Showing posts with label It's all about coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label It's all about coffee. Show all posts

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.

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.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Organic Coffee

I’m amaze about the Organic Coffee. In nature, Organic coffee bean is grown in 40 countries all over the world and the leading producer countries are Peru, Ethiopia, and Mexico. It is estimated that 11 million hectares of the world’s farmland is dedicated to coffee cultivation and the annual consumption of coffee has expanded to 12 billion pounds. Organic coffee products that you can buy now in the market are decaffeinated, caffeinated, flavored and instant coffees, organic coffee ice cream and yoghurt, coffee sodas, hard candies, and chocolate covered beans. The labels might you see on organic coffee has to be the USDA organic seal can show on any coffee product that contains at least 95 percent organic ingredients and that has been certified as organic by a certification agency accredited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The coffee may also indicate a label saying “100 percent organic” or “Organic.” Drinking it every day becomes more enjoyable coffee because farmers use practices that follow coffee's natural growth cycle. It is better for the earth as well as our bodies.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Coffee on the go!

People on the go are always look up for something quick or instant to eat. We want fast yet quality service of foods and drinks anywhere. When it comes to coffee Starbucks is one of the best places to go because there are so many products to choose here. Aside from more than 30 blends and single-origin coffees they also have sandwiches, salads, baked pastries, juices and others. It also has different kinds of Coffee mugs and Tumblers that you can carry everywhere you go because it is reusable and environmental friendly. Good thing there is a variety of colorful Tumbler that perfectly use to an adventurous coffee drinker like you.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Flavored Coffee Beans

The Flavored Coffee Beans are the beans coated with compounds to enhance coffee beans’ natural taste. It contains over 800 estimated different compounds which contribute to their flavor including sugar and other carbohydrates, mineral salts, organic acid, aromatic oils and methylxanthines, a chemical class which includes caffeine. While the beans flavor is a function of where it was grown and how it was roasted. These flavors help lengthen the shelf life of coffee by identifying changes in flavors due to decaffeination, oxidation, or aging process. On the other hand, more recent improvements in food science have led to ways of introducing complex flavors directly onto beans as part of a post roasting process. It's really amazing that Ground coffee and Coffee bean is now available in an array of blends and flavors.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Starbucks coffee flavors origin

The Land where a coffee is grown creates subtle flavor differences. You can tell a lot about your favorite coffee if you know where it was grown.

In Latin America coffees are well balanced flavors and often evocative of Cocoa or nuts, as well as their crisp, bright acidity like GUATEMALA ANTIGUA, COLOMBIA NARIÑO SUPREMO, HOUSE BLEND and DECAF HOUSE BLEND.

In Africa / Arabia flavors ranging from berries, exotic spices and citrus fruits combine with subtle lemon, floral and chocolate aromas like ARABIAN MOCHA SANANI, ETHIOPIA SIDAMO and KENYA.

In Asia / Pacific flavors are assertive, full-bodied with deep, earthy undertones typify the coffee treasures of Indonesia like KOMODO DRAGON BLEND, SULAWESI SUMATRA and DECAF SUMATRA.

The Multi-Region Blends they creating blends relies on buying the world’s finest coffee and combining them to achieve an intriguing interplay of flavor and aroma like YUKON BLEND, CAFFE’ VERONA, GOLD COAST BLEND and CAFÉ’ ESTIMA BLEND.

The Dark Roast Blends the bold expression of our blending and roasting reflect an elegant complex fusion of flavor and intensity like EXPRESSO ROAST, ITALIAN ROAST and FRENCH ROAST

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Coffee Galore!

People around the world are used to drink coffee everyday. It became a non-stop habit feeling like you can’t live without it. I started to drink premium coffee because my mother used to buy a coffee in pack. Premium Coffee has been around for year but not quite in variety that is available today. Thanks for the modern technology because now we can even go online to order almost any type of coffee beans you’d like. You can order world coffee from many different countries to try all different coffee blends. Not only that because there are so many types of coffee that the choices seem endless.