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Basics
- Every coffee bean is a seed from a coffee cherry.
- 2 common coffee roasting methods are hot-air roasting and drum-roasting.
- A darker roast contains less caffeine and is less acidic (coffee acidity refers to the taste sensation). Suitable for espresso. While a very dark roast has a smoky flavor and is suitable for brewed coffee.
- 1 shot or 1 solo equals 1 to 1.5 ounce of coffee in a demitisse cup.
- 2 shots are also called double shots.
- Espresso is prepared by passing very hot water through finely grounded coffee very quickly, usually with the help of an espresso machine.
- Hot coffee should be consumed hot.
- Coffee beans or coffee powder tends to absorb strong odours emitted from food such as garlic or fish.
Types of coffee
- Caffe Americano
1 to 2 shots of espresso with hot water.
- Cappuccino
Espresso with steamed milk, frothed milk and topped with either cocoa, cinnamon powder or nutmeg.
- Caffe Latte
1 shot of espresso with steamed milk.
- Caffe Macchiato
1 shot of espresso topped with steamed milk. Served in a tiny cup. A favourite with the Italians.
- Caffe Mocha
Caffe Latte or cappuccino with chocolate syrup.
- Flat white
Espresso topped with hot milk. Served in a cappuccino cup.
- Ristretto
A very short expresso. Has a strong flavor and aftertaste. Served in short glass or an espresso cup.
- Kopi-O
A traditional brew of black strong coffee found in traditional coffeeshops in Asian countries such as Singapore and Malaysia. Coffee is roasted with corn or maize.
- Semi
Any coffee drink with semi-skimmed milk
- Skinny
Any coffee drink with skimmed milk.
Unusual coffee uses
Coffee & caffeine talk
- Coffee is an addictive drug. Like cocaine, caffeine is a stimulant of the central nervous system.
- It can cause or worsen health problems such as anxiety, tension headaches, migraines, PMS, insomnia, fibrocystic breasts, increased heart palpitations (cardiac arrhythmia), high blood pressure, seizure disorder, prostate problems, gastrointestinal and urinary disorders.
- Drinking coffee reduces the production of melatonin, a hormone that promotes sleep by 50% every 6 hours. This can interfere with restful sleep.
- Due to coffee's diuretic effects, the body will require more water to be drunk so as to replace lost fluids, otherwise when the body is dehydrated, the liver has to work harder.
- Decaffeinated coffee is not better than regular coffee. Both are acid-forming, i.e. each becomes pure acid in the body which not only burdens but irritates the stomach as well. When acid-forming food enters the stomach, the stomach has to go to heavy secretion of stomach acid (hydrochloric acid).
- Both regular coffee and decaffeinated coffee can cause hemorrhoids to flare up.
- Drinking coffee on an empty stomach increases the level of stomach acid and this can cause stomach pain almost instantly in sensitive individuals.
- According authors Harey and Marilyn Diamond of Fit for Life (Warner Bks, 1987), coffee consumed with food forces the food to leave the stomach prematurely and slows down the motility of the intestines. Undigested food in a slowly functioning intestinal tract is a major contributor to constipation.
- A cup of coffee takes 24 hours to pass through the kidneys and urinary tract.
- Coffee is known to have an adverse effect on the secretion of the female hormone estrogen. Estrogen is linked to healthy bone strength.
- Coffee used in enemas allows the caffeine to stimulate the liver and gallbladder to remove toxins, cleanse the colon of toxic bulid-up and open bile ducts.
- Coffee crops are not spared from pesticides and herbicides so that means coffee beans carry with them harmful chemicals.
- A good coffee alternative is green tea and a good substitute is roast dandelion root (also known as dandelion coffee).
Overcome coffee addiction
- According to Dr. Ralph Heinicke, xeronine is an alkaloid synthesized in the body and plays a key role at cellular level. When we take in foreign alkaloids like nicotine, cocaine, heroin and caffeine, which mimick xeronine's natural function, the body's proteins adapt to them and alter the need of xeronine to an unnatural need for foreign alkaloids. To overcome this addiction, flood your body with xeronine just like you originally flooded the body with foreign alkaloid.
At present noni is known to be the best source of proxeronine (a precursor to xeronine).
To treat this addiction, place a few drops of noni juice under the tongue every hour. This will release proxeronine straight into the bloodstream from the soft tissue under the tongue.
Note : The body does not get addicted to xeronine and thus noni is not addictive.
In 76 Ways to Use Noni Fruit Juice (Direct Source, 2001) Ms. Isabelle Navarre-Brown shares how to ease withdrawal symptoms from coffee (or drugs, nicotine and alcohol) by taking noni juice in different doses. Noni will reduce the physical and psychological need for coffee.
More about noni.
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Books & articles
No-coffee cafe
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"The decaffeinating process usually requires a highly caustic chemical solvent that permeates the bean, which you ingest. It takes one cup of coffee or tea twenty-four hours to pass through the kidneys and urinary tract."
"Most certainly coffee decaffeinated with water or non-chemical methods is better than the chemically decaffeinated, but that should not give license to drinking it. It is still acid-forming - that's the problem."
"The blood is slightly alkaline, with a pH of 7.35 to 7.40.
...Coffee and tea happen to be pure acid in the body. The more acid in the blood, the more the body will retain water in an attempt to neutralize it. This adds weight to your body."
- Harey Diamond, Fit for Life (Warner Bks, 1987)
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