The medical establishment has changed its view of the way caffeine affects blood pressure several times over the years. It kind of reminds me of that old song, “First you say you do and then you say you don’t, first you say you will and then you say you won’t – ”

While it IS true that drinking a cup of coffee temporarily and very briefly raises blood pressure by a tiny bit, the caffeine does not cause the blood pressure to remain elevated for any length of time, and now almost all medical research suggests that there is no correlation between coffee drinking and an increased risk of heart attack or stroke. Furthermore, there is very good research that has determined that coffee drinking is actually helpful in preventing (More...)

Some people mistakenly believe that the coffee with chicory is stronger and bitterer tasting than coffee without chicory, but that is a misconception. Chicory makes the coffee blacker, but it does not make it stronger or bitterer. Actually, the chicory makes the coffee a little less bitter and a tad sweeter.

 Chicory leaves have long been used as a salad green all over the country. They have a distinctive and (More...)

You probably never heard of Starbucks before the 1990s, but the company has actually been around longer than that. Starbucks opened their first store way back in 1971 in Seattle. The name is nautical in nature. It was taken from Herman Melville’s novel Moby ****. Moby **** is a classic about the whaling industry in the 19th century. It is a rather appropriate name, since the coffees that Starbucks served were imported from around the world.

 Then in 1982, Howard Schultz joined the Starbucks organization and while he was on a trip to Italy, he discovered the popularity of the espresso bars and decided that the idea had potential for the Starbucks Company. The rest, as they say, is history.

During the 1990s, Starbucks spread out across the United States (More...)

 The membership roll of the Specialty Coffee Association of America is made up of coffee retailers, roasters, producers, exporters, and importers, as well as manufacturers of coffee equipment and related products.

The specialty coffee industry is one of the fastest-growing segments of the food industry worldwide. Specialty coffee is sometimes referred to as “gourmet coffee” or “premium coffee.” These are not products that are usually found on (More...)