Coffee Territory

“Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love” Turkish Proverb

Archive for June, 2010

» Coffee «In the Bahamas Islands»

Ingredients

a cup of cold strong coffee
a half glass of pineapple juice
one ice-cream scoop
some pieces of pineapple

Preparation
Mix coffee with pineapple juice and pour this mixture over the ice-cream scoop in the beaker or in the high glass.
Decorate with pineapple pieces, add straw or spoon with a long shank.

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» Mediterranean Coffee

Ingredients

3 tablespoons of graham coffee
2 teaspoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of cocoa
1 teaspoon of anise seeds
a pinch of dry orange peel

Preparation
Mix all ingredients and make coffee everyhow.
The special recipe provides the usage of French press.

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» Cafe de Olla

Ingredients

a bar of semisweet chocolate
4 oz of brown sugar
4 oz of ground coffee
2 sticks of cinnamon
3 pieces of cloves
8 cups of water

Preparation
Boil water in the Turkish coffee pot, and then add pieces of cloves, cinnamon, sugar and chocolate.
When the mixture begins to boil, take foam away. Turn the gas low and [...]

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» Men wake up quicker from coffee than women

According to BBC-News, a strong cup of coffee has different effects on men and women, research shows.
The scientists of The University of Barcelona have performed a research with 668 healthy volunteers. At first they were asked to drink coffee with caffeine and then without it. A cup of espresso, which was taken at the [...]

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