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It sounds too good to be true for coffee lovers, but a 2004 study at the Harvard School of Public Health showed a striking correlation between drinking coffee and lowering your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. Risk Cut in Half Men who participated in the study and drank 6 cups or more of coffee daily were able to cut their chance of developing diabetes in half compared to male non-coffee drinkers. Women who drank 6 cups or more per day reduced their likelihood of developing diabetes by 30 percent. That's news to...

If you are a fan of flavored coffee, we have good news - you are not alone! We know what you like and why you like it, and we create the best flavored coffee beans for your pleasure. Fans of gourmet flavored coffee have been misunderstood and snubbed for years. If you are standing in line at your favorite local coffee shop and you order a flavored coffee, you might hear snickers from the coffee snob behind you. That’s because coffee snobs believe that flavored coffee beans are an inferior grade of bulk coffee beans, and that’s simply not true!...

Home roasting bulk green coffee beans has become a hot new trend. Many coffee lovers have embraced home roasting techniques using wholesale green coffee beans that are purchased from green coffee bean suppliers. Home roasting green coffee beans allows you to enjoy the absolute freshest cup of coffee and experience the full flavor and aroma of premium coffee beans. Roasting bulk green coffee beans at home is fun and easy. You can roast coffee beans in your oven, in a skillet on the stove top, or you can re-purpose an air popcorn popper, or buy a fancy coffee bean roasting...

Espresso Coffee is a coffee brewing method that uses pressure to force hot water through very fine grounds, resulting in a small amount of strong, concentrated coffee. Here are some questions that customers ask about espresso coffee. What’s the difference between espresso coffee and regular bulk coffee? The difference is how fine the coffee beans are ground and how the ground coffee is brewed. Espresso coffee beans are very finely ground. The espresso grind is much finer than ground coffee for drip brewers. Espresso coffee brewing time is very short because espresso coffee machines use steam pressure to force the...

Did you know your favorite cup of java starts as a bean with a green shade (also known as green coffee)? Coffee is green because it is the seed of a fruit. Roasting is essentially the process of roasting a green coffee bean until it turns brown. Green coffee beans are matured through the roasting process. A green coffee bean has sugars and acids that are created into a flavorful java experience through the roasting process. Roasting green coffee beans happens in three stages: drying, browning and acidifying. Step 1 Green coffee beans are put into a heated roasting drum....

It’s no mystery why wine tastings are so popular: as a participant you get to drink something delicious, enjoy time with friends, compare descriptions and even compete (if that’s what you’re into) to identify the flavor profile and origin of each sample, and more than likely you leave feeling a little more buzzed than when you arrived. All those same attractive attributes could describe a coffee tasting, too. If you’re looking for outside-the-box ideas to help promote your restaurant, café, or newly released blend of carefully roasted coffee beans or newly imported green coffee beans, a coffee tasting may be just...

Once upon a time, building out a café was a comparatively simple affair: line up a few commercial-grade automatic coffee makers, ensure there are a few coffee syrups and assorted milk, blender and creamer selections, and install a few cozy places for customers to sit and sip. Today, an increasingly savvy clientele has pushed coffeehouse owners to explore alternative brewing methods, and those machines are showing up in retail sectors, too. For businesses used to a simple and familiar auto-drip system, integrated single-brew or other less convenient methods might seem daunting. Still, the customer demand is there, and having alternative...

Believe it or not, you have a huge advantage over your local chain coffee house. Your very independence is one of your biggest assets. If you walk into a chain coffee shop anywhere in the country you’ll likely get the same thing, as there is not much innovation that goes on at the store level. Want a cookie to go with that coffee? You’ll get two or three choices, mass produced to have a long shelf life and exactly match the cookies in other chain locations. You have the flexibility to test out new offerings and see what your clientele...