Want Some Free Coffee Recipes?
Are you tired of making the same old brew day in and day out? To be honest, I am NOT. I am a creature of habit and for the most part, I like having my huge mug of espresso in the morning and then a cup or two of brewed coffee during the day. Still, there are days when I feel like trying something new – we all get them. What I normally do is just head on over to the nearest Starbucks or Coffee Bean. It would be great to be able to make new coffee drinks at home, though…
…and that’s what this FREE Coffee Recipe E-book will allow you to do! I stumbled upon the freebie at Coffee Fair:
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What’s Up With Slimming Coffees?
About two weeks ago, a friend of mine gave me a box of “coffee.” She said that she’d been drinking the stuff for a week and it helped her lose weight. Naturally, I couldn’t say no to that!
I did try the coffee and I think that if I had continued to drink it on a regular basis, I would have shed some pounds. However, I can’t get rid of the habit of going straight to the espresso machine the moment I get out of bed. As a result, I keep forgetting to drink the slimming coffee.
What’s this coffee all about anyway? It seems that I have been hearing a lot about it but I am not really sure what it is. After all, everything is in Chinese! All I can say is that it doesn’t really taste like coffee – at least not the coffee that I drink. Even if you put only half a cup of water, the resulting mixture is a very pale brown and the flavor is very very strange.
I did notice that I lost my appetite when I drank the coffee – maybe that’s how it makes you lose weight. I also felt that I needed to drink lots of water all throughout the day because I had this dry feeling in my mouth. You know how you feel after walking under the blazing sun for hours? It’s similar to that but not exactly the same.
Now I really am curious as to what’s in these slimming coffees. Anyone know?
More Health Benefits From Coffee?
Every now and then, we hear about new health benefits that coffee can bring about. Seriously, I do NOT need to be convinced that coffee is good for you. I love the drink and that’s that. But for those of you who like reading this kind of thing, you’d love to know that the results of a recent study were published this month in the journal Hepatalogy.
The title of the article is “Increased caffeine consumption is associated with reduced hepatic fibrosis.” What’s hepatic fibrosis anyway? Hepatic means something to do with the liver and I think fibrosis means scarring. This is linked to hepatitis and other liver problems. Details of the study:
One hundred and seventy seven patients were studied over a six-month period. The group was comprised of close to half male and female, with 112 chronic hepatitis sufferers. The participants consumed 308 mg of caffeine a day, the same as 2.25 cups of coffee.
I was just thinking that maybe the reason my liver is OK is that I drink more coffee than that!
Another study focuses on prostate cancer. Natural News shares:
In December 2009, research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference showed that coffee reduced the risk of prostate cancer because of its effect on blood sugar, insulin and glucose metabolism. The research was collected from over 50,000 men, from 1986 to 2006. Men who drank the most coffee had a 60 percent lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer, compared to the men who drank no coffee.
I am definitely not a man but for you guys out there, drink up! Your coffee addiction just might save you from an unpleasant inspection by the doctor.
Free Coffee At Coffee Bean
Hold on – before you get too excited, this piece of news is only for a small population of our readers. I ran across this bit of information – the good news is that today, November 12, participating Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores in three states will be offering free drinks.
Dubbed The Holiday Open House, some Coffee Bean stores will be serving 12 oz holiday drinks from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Drinks on the roster are Peppermint Latte (or Ice Blended), Pumpkin Latte (or Ice Blended), and Winter Dream Latte. Naturally, only one drink per customer is allowed.
The stores that will be participating are those located in California, Arizona, and Texas. Unfortunately, those stores located in school campuses are not part of the promotion. (I wonder why?;))
I am pretty sure that a lot of people will be grabbing this chance to get a free drink. Never mind that it’s just a 12 oz drink and that you can only have one – that’s several dollars you can save! More so, this is the perfect opportunity for those who may want to simply try the holiday drinks and are not sure if they want to spend that money on something they may not like.
I wish that Coffee Bean would do the same for other stores in other parts of the country – and the world for that matter. Now I am pretty sure that Starbucks will follow suit, one way or another. Wanna bet?
Buy Dunkin’ Coffee Online
Where do you buy your coffee? The chances are that you have your own supplier; your regular brand. I think I have told you this before – we buy our coffee straight from the place where they grow the beans. The coffee is fresher and I like this particular variety (Liberica). There are times, though, when I yearn for a different taste, and when I discovered that Dunkin’ Donuts sells coffee beans online, I got all excited.
Visit the online shop of Dunkin’ Donuts to get your own beans for home brewing. From what I have been seeing, they have five varieties: Original Blend, Dunkin Decaf, French Vanilla, Hazelnut, and Dunkin Dark. I’m leaning towards the Original Blend and Dunkin Dark. The former is made from 100% Arabica beans, and promises to give you that unique Dunkin’ coffee flavor. The latter is made from the same kind of bean, I think, but roasted more to give a stronger flavor. Both can be bought for $7.99 a pound – not a bad deal at all!
If you’re looking for something more than coffee beans, then Dunkin’ also has some equipment that can make you happy in the kitchen, making coffee. Their offerings are quite limited though – I only saw five products: two blade grinders by Braun and Krups, a Bunn brew kit (which, they claim is great for the office), a Bunn decanter, and some coffee filters by Bunn. I have no idea why they are selling these particular brands (although we know they are reliable). I think I’d get them at the store instead of the Dunkin’ shop, though.
Of Flavored Coffee
I went to Coffee Bean the other day to meet up with some friends, something which I hadn’t done in a while, and I was surprised at the fact that I got a bit confused as to what to order. I usually get something basic – brewed or a latte – but then I saw flavored coffees. I still got my usual – a latte – but it got me curious about how they make the flavored coffees, so I did some research.
