Month: July 2019
What Is Nitro Cold Brew?
As many parts of North America and Europe deal with a record-melting heat wave, demand for cold coffee has only been growing. That is especially true for nitro cold brew. As one of the trendiest coffee drinks on the market, nitro cold brew has been a popular choice to cool down in the hot weather.
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Starbucks just launched its 1st line of coffee creamers in popular drink flavors
If the line at your local Starbucks is getting a little too long in the morning (and the price of that extra-special latte is putting a dent in your wallet), this new product may be a total game-changer.
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Baileys Irish Cream Now Makes Cold-Brew Coffee That Will Jump-Start Your Day
Don’t you wish you could start every morning with a little Baileys Irish Cream? Unfortunately, having a cocktail before work is frowned upon, so that’s why we’re excited that Baileys now makes non-alcoholic cold-brew coffee.
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HOW DRINKING MORE WATER CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT
You’ve probably heard it more than once: drinking more water will help you lose more weight. But does water really help weight loss? The short answer is yes. Drinking water helps boost your metabolism, cleanse your body of waste, and acts as an appetite suppressant. Also, drinking more water helps your body stop retaining water, leading you to drop those extra pounds of water weight. What can you do to make sure you’re drinking the recommended eight to ten eight-ounce glasses per day to keep yourself hydrated and encourage weight loss?
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IS DECAF COFFEE HEALTHIER THAN REGULAR COFFEE?
Let’s get something straight right now: Despite getting a bad rap as a necessary evil, coffee—in all its caffeinated glory—is actually healthy. It’s been linked to better cognitive function, lowering one’s cancer risk, and living a longer life, which one could argue is the greatest health benefit of all. But alas, there are reasons to switch from regular to decaf.
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Caffeine: What’s in it for the coffee plant?
Ah…that first cup of coffee each day! It almost seems like just the smell of those alkaloids and flavonoids from roasting coffee beans could lift us out of bed in the morning. And that first sip—shared by 26,000 other coffee lovers every second—provides that jolt of caffeine that finally shatters the brittle remnants of last night’s dreams. We owe this pleasurable largesse to the diligent efforts of coffee plants that expend time and energy to transform a precursor compound (xanthosine) into the psychoactive chemical we love and depend upon. Why do those coffee plants do it?
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Chesapeake states grapple with ‘forever chemical’ contaminating drinking water
Not long ago, Nathan Volpi began wondering about the safety of the tap water that he, his wife and two young children had been drinking for years.
Volpi, a lawyer, had heard worrisome stories from friends and relatives in southeastern Pennsylvania about tainted drinking water found near military bases there. The same contaminants had turned up in wells serving Harrisburg International Airport just across the Susquehanna River from his home in Newberry Township, and he knew of defense facilities in the general area.
“Seeing all these red flags,” Volpi recalled, “I decided to get my water tested to see how it came out.”
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Will Coffee Ever Cost $20 a Cup? Yes, and Sooner Than You Think
Last year, more coffee was harvested than ever before in history. Traditionally tea-drinking nations, like China and Japan, now also have booming coffee cultures. Some projections indicate global coffee demand could still double by 2050. But by the same year, thanks to rising global temperatures, roughly half of the Earth’s land suitable coffee-growing will no longer be viable for coffee farming. In other words, to keep pace with demand, producers will need to grow twice the coffee with half the space.
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How to Make a Perfect Irish Coffee
Irish coffee is a delicacy enjoyed by cappuccino connoisseurs and bourbon-guzzling bon vivants all over the world. Unfortunately, most of us have become apathetic as to what constitutes a real Irish coffee. And it’s no wonder: The quality of Irish coffee in restaurants and bars has been deteriorating for some time now. We’re essentially being served cheap coffee and even cheaper whiskey, topped with over-aerated whipped topping. But there’s an art to Irish coffee.
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A tale of 2 coffees: Prices are at all-time highs, yet growers continue to struggle
The coffee biz is worth over $100B globally. Baristas are considered artists, Starbucks is so influential it breeds quasi-presidential candidates, and consumer coffee prices are at all-time highs ($5 Joe, babayyy). It practically fuels the universe.
But, for the talent behind this whole java frenzy — the bean growers — realities are less flashy, more desperate, and a whole latté more expensive to make than what they sell for.
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