Archive for January, 2026


The Chemistry of Coffee Roasting

One way to look at cooking and food preparation is to see it as applied chemistry. The same applies to the coffee drink every morning. The coffee that we drink starts out as a “green” coffee bean that has a distinct grassy taste if brew it up. The aroma and flavor that we are accustomed […]

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Is Green Coffee Good for Your Health?

Years of research have demonstrated that drinking coffee leads to long term health benefits. More recently green coffee has been touted as not only an aid to losing weight but also a means of controlling blood pressure, avoiding heart disease and even helping avoid the effects of aging. Is green coffee really good for your […]

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What Is a French Roast?

If you are not familiar with coffee roasting you probably do not know the answer to this question or think it has to do with French cooking. A French roast is not something to do with French cuisine. Rather it is a term used for coffee that has been roasted to where it is very […]

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What Is Café Americano?

All of your life when you wanted a cup of coffee in a café or restaurant you simply asked for a cup of coffee. Maybe you started going to your local Starbucks or other neighborhood coffee shop where you learned about espresso, mocha and lots of flavored coffee drinks. But then you went on vacation […]

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