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Tips on Coffee - Cappuccino Cocktails: Specialty Coffee Recipes and 'A-Whole-Latte' more! (#)

„With all of these variations available, creating delicious cappuccino cocktails beverages is easy and fun. One chapter in this book explores "The Wondrous World of Coffee" and another navigates through "A Coffee Atlas", defining the various coffee beans of the world. A historical coffee timeline, "Coffee: Rich in History", takes you through a mosaic of histories dating back over a millennium, offering you insight into the origins and karmic travels of the coffee bean. "Coffee's Future" expands our awareness of the new developments of coffee consciousness from sustainable coffee cultivation to the world's coffee trade.“

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CoffeeGeek - Bean There, Roasted That, Part Three (#)

„Unfortunately, having absolutely no artistic abilities myself, it has been necessary to blend as a craftsman, trying to recreate tastes from the past or playing 'matchmaker' for coffee beans, introducing them to each other and seeing if they 'get along'. I fully realise that I will probably never create a coffee taste that no one has experienced before, and that any combination of beans that I may intentionally or accidentally mix together will have already been done previously by someone else. Blending has occurred from the earliest times that various coffees were available, at one time the only two areas that cultivated coffee were Yemen and the Dutch colonies in what is now Indonesia.“

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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)

„Nearly all coffee beans are imported from Third World countries, and of the world's production, beans from small farmers make up the vast majority. Yet, most small scale farmers are living in near poverty conditions. Mexico's premier coffee organization, Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Cafetaleras, reports that, although coffee generated $658 million in Mexico last season and is the nation's number one export crop, a small grower's average annual income is only $650 in U.S. dollars.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing and Enjoying (#)

„Is a dark roast better, more sophisticated, than a light roast? Is it essential to grind coffee beans at home?" What he learned in response to these queries comprises the bulk of The Joy of Coffee. Starting with a tour of a coffee plantation and ending in the reader's own kitchen, Kummer leads a lively and informative discussion of all phases of coffee production, from harvesting to roasting to brewing. He discusses different roasts and the different types of coffeemakers, and he even talks about caffeine consumption and methods of decaffeination that preserve the bean's flavor.“

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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Because the pulping is done by mechanical means it normally leaves some residual flesh as well as the sticky mucilage adhering to the parchment surrounding the beans. This has to be completely removed to avoid contamination of the coffee beans by products resulting from the degradation of the mucilage. The newly pulped beans are placed in large fermentation tanks in which the mucilage is broken down by natural enzymes until it is dispersible, when it can be washed away. Unless the fermentation is carefully monitored, the coffee can acquire undesirable, sour flavours.“

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- Coffee Science Information Centre (#)

„It has been shown that both chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid are strong antioxidants in vitro (1). Coffee beans are one of the richest dietary sources of chlorogenic acid and for many consumers this will be their major dietary source (3). It has been reported that a 200 ml cup of arabica coffee contains between 70 and 200 mg chlorogenic acid whereas a cup of robusta coffee contains between 70 and 350 mg (3). It has been estimated that coffee drinkers might ingest as much as 1 g per day cinnamate esters (mostly chlorogenic acid) and 500 mg per day cinnamates (mostly caffeic acid).“

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BBC NEWS | Business | Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee (#)

„The importer, which is usually a major trading company, will then incur port and customs charges before the coffee moves to a large coffee roasting company. In the UK, where many people prefer instant coffee, the coffee beans go through a costly spray-drying or freeze-drying process. Alternatively, the coffee is roasted and ground to make filter coffee. Only then will the coffee tins and jars be filled, labelled and transported to the supermarket shelves or to the coffee shops.“

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India coffee-monthly magazine- Cover Story-Pesticide Residues In Coffee- An Overview (#)

„Prior to introduction of lindane, BHC was recommended for stem application against white stem borer, till it was banned about a decade ago. During those time studies carried out on residues of BHC in drinking water and coffee beans have clearly indicated that there are no residues of BHC in the beans'. As an alternate to Lindane, now chlorpyrilos is suggested for use in the management of stem borer. The use of ecofriendly products like 10%Lime solution, which is found effective in the trials, is also being encouraged to reduce the dependence on chemical pesticides for borer control.“

