Back when I was working in a site-based company, my friends and I would have breakfast and then coffee after our shift. We work the graveyard shift and as a reward especially when we get our paychecks, we rush to the nearest fast food offering breakfast. Once finished, we never let the opportunity pass to…
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Coffee Beans May Be Newest Stress-Buster
Here is an article about the health benefit of coffee beans. Article can be found here Just sniffing that first hot cup of coffee in the morning may help ease some stresses you might be feeling, a South Korean trial indicates. When rats inhaled the aroma of roasted coffee beans, a number of genes were…
A Coffee Toast To All The Father’s Out There.
Some men see things as they are and say “why?”. I dream things that never were and say “why not?” All it takes is the right attitude. To reach our dreams, our ambitions, our goals. And of course, with the right guidance and support… by our fathers. Children become what they are according to how…
The World’s Most Expensive Coffee
Coffee Alamid comes from wild civet droppings on the varied forest floors of the Philippine mountain ranges. The Paradoxorus philippinensis is a civet belonging to the mongoose family. It is a nocturnal animail which uses its nose to choose the sweetest and ripest coffee cherries and eats them during the coffee months. Forest dwellers climb…
Qianhai Coffee
Another story about tracking down brewed coffee in the land of tea, China. To get to our new house, walk past the bakery with long lines on the sidewalk and a sweet sticky smell, like sugar and sesame. If you get to the Muslim butchershop, with cow halves hanging from ceiling hooks, you’ve gone too…
let’s meet over coffee..
Coffee shops have been the favorite meeting place of people. Oftentimes, they prefer doing things over coffee. Why is that? Because coffee shops are designed to be relaxing and most of the times, quiet. After a long day’s work, most people would want to sip a rich capuccino or latte to soothe their body and escape from…
Aroma Keeps Coffee Drinkers Alert
It’s been a long held belief that coffee keeps people awake because of the caffeine. Now a new study says it may actually be the smell that keeps you going. Researchers say the aroma has a soothing and calming effect on the brain and just smelling it is enough to get you out of a…
Coffee May Help Keep You Sharp
Good news for coffee lovers. Some researchers believe that drinking coffee may prevent the memory loss that is often associated with aging. On top of that, they found that the cognitive benefits of drinking coffee increase the older a person gets. According to the findings, women who drank at least 3 cups of coffee a…
When His “Tight-Upper Lipped” Highness Issued a Decree to Suppress Coffee Houses
I just discovered a humorous bit of coffee history at a dedicated coffee blog, Coffee Sage. In England, coffee houses turned out to be huge crowd pullers during the 17th century reign of King Charles II. And since it was only the 17th century – sans any means of entertainment like PS3 and Xbox 360…
Leaner Coffee for Dieting Java Lovers
Coffee lovers who want to stay trim while indulging in their favorite java have a new option. Java Solutions is launching a new coffee drink called Leaner Coffee Creamer. It’s dairy-free and it promotes weight loss. It’s a combo of French vanilla and non-fat buttercream with Hoodia, which is a natural weight loss supplement and…