Obviously, in many coffee shops, they add the flavor after brewing the coffee. The most common way is to add shots of syrup, depending on the flavor that you want. You can have vanilla, strawberry, hazelnut, and so on. Alternatively, you can flavor your own coffee by using natural products such as cinnamon sticks or its powdered form; same thing with nuts and other flavors that you may fancy.
But did you know that some people add flavor to the coffee before brewing it? Check out the coffee beans at the grocery store and you will find various packaging of flavored coffee beans.
What they do is to add the chemicals to the beans. The flavoring can take the form of either powder or liquid. These chemicals are usually added to the beans right after they come out of the roasting drum.
You ought to know, also, that purists simply abhor adding flavor to the beans while or after roasting. Some even hate the addition of flavors after brewing! While I am not particularly fond of flavored coffee, I am not really against it either. How about you?
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Protect Your Liver With Coffee
I bet you didn’t know that – I didn’t! I know how too much alcohol can damage one’s liver beyond repair, but I had never associated coffee with the liver. Then again, everything that we ingest goes through the liver so it makes sense.
Anyhow, a new study has found out that perhaps, coffee can help with the retardation of the damage on the liver caused by hepatitis C. This form of hepatitis is viral and can be contracted through infected needles, sexual activity, and mother to child. In a few cases, the virus does not cause much damage. However, in most cases, the infection stays and causes damage to the liver, including chronic inflammation, cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and even cancer of the liver.
So what exactly did this new study find out? According to the researchers, their subjects who drank at least three cups of coffee on a daily basis were more protected against the long term damages wrought by hepatitis C. The figures play around 53 percent. Reuters has more details:
Freedman’s team found that the risk of progression declined as patients’ coffee intake rose. Compared with those who were non-drinkers at the outset, patients who had one to three cups of coffee per day were 30 percent less likely to progress. Those who drank three or more cups each day had a 53 percent lower risk.
Again, as with most other studies, the researchers have a standard disclaimer that they need further studies and analysis to have conclusive results. Still, even if you don’t have hepatitis C, you have another reason to drink more coffee!
Pass Up On That Coffee…
…and donate the money to victims of Typhoon Ketsana (Typhoon Ondoy) instead! If you have been browsing news online or watching the news on TV in the past week, you would know all about the situation of countless people in the Philippines. Some of you might even have already helped in your own ways. For those who want to, but haven’t yet, here is an idea.
Why not pass up on your daily cup at Starbucks (or wherever you get your java fix at) for a day or so and donate that money to help people in dire need? Think about it, if you spend $5 a day on a cup of coffee, you can give up to $25 in one work week! This may not seem much to you, but 25 bucks can buy food, blankets, and some clothes for a whole family.
It has been a week since the typhoon hit, and the second typhoon that was expected to hit the same area this weekend changed its course and hit farther north. Still, some communities are submerged in water. More families have been left with nothing but the rubble of their houses. Still more people have been left with nothing but the clothes on their back.
Bottom line: these people need our help more than we need our specialty coffees. Convinced yet? If you are willing to extend a helping hand, click on the widget below. The proceeds go straight to the PayPal account of the Philippine National Red Cross.
Cappuccino Cake Recipe
I had a very nice dinner at this new Italian restaurant near our place yesterday, and I couldn’t believe just how full I got off of a plate of pasta. I didn’t even finish half of it – their servings were simply humongous! I naturally wanted some dessert, but my stomach simply did not have room for it. I regretted that later that night, though, as I was craving for some cake – coffee flavored cake, in fact. Unfortunately, everything was closed and all I had was coffee, but no cake. I had to content myself with looking up recipes online. Don’t you just hate it when this happens?
Anyway, I found an interesting recipe for Cappuccino Cake. You don’t even have to make the cake yourself – just get a ready made sponge cake, and you can make wonders! Here is the recipe, courtesy of Coffee Recipes.
1 premade sponge cake.
1 cup of boiling coffee.
1 cup of condensed milk.
2 teaspoons of gelatin.
Cream, for topping.
Powdered chocolate, for topping.
Instructions for Cappuccino Cake:
Line a suitably sized starsol cake tin with foil and place the premade sponge cake inside.Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling coffee.
Mix the coffee into the condensed milk.
Pour the mixture over the sponge cake, distributing so that mixture is evenly absorbed.
Place in your refrigerator for 3-4 hours or until set.
Top with cream and powdered chocolate.
Serve.
What do you think? It looks easy enough – no need to cook even!
Have You Ever “Double-cupped” At Dunkin?
I hope not! I actually didn’t realize that this was happening, at least until I read an article by skirsner over at Boston.com. Apparently, some Dunkin’ Donuts customers have made it a practice to ask for an extra Styrofoam cup when they buy iced coffee. Their reason? They use the styro cup to keep their hands dry. Yeah, iced coffee is COLD so the outside of the cup gets condensation. Another reason is that some people say the extra cup makes the coffee cold for longer. Okay.
The writer is right, though. Do we really need the extra styro cup? We may have reasons – most of them for convenience – but the extra cup can do much damage to the environment, especially since its styro! Maybe one person asking for an extra cup doesn’t mean much, but count all the people that do ask for it and you’ll have countless cups.
Another thought hit me – where do these cups end up after the coffee is gone? The chances are they are not even recycled. As the writer pointed out, there are really no recycling facilities in Dunkin’ branches. And do you really think the people who ask for these extra cups will go out of their way to recycle them? I highly doubt it.
So here’s a challenge for you double-cuppers out there. Why not get rid of the habit and use paper towels made out of recycled material to keep your hands dry? Or maybe, bring your own reusable mug to keep your coffee cold. What do you say?