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A World of Flavor (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„However, when I began buying coffee by the pound and brewing most of my morning cups at home, I knew the time had come to learn about the characteristics of coffee beans throughout the world. Commitment to a pound of beans sustaining me for the next two weeks required some informed decision-making. Learning a bit about major world coffee beans doesn’t hurt for the regular Coffee of the Day customer either – we might as well know what we’re about to sip, right?“

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The Coffee Mill (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„For instance, there is no selective harvesting of the beans, and a tendency to mix coffee grains (unripe beans with green coffee beans). Also, inappropriate handling of beans when drying, or heaping the coffee beans, causes fermentation and eventually mold. This results in bitter coffee. By using the dry mill method, you can conclude it will not produce the high quality coffee bean.“

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Kopi Luwak (#)

„Mountanos says, "It's the most complex coffee I've ever tasted," attributing the unusual flavors to the natural fermentation the coffee beans undergo in the paradoxurus' digestive system. The stomach acids and enzymes are very different from fermenting beans in water. Mountanos says, "It has a little of everything pleasurable in all coffees: earthy, musty tone, the heaviest bodied I've ever tasted.“

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Global Exchange : 442.html (#)

„By comparison, robusta instant-coffee beans are fetching around 50-60 cents a pound for New York C Grade, though in the last fortnight prices have risen 25-30 percent, coming off 30-year lows. Burton says the average price in the last 30 years is just over $1.00 a pound, but that it's gone as high as $3.00—and it will get that high again, a claim borne out by the cyclical nature of prices within global commodity chains. When that happens, Burton says, wholesalers will wear it—but while prices are low, the worry is that good farmers will pull out, undermining the quality market.“

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Tea & Coffee 04/04 - Product Showcase (#)

„Coffee lovers will truly appreciate Madelaine’s chocolate covered coffee beans. Milk chocolate lovers may prefer Cappuccino Coffee Beans with its rich coffee bean center covered in ultra-rich, creamy milk chocolate. Dark chocolate lovers may choose Madelaine’s Espresso Coffee Beans, with its coffee bean center covered in ultra-rich dark chocolate. They are sold in bulk, delivered in a 10-lb.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Critical Condition : How Health Care in America Became Big Business--and Bad Medicine (#)

„'Surviving a Successful Heart Attack' left the author and me with many unanswered questions - 'Critical Condition' gives some valid answers and valuable insight on the real reason that we are prescribed many of the medicines that we take today. I have eliminated my coffee habit with the help of a wonderful coffee substitute made from soya beans called "Soyffee", I'm feeling so much better. My doctor recommended it to help lower my cholesterol and promote strong bones. It's available online at www.S o y c o f f e e.com to find it.“

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Cupping: The Elements of Quality Coffee (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„I am confident that dry-processed coffees can have a greater degree of body. To prove this, I might expand a cupping experiment to include dry-processed Mexican beans from another region as well as newer crop samplings of Capulin; then pit those coffee beans against washed coffees from other regions. Age Matters And what of the age issue? Again, from this experiment alone I can not declare "old" coffee as bad coffee.“

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Espresso! - Brewing your first shot with the Gaggia Classic - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Grind too fine and you'll plug everything solid and nothing at all may come out. Somewhere between these two extremes is a happy medium where the coffee beans are ground just right and you will get an extraction of say, a couple of ounces in about 25 seconds. Which reminds me, you will need to buy a couple of shot glasses so you will know what 2 oz is. Somewhere packed with your new machine is the el-cheapo plastic tamper. You use this thing to compress the gound coffee in the filter basket.“

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:: Dealing With Decaf :: (#)

„Ewan goes into technical mode. "Arabica coffee beans are circulated in flavour-charged water. This is water saturated with coffee flavour components. Flavour-charged water circulation is unique to the Swiss Water process and prevents most of the flavour compounds within the beans from dissolving during decaffeination, whilst at the same time the caffeine from the beans is absorbed into the surrounding liquid." So far, so wet.“

