Gourmet Coffees

Have you noticed that medical opinion about coffee is changing? Many doctors who once warned against coffee are having to reverse their opinion in the face of new research. In fact, there are many studies now that tout the health benefits of coffee drinking rather than the health risks associated with the caffeine in it.

Sure, massive intake of caffeine, or any other substance isn't good for you, but moderate intake, the way most people drink coffee, isn't necessarily a bad thing. It can even have specific benefits for your health.

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Believe it or not, people the world over enjoyed coffee before a certain Seattle establishment opened its first storefront. In fact, the history of coffee drinking is a history of social discourse.

What the little company with the cute name from Washington state did was introduce new generations to the world's favorite beverage. Coffee had been declining in popularity for a number of years. Chalk it up to inferior grades of coffee beans that proliferated from the 1950s on or to social revolution. The young people of the sixties hadn't embraced coffee drinking the way previous generations had. Rather than gather in diners for coffee, young people cruised the local hangout with paper cups of crushed ice and cola.

Read the complete article on the History of Coffee Beans.

Are you old enough to remember life before filtered water or bottled water? Those were the good old days when you turned on the kitchen tap for a glass of water - that probably didn't taste too good.

In many parts of the United States, water may have been potable, meaning it was disease-free and safe to drink, but that didn't mean it tasted good. That bad taste in a glass of water translated into an off taste in anything cooked, with water added, and beverages like coffee brewed with water.

Read the entire article on How to Make Good Coffee with Better Water.

Very soon after that, coffee became the main export crop to the European markets and the most important product in the history of Costa Rica, as a nation. This was a very big step within the national economy. The infrastructure needed to export coffee to Europe lead to the creation of the large coffee plantations controlled by a few wealthy land owners.

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In social gatherings it is very common to serve and drink, coffee or tea. Even in the offices of some companies they have what we called the "coffee break". The coffee parties are typical in some European countries and also in some Latin-American countries were they are a very popular form of entertainment.

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Every once and a while we get a request for low acidic coffee. Some consumers are on low acid diets from their doctors or are looking for coffee that will not upset their sensitive stomachs or teeth. But coffee is actually very low on the acidic scale and there are many other types of drinks to avoid before looking for low acid coffee.

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