Thursday, July 3, 2008

A cup off coffee

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Morning coffee

A cup off coffee gives aroma and bitter taste. But that's not all. This compound has also shown to have antibacterial and anti-adhesive properties, which help to prevent dental cavities from forming.

There are a lot of coffee goodness for you health one cup off coffee in the morning confers a number of health benefits including protection against aging, type II diabetes, Parkinson's disease, gallstones and even some cancers

There is another benefits off coffee. One of the reasons for coffee's health benefits may lie in its high caffeine content. An eight-ounce cup of drip-brewed coffee contains about 135 mg of caffeine. This compares with just 35 mg for the same serving of green tea or a 12-ounce serving of Coke.


Type UNIT contains

Regular coffee cup 20-30 mg
instant coffee cup 60-80 mg
Regular tea cup 10-30 mg
Green tea cup 50-80 mg
Herbal tea can 0 mg
Coke can 30-60 mg
Diet coke can 40-60 mg

Source: Asia Fit (2000)


While coffee is increasingly being noted for its health benefits, certain individuals should be cautious about their consumption. Pregnant women should carefully monitor caffeine intake, since more than 300 mg a day raises the risk for miscarriage. Women who are nursing should avoid drinking coffee as the caffeine can pass into the mother's milk. Individuals who have a hard time sleeping are advised not to drink coffee. And, those with irregular heartbeats are warned against drinking caffeinated beverages.





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Monday, June 30, 2008

Single Origin Espressos

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Single-Origin Espressos 2008

By Kenneth Davids and Heather Perry June 2008
Those new to espresso connoisseurship may be surprised to learn that producing this dense, aromatic beverage from coffee of a single origin rather than from a blend of coffees from different origins is a mildly controversial practice. Traditionalists argue that the espresso system extracts flavor-bearing components from coffee so efficiently that a single coffee from a single origin is not balanced and complete enough to fulfill the promise of the system. Others disagree, and support single-origins as an exciting extension of coffee globetrotting into the blend-dominated world of espresso. Coffee Review first tested the single-origin espresso hypothesis in 2003
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