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CBBC Newsround | GLOBALISATION ENVIRONMENTAL | The real cost of coffee (#)

„Coffee demand may kill endangered animals Explain the global demand for coffee Around the world 400 billion cups of coffee are drunk each year. Coffee grows on a small tree, it takes one tree a year to produce 2.2 kg of beans. It can take 40 beans to produce just one cup of espresso. There are 200,000 coffee bars in Italy alone.“

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India Coffee- Indian Coffee, monthly magazine-Cover Story (#)

„But mere presence of moulds may not result in OTA production as they require certain specific conditions for toxin production. Scientific evidence suggests that OTA is produced when the coffee beans at a water activity (free water content) of 0.9 to 1.0 are exposed to a temperature of 250C and relative humidity of 100%. The water activity is dependent on the bean moisture content. Thus, moisture is one of the main risk factors in mould formation in coffee.“

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Global Exchange : 445.html (#)

„Vietnam is today the world's second-largest coffee grower and the largest grower of robusta. "Farmers in developing countries such as Vietnam are now selling their coffee beans for much less than they cost to produce, and they deserve more of the industry's profits," Nhan said. The 2001-02 crops recorded the highest output ever reached in Vietnam, but coffee prices were on average half of those of the 1999-2000 crops.“

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CoffeeGeek - Celebrate The Bean (#)

„The gentleman in the picture above is Giancarlo Gusti, who actually sold me that first bag of coffee beans! He has been roasting and blending in Melbourne since 1962, originally selling to the large local Italian community, then to Uni students, and now all over Australia. He is what we call "a lovely bloke" and has the sort of respect from his peers, the public and the local food industry that someone like Don Schoenholt has in the USA.“

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Indiacoffee - Guide to Indian coffee - Varieties of specialty coffee (#)

„Monsooned coffee has a story to tell. The "Monsooning" of coffee first happened quite by accident in the deep of sailing ships - a shipload of coffee bound for Europe acquired a mellow yet unique taste en route, with the coffee beans 'swelling' due to the moisture in the air. A new kind of coffee was born - Monsooned Coffee.“

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ICAFE (#)

„The plants also have wastewater treatment systems and have helped reduce the amount of water required for coffee processing by 75%. This reduction has been possible thanks to the use of a technique whereby the coffee beans are first taken to a dry processing station. In addition, special pulp-removal and pulp-disposal methods are used.“

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CoffeeKid - Worldind Days, Bristot Coffee, and Spice Mills (#)

„Kauai coffee beans never let me down. It is a chocolatey note bean, mellow (can you tell I like the more mellow coffees), very well suited for vac pot, drip, and press pot brewing. In espresso blending, it would be your equalizer bean, adding chocolate and sweet notes, but also balancing out the more bright or more body beans.“

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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„ When smelling too many intense scents, the sense of smell can become saturated, making it hard to discern the difference between fragrances. Sniffing the scent of coffee beans can actually clear your nasal passages, in the same way that sorbet is served to cleanse the palate between courses in a restaurant. It's sort of like a reset button for your nose.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„To become a member of Cooperative Coffees, you must purchase one share of stock in the co-op, you must guarantee a portion of the co-op's line of credit (in the form of a letter of credit from your bank to the co-op's bank stating that you will stand for a small portion of the co-op's debt), and you must commit to buying 10,000 pounds of beans per year.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„In 2003, 18.5 million pounds of Fair Trade coffee beans were imported into the country. This year, TransFair expects 29 million pounds of Fair Trade coffee beans -- grown on small, family farms from Colombia to Ethiopia -- to be imported into the United States.“

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:: Packaging Perils :: (#)

