Coffee from berry to cherry Exactly who discovered the wonders of coffee and when it happened is the stuff of legends, but we do know that coffee has been cultivated for around 1500 years. Whether it is coffea arabica or coffea robusta, producing coffee from planting to harvest is a time consuming process. From Seed to Coffee Tree It takes a newly sprouted coffee plant ...Read More »

(CNN) — Times are tough, which is why most Americans are taking their coffee with two tablespoons of cheap. Inexpensive coffee is being poured by the bucketload at fast food restaurants like McDonalds, with its successful McCafe line, and Burger King, which is planning a nationwide Seattle’s Best roll-out this summer. Even slightly swankier ...Read More »

April 5 (Bloomberg) — Cocoa futures retreated from a five- week high in New York on speculation that candy makers will put off purchases in anticipation of lower prices. Coffee rose to the highest level since January. Candy makers “have got their stuff for now” and have no pressing need to add to cocoa inventories, said Jimmy ...Read More »

The story of coffee as we know it does not begin with the mythical figure Juan Valdez from Columbia, it begins long ago in Ethiopia.  If there is one coffee bean that bids fare to be the original coffee bean it is Ethiopian– Ethiopia’s Yergacheffe bean (also spelled other ways).  The story is told about Ethiopian goat herds who noticed that their goats got more bounce to the ounce when they ate the beans off certain bushes.  So being smart goatherds, they tried the beans as well, roasting them over a fire, to the ...Read More »

A real Dutch Santa! Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house The smell of fresh coffee from Mokk-a, of course. The presents are ready, the tree is ablaze Now what to do for Santa as he sails through the maze? A nice Café Svenska to warm his cold toes Then maybe an Italia to sooth his Christmas Woes. And follow with France just to finish the mood. Santa will love you before his morning snooze! Green pine trees, cold mountains, warm atmospheres. Mokk-a’s Café Svenska gives Santa good cheer! Excellent style, vibrant passion, warm sunny days. Add Café Italia to all holidays! And ...Read More »

Posted in the American Heart Journal, a new Swedish study could not find a link between coffee consumption and heart failure, according to Red Orbit news. This contradicts previous assertions that drinking too much coffee could possibly contribute to heart failure.  So, now what?  Does coffee have an adverse affect on heart health? Past studies ...Read More »

According to Reuters Health News there may be another reason for woman to pour that second cup of coffee — the Swedish researchers who are releasing the results of their study in the November International Journal of Cancer, say that drinking coffee may significantly lower the risk of endometrial cancer.  The benefits are strongest for overweight and obese women, who are at a greater risk in the first place. What is endometrial cancer? Forming in the tissue that lines the uterus, endometrial cancer is one of the most common types of cancer affecting women in America.  Also known as uterine cancer, this ...Read More »

Coffee commands an average price of $2.00 a cup. The Coffee grower gets 1 cent. Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. Only about 20% of harvested coffee beans are considered to be a premium bean of the highest quality. In 1732 Bach wrote a coffee cantata. Cantata is a Italian word meaning “To sing”, a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment. In 1763 the city of Venice boasted more then 200 coffee shops. Today Italy supports 200,000 plus coffee shops, restaurants, bars. That ...Read More »

When hot water comes into contact with ground coffee, the aroma, flavour and colour constituents are released. Just how many of these components finally end up in the cup is determined by the grind size, water quality and quantity and brewing temperature, as well as the length of time the water is in contact with the ground coffee (brewing time). Very simply, fine ground coffee, a high temperature and a longer brewing time result in more of the components being dissolved and released. If too much of the content is removed in this way, the coffee tastes strong and negative ...Read More »

Interesting things worth knowing….. • Approximately 20 million people work in the coffee industry worldwide. • Coffee is the second most actively traded commodity, right after oil. • Brazil is the world’s largest coffee producer. • The estimated value of the export of green coffee is 10 billion dollar. • Coffee has many different varieties, more than 60! • Only two coffee varieties have an economic significance: Arabica and Robusta. • Black coffee (without ...Read More »