Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Coffee with Donuts

Dunkin Donuts became popular by its variety of Donuts. It has over 35 varieties of Donuts and Fancies including Éclairs, Fritters, Crullers, Bismarck’s and Coffee roll. They also have Munchkins brand donut “holes”, Stick donuts, Bagels, Muffins, Danish pastry and Cookies. Due to the fast selling of coffee products in recent years they tend to offers several types of coffee drinks, in Hot and Iced forms. The premium coffee that they serve is the traditional Italian style of coffees beverages like Espresso, Cappuccino and Lattes, they also has flavored coffee like French vanilla, Hazelnut, Cinnamon, Toasted Almond, Caramel , Coconut , Raspberry, Blueberry and Chocolate. What really makes me more interested about it was, each of these flavors can be added to any of their coffee beverages and you can mix it with more than one flavor. They also have Iced Lattes to those who want iced coffee, in two varieties Iced Caramel Swirl and Iced Mocha Swirl. These are made of Espresso, Caramel or Mocha syrup and Milk topped with whipped cream and syrup.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Dunkin’ Donuts History

In 1950, William Rosenberg opened the first store at 543 Southern Artery in Quincy Massachusetts. He opened a total of five Dunkin’ Donuts shops with Natick, Somerville, Saugus and Shrewsbury, in 1954. The first franchised Dunkin’ Donuts shop in America opened in the Webster Square area of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1955. Dunkin’ Donuts and its other quick-service brands like Top’s and Baskin-Robbins were owned and operated by Allied Domecq. Dunkin’ Donuts claims to be “the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain” serving 2.7 million customers per day at approximately 8,000 stores in 30 countries which include approximately 5,800 Dunkin' Donuts locations throughout the USA. Currently, there are 5,541 Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in the United States, 79 in Canada, and 1,846 throughout the rest of the world.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

What makes Timothy’s Coffee beans became exceptional?

  1. The procedure of harvesting was carefully monitored the ripe cherries not to fall on the ground and spoil therefore they required a hand picked for the cherries.
  2. They are very particular when it comes to beans because they select only from the top 1-5% of the highest grade of coffee possible.
  3. In the process of roasting, they make sure that it’s caramelizes the sugar and carbohydrates in the beans, and this creates an oil-like substance, which gives the coffee its color, flavor and aroma.
  4. The coffee is packed immediately after roasting to lock in freshness and seal the flavor.
  5. They used pods because it is convenient, easy to use, and mess free for a consistently delicious freshly brewed cup of coffee.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Timothy’s Coffees Awareness

In 1975, Timothy’s Coffees of the World Inc. was established in the North America. It was expanded by more than 100 stores across Canada. They became well known because of its own coffees exceptional in taste. Also, recognize one of the pioneers in producing the highest standard of specialty coffee in North America. For over 30 years, Timothy's has been a family run business and has taken great care in seeking out the highest quality Arabica coffee beans from around the world. Timothy’s coffee makes sure that each batch of coffee beans is roasted to perfection to get the best coffee with the richest aroma and flavor possible. People demand to its product which has resulted in over 100 million cups of Timothy’s coffee being served in variety of format.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Dude you know about Coffee?

  • In ancient time Coffee Beans were actually called the “Magic Berries” because it boosts energies and fragrant beverage which they termed as heaven-sent.
  • Coffee beans contains over 800 different compounds which contribute to the flavor, including sugars and other carbohydrates, mineral salts , organic acids, aromatic oils, and methyl xanthenes, a chemical class which includes caffeine.
  • Coffee flavors may require up to 80 different compounds to achieve its subtle flavors.
  • Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer and produces around 25% of the world's supply of coffee. Eighty percent of coffee from Brazil is Arabica
  • Coffea Arabica was the earliest cultivated species coffee and is still the most highly prized.
  • The highest roasting degree among other coffee bean is Espresso Black. This roast produces beans which are almost carbonized, and it yields the strongest brew.
  • Italian researcher study another compound called trigonelline, which gives coffee its aroma and bitter taste for having both antibacterial and anti-adhesive properties to help prevent by forming dental cavities.
  • In recent decades, there are 19,000 studies have been done examining coffee’s impact on health for over 108 million Americans who are a regular coffee drinker.
  • According to the British Coffee Association they have an estimated 70 million cups of coffee a day in Britain.
  • In the 17th Century, the first coffee house opened in London is Penny Universities. It became known as "penny universities" because a person could buy a cup of coffee for 1 cent.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Antioxidants in coffee

Coffee provides high antioxidants level like fruits and vegetables. Researcher says that high antioxidants levels in food and beverages don’t necessarily translate into levels found in the body. The potential health benefits of these antioxidants eventually depend on how they are absorbed and utilized in the body. Antioxidants are known to protect against “oxidative stress” by mopping-up” damaging free radicals that are implicated in cancer, heart disease, digestive brain disorders and ageing. Another line of defense is small-molecular weigh compounds which act as antioxidants. Many of these are found in the diet like Vitamin E, Vitamin C. and Carotenoids. Some foods also contain other antioxidants substances these foods include Soya beans, green and black tea, red wine, coffee, rosemary, sage, and other spices, citrus and other fruits, onions and olives. Some of these foods have no known nutritional function, but they are yet important to human health because of their antioxidant potency.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

TRIVIA : What an expensive coffee!

I was amazing about the most expensive coffee made from Indonesia. Actually the coffee came from the monkey known as the Palm Toddy Cat who lives on a diet of alcoholic tree sap and coffee berries. The coffee was made by the monkey itself who eats berries passed through the digestive system and became a Kopi Luwak. It is a rare and gourmet coffee because the animal process the beans excretes them whole, unscratched and without dung. It is the most expensive coffee because the price is over $300.00 a pound and just one cup of it for $50.00 more in a fancy restaurant. Also, it has limited production each year only about 500 pound.