A healthier alternative to decaf?
How do you feel about drinking a naturally caffeine free coffee variant?
If you prefer your cup of joe without a kick then you might be interested to know that a group of Turkish researchers have claimed that they have found the ideal substitute for decaffeinated coffee – and it’s made out of pistachios.
So could we be seeing some nutty substitutes in the near future?
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Green your cup
Due to the Western World’s insatiable desire of coffee – and the culture of ‘coffee to go’ – takeaway coffee cups apparently are responsible for around 25,000 tonnes of waste per year, waste that cannot conventionally be fully recycled.
However, as a number of media outlets have reported, a British business man has become the first person to devise a fully green cup.
“People will be shocked to find out that the paper cups they use rarely get recycled,” the creator Martin Myerscough said.
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Mexico’s Cafe de olla
Coffee was first introduced to the Central American country towards the end of the 18th century when the Spanish brought over a couple of coffee plants from the Caribbean. Commercial cultivation began a few years later when plantations cropped up in the coastal state of Veracruz.
Translated as ‘a little pot of coffee’, Café de olla is a traditional Mexican way of making coffee.
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Butter and coffee
Bulletproof Coffee doesn’t have the properties of Kevlar, nor will it turn you into a man of steel. But it is one of the latest coffee trends.
“It’s rich and creamy and tastes delicious,” says the New York chef Seamus Mullen.
But what exactly is Bulletproof Coffee?
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Flavia fresh packs, available from Caffe Society
With the FLAVIA Creation 400 you will be spoilt for choice.
Available with either a four or a six column merchandiser, FLAVIA’s office coffee system can brew up between nine and eighteen speciality beverages thanks to its unrivalled flexibility. Crucially this means that you can ensure there is something for everybody and that nobody’s tastes, no matter how left-field, are marginalised.
So, what drinks are available?
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Water is the key to a perfect cup of coffee
How do you create the perfect cup of coffee?
Making an eminent brew isn’t down to the fateful hand of Lady Luck; instead a lot of the Dark Arts behind the process comes from science and there is no shortage of opinions on the exact methodology behind achieving a faultless espresso. However it comes as no surprise that science answers the question.
“Brewing coffee might be the most practiced chemical extraction in the world.”- Chris Hendon
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