What do these things have in common?

A morning wake-up call

An afternoon pick-me-up

A dessert’s perfect companion

A high cholesterol level’s worst enemy

It’s true. New studies show a link between coffee and high cholesterol. A compound in coffee called cafestol elevates cholesterol by capturing receptors in the intestinal pathway that helps regulation.

Okay, what is this menace that is raising your cholesterol and what does it do? Cafestol is a compound found in coffee that raises the serum concentration of triglycerides and cholesterol in humans. Cafestol also affects the liver cells, causing health complications and the high risk of heart disease.

If you’re assuming both decaf and regular coffee have cafestol, then you would be right. Drinking decaf coffee isn’t any better than drinking regular coffee. Both coffees contain this potent dietary agent (More...)

Coffee drinkers know how to drink a cup of coffee but how many of those know the details of coffee, sources or the formulations of each cup. These are basic information about coffee.Coffee strains

The science name of coffee is ‘Coffea’. There are more than 6000 strains of coffees in the world but only 2 strains of coffees that used in the marketing. These are Arabica and Robusta.

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In the past, the only known ways of processing coffee are by drying the coffee bean while still in the fruit (dry method) and by removing the fruit from the bean before it’s dried (washed or wet method). Sumatra coffee follows a modified process. After picking, the coffee skins are removed then they will be subjected to an overnight fermentation with the absence of water thus calling the procedure dry fermentation. Afterwards, they will be washed in water to remove the pulp and then set for drying. (In a nutshell, Sumatra coffee undergoes the two procedures.) However, not all pulp can be removed by mere scrubbing giving the coffee a ferment taste.

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From the desk of Dixie Rose:Every morning sunrise in America means that coffee is being brewed in almost every kitchen across this great country. Coffee is the traditional morning drink for the greatest majority of American citizens. The coffee that is brewed each morning is just coffee. There isn’t anything exotic about it.The coffee is usually made from coffee that has been purchased at the local supermarket. It is most often made in automatic drip coffee makers, but there are still a few of us who use percolators. We don’t want anybody to do anything exotic to that first cup of morning coffee, but as the day progresses, we get more adventuresome and we like to try “stuff” that will make coffee more interesting.

Syrups are available in some really exotic flavors that can be (More...)

 

If coffee is what turns you on, you might be interested in joining one of the many, many coffee clubs that are offered on the Internet. Or, if you know someone who really, really enjoys their coffee and has adventurous taste buds, you might consider giving them a coffee club membership as a gift for Christmas, birthdays, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. There are several “coffee of the month” clubs that are available. There are gourmet coffee clubs, as well as flavored coffee clubs. You can even hoose specialized coffee gift baskets for the real coffee connoisseurs on your gift list.