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How Often Should I Clean My Coffee Maker?

If you love coffee and brew your own at home you have a way to do the job. You may have a coffeemaker or you may use a French Press or you my even make pour over coffee. Of these three options you need to pay the most attention to taking care of your coffee […]

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How Can I Enhance the Fruity Notes in My Colombian Coffee?

Coffee from the Colombian coffee growing axis, the Eje Cafetero, ranks with the best coffee in the world. And, while many great coffees are only available in small quantities, the area in the west of the Colombian Andes produces excellent Arabica coffee in substantial quantities. Coffee from this part of the world is grown at […]

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Is Organic Coffee Better Than Regular Coffee?

Here at Buy Organic Coffee we promote both regular and organic coffee. Organic coffee is generally more expensive. Does that mean it is better than normal coffee? There are two issues when it comes to organic coffee. They are coffee quality and the absence of impurities commonly found in your regular cup of Java. As […]

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Best Ways to Store Coffee to Preserve Flavor

If you love coffee you may well be drinking a fine Arabica from Colombia. Afterall, if you want great coffee you need to start with great coffee beans. However, there are some additional issues to consider besides the source of your coffee. Coffee flavor and aroma are also dependent on how fresh your coffee is […]

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Why Is Coffee the Best Source of Antioxidants?

It is a good idea to consume lots of foods with high antioxidant levels. What antioxidants are good for is protecting the human body from free radicals. Free radicals are molecules that are unstable and, as a result, cause damage to cells this is called oxidative stress.. This damage over time contributes to a whole […]

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Is Decaf Coffee Good or Bad for You?

Research over the years has repeatedly confirmed that drinking coffee results in a whole host of health benefits from reduced incidence of type II diabetes to Parkinson’s Disease to Alzheimer’s to various types of cancer. Coffee drinkers generally live longer. Although many people just drink coffee for the stimulant effect of the caffeine, it is […]

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Drought in Brazil and Historic Coffee Prices

The price of unroasted coffee beans has running at historically high levels. This has not affected your own cup of coffee so much because of the usually high markup due to roasting, as well as profits for retail outlets and coffee houses. On the other hand it has been a boon for coffee growers in […]

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Will Tariffs Raise the Price of Your Coffee?

In the runup to the 2024 US presidential election one of the topics repeated over and over was that of tariffs on things imported into the USA. Trump talked about putting tariffs on virtually everything and Harris supported selective tariffs to protect American industry and national security. Where does coffee fall in this argument? Is […]

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How to Filter Your Coffee

You can buy great coffee, store it correctly, roast to perfection and still end up with a cup of coffee that is not to your liking. How is that? It has to do with the quality of the water that you use and how you filter your coffee. Using bottled or filtered water will generally […]

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Colombian Coffee Triangle

There are many excellent coffees in the world but the region where one can find universally excellent coffee in the greatest quantities is in the West of Colombia in the Paisa region of largely rural Colombia. This region is the coffee triangle but is also called the coffee growing axis (Eje Cafetero in Spanish). The […]

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