Archive for the General Category


Why Does Coffee Improve Memory?

Everyone knows that coffee help us wake up in the morning and keeping during a long day. What is also the case is that coffee can help your memory. The easy part is that if you are more awake you will pay attention better and are more likely to remember things. But, does coffee help […]

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What Is a Dangerous Amount of Coffee?

We have written a lot about the health effects of coffee. In general more coffee is better in reducing your risk of type II diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression and various types of cancer. But what is a dangerous amount of coffee if you get carried away? Mashable reports that the world’s strongest coffee which is […]

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Do Coffee Go Cubes Really Help Cognitive Performance?

A new product on the coffee scene is the Go Cube. This is a chewable cube that contains caffeine and has the texture of a gum drop. Oddity Central says it is a way to kick start your day. San Francisco entrepreneurs Geoffrey Woo and Michael Brandt have come up with a revolutionary way for […]

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Illnesses Related to Grinding and Roasting Coffee

If you grind and roast coffee in commercial quantities you may be at risk of respiratory diseases. Illnesses related to grinding and roasting coffee are asthma and obliterative bronchiolitis. It has long been known that coffee related asthma comes from coffee dust and occasionally from contaminants such as castor bean dust. More recently scientists have […]

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Your Moldy Coffee Maker

This unappetizing title has to do with cleaning your moldy coffee maker and removing the bacteria as well! Bacteria and mold are everywhere in the environment and when they land on moist surfaces they make themselves at home and start to reproduce. One of the unnoticed places in your home where this will happen is […]

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Roast Your Own Coffee

If you are a true coffee aficionado you may choose to roast your own coffee. What does this entail? Can you get good at it? What do you have to buy? We looked on the internet for a list of coffee roasters and found a few suggestions and brands. Here is some info if you […]

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Can Coffee Save Brazil’s Economy?

Brazil, the largest coffee producer in the world by far, is in dismal economic straits. The Great Recession followed by slowing of the Chinese economy has greatly reduced exports of raw materials. The Brazilian economy is in recession and the Brazilian currency, the real, has fallen sixty percent versus the US dollar in the last […]

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Coffee Varieties: Caturra

Coffee varieties are the subspecies of coffee that occur by natural selection and by selective breeding. Disease resistance, yield and flavor vary from variety to variety. Variety or breed selection is critical to the planter as he or she must pick the optimal variety for altitude, sun or shade, soil conditions and climate. Regarding coffee […]

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Coffee As Medicine: the Right Dose

We have written frequently about the benefits of regular and organic coffee for your health. More and more the world has come to realize the medical benefits of coffee, both the caffeine and antioxidants. Because we could think only of the health benefits of coffee, we should consider coffee as medicine and ask what is […]

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Marijuana Coffee

Who would have thought, marijuana coffee is now commercially available. Of course you need to be in a state where selling cannabis and cannabis products is legal. Think of marijuana coffee as a variant on liqueur coffee, something to relax you and something to pep you up in the same cup. Fox News reports on […]

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