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Is Flavored Coffee Any Good?

Dec 20th, 2009 | By | Category: Coffee

These days everyone drinks gourmet flavored coffee. With so much variety available how do you know what to buy? Surely with this many flavors and blends, there must be at least one for everyone. Are you conservative? Thinking you would like to make your own gourmet coffee at home? Or would you rather indulge and let someone wait on you for a change? “Kaffa” or coffee originated in Ethiopia.



Coffee Is The Perfect Gift

Dec 4th, 2009 | By | Category: Coffee

Coffee gift have been given for about as long as gift giving has existed. Let’s face it, who does not like a great cup of joe? There are an endless supply of coffee beans and coffee making paraphernalia that the coffee gift giving ideas are virtually endless. For example, simple as it sounds, coffee beans and an old fashioned percolator would be a coffee lover’s dream.



What Makes Espresso Machines So Special?

Dec 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Coffee

The coffee espresso machine seems simple enough, push a button and instant espresso or cappuccino. The history of the espresso machine though was anything but easy for the people who put their whole heart and soul into making it work. The word espresso is defined simply as coffee made by forcing steam through finely ground coffee beans. Some would say this sounds simple enough, but after you ponder about all the different techniques that had to be developed to allow this to happen; well it’s certain you will change your opinion.