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Coffee Culture Around the World
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Coffee Culture In Italy
- Cappuccino is only made in the morning.
- Highly concentrated espresso is served in small, ceramic cups, and almost taken as a shot of alcohol.
- Sometimes, a slice of lemon is rubbed around the edge of the cup to give some additional flavor.
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Coffee Culture In Mexico
In Mexico, coffee is served throughout the day.
Called “café de olla” in Spanish, this traditional drink is brewed in individual earthenware pots filled with cinnamon sticks. This aromatic coffee is actually quite addicting.
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Coffee Culture In Saudi Arabia
Coffee comes with serious etiquette, including serving the oldest in the group first.
Saudi coffee (called “kahwa”) is dark, horrendously bitter, and flavored with cardamom. The coffee is usually served with sweet dates to cut the flavor.
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Coffee Culture In Turkey
Turkish coffee is actually treated like a dessert rather than a morning energizer.
Usually served after dinner with some kind of chewy candy, Turk Kahvesi is brewed in a copper pot and is absurdly hot. It is brewed according to an old proverb: “As black as hell, as strong as death, and as sweet as love.”
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Coffee Culture In Ethiopia
Over several hours, the coffee, which is called “buna” in Ethiopia is brewed in special carafes then poured from on high over cups without spilling a drop. Traditionally, the coffee is flavored with butter and salt.
The pouring ceremony is only done by the lady of the household.
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Coffee Culture In Indonesia
There is something in Indonesia called “kopi luwak.” The kopi beans must first pass through the digestive tract of a civet. The beans are harvested from the civet’s droppings then roasted.
It is absurdly overpriced in Indonesia, but tourists and locals love drinking it up.
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Coffee Culture Denmark
The demand for coffee in Denmark is so high, that you can find packed cafes with people all sitting steaming cups of “Kaffee”.
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Coffee: An Ethiopian Legend
The story goes that that Kaldi discovered coffee. He noticed his goats became energetic after eating the berries from a certain tree.
Kaldi shared his findings with the abbot of a monastery...
Coffee In The Arabian Peninsula
Coffee cultivation and trade began on the Arabian Peninsula. Coffee was being grown in the Yemeni district of Arabia. By the 16th century, it was known in Persia, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey.
Coffee was enjoyed in homes and also in the many public coffee houses. Coffee houses quickly became such an important center for the exchange of information that they were often referred to as “Schools of the Wise.”
Coffee Comes to Europe
By the 17th century, coffee had made its way to Europe and was becoming popular across the continent. Despite the controversy, coffee houses were quickly becoming centers of social activity and communication in the major cities of England, Austria, France, Germany, and Holland.
Coffee began to replace the common breakfast drink beverages of the time — beer and wine.
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Coffee in moderation
Coffee was once believed to be a possible carcinogen. However, the evidence is consistent that coffee in moderation is associated with a lower risk of mortality.
Research found moderate ...
The way coffee is prepared matters
- Roasting reduces the number of chlorogenic acids, but other antioxidant compounds are formed.
- Instant coffee may not have the same health benefits.
- The oil in boiled coffee has cafestol and kahweol, compounds known to raise LDL, the bad cholesterol, and slightly lower HDL, the good cholesterol. However, the clinical significance of such small increases in cholesterol may be questionable.
Coffee and caffeine
- A typical 12-ounce serving of drip coffee has 200 milligrams of caffeine.
- Instant coffee has 140 milligrams of caffeine.
- Espresso has the highest concentration of caffeine, 70 milligrams per one-ounce shot, but is consumed in smaller quantities.
- Brewed decaf has caffeine too - about 8 milligrams.
- Some people have a genetic variant that slows their metabolism for caffeine and keeps them awake deep into the night.
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The Caffeinated and the Un-caffeinated
Morning commuters seem to fall into one of two categories:
- the Caffeinated: ready to take on the day—they're reading their morning papers, or checking email, or reading for plea...
Grown Ups and Coffee
By 1988 only 50 percent of the adult American population drank coffee. In 1962, average coffee consumption was 3.12 cups per day; by 1991 had dropped to 1.75 cups per day.
At the onset of the 1980s, coffee growers and retailers realized that the current 20-29-year-old generation had little interest in coffee, which they associated with their parents and grandparents.
Coffee And the "Me" Generation
For the coffee industry to survive, it needed a new marketing strategy. The consumer was changing and coffee-players needed to pay attention.
Crucial questions the 'me' generation will ask: "What's in it for me? Is the product 'me'? Is it consistent with my lifestyle? Do I like how it tastes? What will it cost me? Is it convenient to prepare?"