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

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» Kinds of coffee

Espresso

Espresso – it is a very strong coffee. It is served without milk in little cups. Espresso in Italian means «express» or «fast».
Espresso has become a basis of coffee recipes. In spite of the fact that invention of this recipe is a merit of the Italians, the first espresso machine was found in [...]

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» Who is barista?

Who is barista? Probably many of you have asked yourselves this question. Even if it becomes clearly what does barista do, the origin of word is still a riddle.
If you look into the dictionary, it will be easily to determine that the word has Italian origin. In Italy (and not only here) barista resembles [...]

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» Coffee on your window-sill

If you have got a coffee sapling, it is quite easy to grow coffee tree in a flat. But growing of these seedlings is connected with a number of difficulties. As I already knew, coffee beans should be planted straight away after harvesting. So I got two berries, peeled them from outer red skin, washed [...]

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» Types of coffee packages

Coffee is a freak product. Especially it concerns its storing, which working time depends on the package. How coffee should be packed for better shelf life?
The main purpose of coffee package – do not let oxygen to the beans. Entering into chemical reaction with oxygen, fats, which are contained in coffee beans, are oxidized. That [...]

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» Coffee contents

Raw coffee beans contain more than 2000 different substances like proteins, carbohydrates, fats and mineral salt. By roasting its chemistry is considerably changed.
The nutrition value of real coffee (100 g. of drink without sugar) is: proteins – 0,2 g., fats – 0,6 g., carbohydrates – 0,1 g., calcium – to 9 mg., phosphorus – [...]

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» Peculiarities of coffee etiquette

Coffee-time, as a tea-time is one of the most popular. Usually one can be invited to coffee at the end of the day, after 6 p.m. It is also severed at the end of the feast thereby stress the festival’s conclusion.
In order to leave a good impression by guests from the party, you should [...]

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» Coffee tree

The plant, which giving coffee – if only this name does not deriver from the name of the drink, – come into the world as tiny sprout, which peeped out from furcated bean. This bean is planted into the sand and not very deep. As soon as sprout puts down roots, it so to speak [...]

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