Apr
29
American Coffee Blends Miss the Mark, Lack Excellenc
April 29, 2010 | Tagged coffee, coffee beans | Leave a Comment
Coffee lovers in the U.S. may have a hard time finding a standout cup of coffee.
After tasting more than 37 caffeinated and decaffeinated varieties of coffee, none of them measured up to the Consumer Reports ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’ rating by the independent nonprofit coffee experts, the publication said Tuesday.
The lackluster report follows a year of tight supplies of high-quality Arabica coffee beans in Columbia. Steep premiums may have caused some roasters to replace the high-quality coffee beans with cheaper and more affordable substitutes for their coffee blends sold on the U.S. market.
Blends are the best selling type of ground coffee in the U.S., and contain beans from at least two regions or countries. All coffees consist of Arabica or Robusta beans, or a combination of both, but Arabica beans are more expensive and tend to make better coffee, according to the publication.
Ranking at the top of the list of 14 caffeinated blends, earning a rating of ‘Good’, are the Starbucks House Blend, calculated at
26 cents per cup, and Green Mountain Signature Nantucket Blend Medium Roast, at 23 cents per cup.
Apr
28
New Coffee Beans
April 28, 2010 | Tagged coffee, coffee bean | Leave a Comment
Explorers at Kew Gardens have just a while ago found 7 undiscovered wild species of coffee beans.
The explorers, from one of the world’s best botanical gardens located in Richmond, UK made the discovery in Madagascar. At a time when global warming is having an affect on almost 60% of the world’s coffee bean plants, this comes as good news to commercial coffee machines and drinkers all over the planet.
Apr
16
Coffee Machine
April 16, 2010 | Tagged commercial coffee machine | Leave a Comment
Cleaning a Commercial Coffee Machine
Apr
2
Great Coffee Facts!
April 2, 2010 | Tagged coffee, coffee beans, espresso | Leave a Comment
The Next time you are sitting in line for a steaming drink of coffee, consider what a amazing industry the coffee business really is…
Roughly 6 million tons of coffee is made around the world; 30 percent to 40 percent of this comes from South America, where roughly 5m men and women are employed in the coffee brewing trade! Think that it takes upto 5-years for a coffee plant to make it to maturity, where upon it makes around about a pound of roasted coffee beans – that is a big amount of plants and space taken up by the coffee trade! In fact, it is thought that there are approximatly 3b coffee plants in Brazil alone!
Preceeding fule, coffee is the most bought and sold product in the entire planet; 501b coffee's are sold every year and nearly 25 million tiny makers trade coffee for a living. Ever since the first commercial espresso machines was invented until 1933 (by Dr. Ernest Illy), the popularity of coffee has boomed in the last century; more so than anything else outside the electronic industry! That’s not even bearing in mind that it wasn’t until 1946 that the modern day espresso machine was invented, cementing Achilles Gaggia as the father of the commercial coffee machine; or until 1960 that the pump driven espresso machine came about, thanks for the Faema company.
Apr
2
New Beans
April 2, 2010 | Tagged coffee, coffee bean | Leave a Comment
Botanists at Kew Gardens have just a while ago unearthed 7 undiscovered wild species of coffee.
The scientists, from one of the world’s top botanical gardens situated in Richmond, UK made the discovery in Madagascar. At a time when temperature change is affecting almost 70% of the world’s coffee bean plants, this comes as breathe of fresh air to commercial coffee machines and drinkers all over the planet.
Apr
2
Coffee Machines
April 2, 2010 | Tagged coffee machine | Leave a Comment
Apr
1
Coffee Machine
April 1, 2010 | Tagged coffee machine | Leave a Comment
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Maintaining regular daily routines is associated with better sleep quality in older adults
Medicine & Health / Health
57 minutes ago |
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0A study in the April 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that the maintenance of daily routines was associated with a reduced rate of insomnia and improved quality of sleep in older adults living in a retirement community.
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CT and MRI scans associated with shorter hospital stays and decreased costs
Medicine & Health / Other
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0Advanced imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) might shorten the length of a person's hospital stay and decrease the high costs associated with hospitalization if used …
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Genome at 10: Scientists urge patience for medical breakthroughs
Medicine & Health / Genetics
2 hours ago |
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0The genome has yet to deliver on promises it would usher in a golden age of medicine, experts say in a debate unleashed by the looming anniversary of the first draft of the human genetic code.
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Mars rover Spirit misses communication session
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
2 hours ago |
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0(AP) — The aging, sand-trapped Mars rover Spirit failed to make a scheduled communication this week and may have gone into a power-saving hibernation to survive the Red Planet's winter, NASA's Jet Propulsion …
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Obama plan expands offshore oil drilling
Space & Earth / Environment
1hour ago |
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0President Barack Obama announced a plan to expand oil drilling off US coasts, drawing protests from green groups but charges by Republicans it did not go far enough.
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In the face of racism, distress depends on one's coping method
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
1hour ago |
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0The way people choose to cope with personal experiences of racism influences the distress caused by the encounter, according to a new study of Filipino-American men and women. Published today in the Journal of Counseling Ps …
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Small soda taxes insufficient to curb consumption among children, study finds
Medicine & Health / Health
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0Small sales taxes on soft drinks in the range currently in force in some states are insufficient to reduce consumption of soda or curb obesity among children, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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Amazon strikes twin electronic book deals: WSJ
Technology / Business
2 hours ago |
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0Amazon.com is letting two more major publishers raise prices of electronic books for Kindle readers in deals struck just days before Apple releases rival iPad computer tablets, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Disadvantaged students reap most financial return from college education, study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
1hour ago |
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0With the college admission season upon us, teens across the country are glued to college websites in hopes of learning whether they have been admitted to their school of choice.
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Perception of poor sleep may predict postpartum mood disturbances in healthy new mothers
Medicine & Health / Health
2 hours ago |
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0A study of healthy new mothers in the April 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that the perception of poor sleep and the conscious awareness of its impact on daytime functioning might be stronger predictors of immediate postpa …
Apr
1
Coffee Machine
April 1, 2010 | Tagged coffee machine | Leave a Comment
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