What you see is what you get? Not always. Always read the label carefully to ensure that you get 100% Kona coffee, and not just Hawaiian coffee beans mixed with other varieties. There are plenty of places to find Hawaii Kona Coffee online, but try to get it from a reputable Hawaiin company in order [...]

[/caption] Initially the roasted coffee bean seeds were ground by hand or in a mill. Later coffee grinders were invented so that factories could not only roast the beans but also grind them. Some people prefer to grind their own coffee beans, which made way for [...]

In the early days green coffee beans were roasted in frying pans. As often the outside was burnt while the inside was still raw, the next innovation was to roast them in little cylinders that could be turned around by a crank; just like the lotto machine. This way the beans could be roasted evenly.

Coffee is made from the beans (seeds) from the red coffee berry of the coffee plant. These plants grow within a 1000 miles range from the equator, with prominent producers like Brazil, Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Uganda, Ethiopia, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. Most coffee is consumed in areas where the coffee trees don’t grow, such as [...]

Coffea Arabica and Coffea Robusta There are about 60 different types (species) of coffee plants. The most well-known are the worlds most “popular” tree Coffea Arabica (80% of our coffee comes from this tree) and Coffea Robusta. Coffea Arabica is also known as Coffea Canephora. The Arabica plant originated in Ethiopia, and is still grown in [...]

Coffee beans contain a chemical called caffeine, which has a stimulating effect on the body: it gives people an energy boost and makes them more alert. Too much coffee can make people nervous, though, and may cause insomnia (difficulty sleeping). This is one of the reasons why decaffeinated coffee has earned its place on store [...]

Until the late 1700s people in North America were primarily drinking tea. That is, until 1773 when a group of about 50 men boarded English ships in the Boston harbour to empty 343 tea chests into the water because the British King George III had imposed a high tax on all imported goods – including [...]