the weather. Hot drinks certainly lose their appeal when the mercury climbs, but the taste of coffee never loses its appeal, so the answer is obvious. Serve iced coffee! Now, there is a great idea.
Coffee is taste that is great only at extremes. Hot coffee is wonderful, and iced coffee is just as wonderful. Anything in between those temperature extremes is just awful and totally unacceptable. Luke warm coffee, tepid coffee, slightly cool coffee — they all taste bad. There may be a scientific explanation, but I have no idea what that explanation might be. All I know is that hot coffee is good, and iced coffee is good.
Now, you can’t keep hot coffee hot for a long period of time. It tends to gain …
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September 3rd, 2009 by Geoff Marks
What is that one thing that we crave for after a day’s hard work? What is that one edible substance which is an essential part of our life? Still guessing? You guessed it right; i am talking about the ‘coffee’. Whether one is at work or at home, coffee is something that he cannot ignore.
The significance of coffee can be ascertained from the whopping figures of its consumption, which one can find in a survey magazine or on a web site. From America to Australia, UK to India, coffee has found it way into the hearts of millions.
There are a number of ways of preparing coffee. Iced coffee, “cappuccino”, “cafe’ latte”, “cafe’ macchiato”, “cafe’ Americano” etc are some of the different ‘recipes’ of coffee. This beverage is a hit everywhere. It would be interesting to note that coffee is believed to reduce the risk of diseases like the Alzheimer’s disease, heart-related problems and so on.…
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September 1st, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Which is that beverage that is universally popular and valued? If you are thinking of ‘booze’ or ‘tea’, then you are mistaken. It is the coffee which we are talking about. In almost every part of the world, coffee is served in offices, meetings, homes, dates, parties and so on.
History has it that coffee was served in Ethiopia in the ninth century as well. the popularity of coffee can easily be gauged by the fact that there are millions of coffee shops in the world today. Without a doubt it can be said of coffee that it rakes in a lot of money compared to its counterparts.
When you return home after a day’s work and rest on your couch while watching a program on the television, your desire to have a cup of coffee never seems to disappear. Talk about a base ball match or a football match, everyone needs a cup of coffee to …
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