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Coffee Culture
Coffee is one of the oldest drinks to connect itself to a social activity, the social activity of drinking together as a group is in fact it an almost uniquely human activity, drinking is essential to survival and at one point in human history the habit of drinking together has become one of the most [...]
» Read more about Coffee Culture5 Primary Ways Of Brewing Coffee
Coffee has five primary ways of being brewed. Each method has brewing variables – introduction of water, brewing temperature, and separating the brewed liquor from the coffee grounds. These five methods are called Turkish brewing, concentrate brewing, percolating, drip brewing, and French Press brewing.
“Turkish” or “Greek” Coffee
Turkish coffee or kahve is the traditional name is [...]
Coffee Words And Flavors
Today there are dozens of coffee brews, blends, roasts and countries of origin available. But making sense of the variety is more than an intellectual exercise, it’s a tasting adventure!
Gourmet
This catch-all term means all things to all people. Often it’s just another name for anything except what you find in the grocery aisle. But it [...]
Coffee From Kenya
Mount Kenya is one of the tallest peaks on the planet. That’s an appropriate metaphor for the coffee that comes from this region, since coffee from Kenya is one of the finest brews on Earth.
But beyond literary allusions, there’s a real benefit to the area in which these superb beans are grown. The high plateaus [...]
Automatic Espresso Machine Makes Coffee Fast
For the passionate coffee lover – those who love their coffee pure and rich and strong – not much rivals the automatic espresso machine in terms of convenience. Whether you visit your local coffee shop where the air comes alive with the hiss and heat of steam or you invest in an at-home automatic espresso [...]
» Read more about Automatic Espresso Machine Makes Coffee FastCoffee sugar
Natural brown sugar is a name for raw sugar which is a brown sugar produced from the first crystallisation of cane. Raw sugar is commonly then further processed to produce white sugar.
As such “natural brown sugar” is free of additional dyes and chemicals (eg. phosphoric acid, calcium hydroxide and sulfur dioxide to make sugar white).
There [...]
Starbucks Tazo Tea
Starbucks is of course known for its coffee and some folks swear by it; telling us it is the only coffee they will drink. Indeed Starbucks is glad to see this as their average store does $85,000 in gross revenue per month. But did you know that not all of that is Frappachinos, Coffee, Pastries [...]
» Read more about Starbucks Tazo TeaHistory of Starbucks
Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971 by three businessmen in Seattle, Washington who had a love for coffee and tea. It was important to them that the city of Seattle to have access their coffee.
The Starbucks Coffee Company grew slowly but by 1981 had 4 retail stores and a roasting plant that sold whole [...]
How to open Starbucks
If you want to open your own Starbucks coffee, bad news. Starbucks is not a franchise, so no hope for your own coffee shop. But there is still possibility for Licensed shop, which means your store is owned by Starbucks. Cost for opening one Starbucks licensed store is roughly $315,000.
Starbucks Franchise
Unless it is very popular, [...]