„Over time, as the carbon dioxide is expelled from the beans, this valve will only let gas out - so no air can get in. Next time you open a case of our coffee beans, take a moment to look for the valve outlet near the tope end of each bag. This article originally appeared in Fresh 3 <Back to Lab Notes“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„illycaffè, in a joint venture with Sortex Ltd., designed its own state-of-the-art electronic machinery that examines each individual coffee bean, eliminating the inferior ones. About 50 coffee beans are needed to produce a one-ounce cup of espresso, and only one bad bean can ruin its flavor.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Cupping. Procedure used by professional tasters to perform sensory evaluation of samples of coffee beans. The beans are ground, water is poured over the grounds, and the liquid is tasted both hot and as it cools. The key evaluation characteristics are Aroma, Acidity, Body, and Flavor. “

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Café de Colombia - QUALITY OF LIFE (#)

„In the 16th century, Jesuit missionaries first brought coffee beans to the country of Colombia. The volcanic soil of the Andes Mountains, along with the mild temperatures and abundant rainfall of the Colombian topography, provided ideal growing conditions, enabling the coffee plants to flourish.“

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ICAFE (#)

„Each lot of coffee beans must be approved by an expert cupping panel (at least 7 panel members per session), working in blind sessions. At least two samples of other coffees from the same area must be included for purposes of comparison.“

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Global Exchange : Difficult Times for Coffee Industry as Demand Falls (#)

„Vieira complains, is like shooting yourself in the foot. Because robusta beans have a harsher taste, consumers are being turned off, coffee farmers say. As a result, demand has fallen further, taking prices down with it. As a result, farmers have less cash to invest in maintaining the quality of their product.“

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Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans (#)

„The mix of chocolate and roasted coffee is great in a drink, and even better in a dessert treat like chocolate covered coffee beans. These are really easy to make, and are a favorite amongst coffee-lovers. Here are a couple of recipes for you to try.“

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Brewing Faith and Coffee - Fair Trade Coffee Project - Lutheran World Relief (#)

„The mainstay of their relationship, however, is the guaranteed minimum price that is paid for the coffee beans. The price will never go lower than $1.26 per pound, and will go up if the market goes up. Having a minimum price set, farmers can rest knowing they can make a living.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„"This morning, I read about the tsunamis and the thousand and thousands of people killed or losing their homes," she said. "Then I was buying some coffee beans, and realized I get Sumatra all the time without really thinking about where Sumatra is or what life there is like."“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: Questions and Answers, Ground or Whole Bean: Coffee Amount Question (#)

„These measurements are for a 5-6 oz cup of coffee. I usually brew 8 cups and I use 6 to 7 TBLS of coffee beans (before grinding) depending on how strong I want my coffee. Racer please share how much you use.“

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CoffeeKid - Late August Coffee Musings (#)

„And she's discovered coffee beans, and she likes them. But don't worry dog lovers - we don't let her eat them. I'm now very careful when I roast, and no stray coffee beans hit the ground and stay there.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Pergamino, Parchment. A final thin, crumbly skin covering wet-processed coffee beans after the coffee berries have been skinned, the pulp removed, and the beans dried. “

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Factors in a Perfect Cup (of espresso) (#)

„Above we see coffee beans typical of roasts found in Naples, Florence and Milano. The two roasts shown on the right are too light for espresso. Remember, as the roast goes darker, the bitterness increases and acidity decreases.“

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BSCA - BSCA Certified Roasted Coffees - SPRESS CAFÉ (#)

„Regular: “Spress Café” uses exclusively “Yellow Bourbon” coffee beans, the perfectly blended beverage and its taste provides unique sweet-acidity balance, excellent body and a unique chocolate like after-taste.“

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Indiacoffee - Guide to Indian coffee - How to process specialty coffee? (#)

„Secondary processing: Grading of coffee beans at curing level involving separation of beans according to size, shape and density followed by meticulous garbing improves the quality.“

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Tea & Coffee 11/04 - Ready-to-Drink Showcase (#)

„Caffé Botanica has introduced a new beverage category for health conscious consumers - herb and mineral infused coffee beans that were developed to help you “wake up healthy”.“

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CoffeeGeek - Regional: United States East, coffee beans in alpharetta ga (#)