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Fillers You Didn’t Know Is in Your Coffee

Illustration by Business Insider.

Illustration by Business Insider.

Your morning coffee may not just be as pure as you think. According to Business Insider:

Cream and sugar may not be the only additives in your morning cup of coffee. Tough growing conditions and rising demand are leading some coffee producers to mix in wheat, soybean, brown sugar, rye, barley, acai seeds, corn, twigs and even dirt.

The filler ingredients are natural and don’t pose any immediate health risks for most people. But these additives could be a serious problem for people with soy or wheat allergies, said Suzana Lucy Nixdorf, a researcher at Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Brazil.

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Types of Coffee Drinkers

Thanks to Mashable for these wonderful illustrations that nail the coffee addicts we all know.

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Quote of the Week

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“I never laugh until I’ve had my coffee.” – Clark Gable

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Coffee Helps You Burn More When Working Out

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Here’s more reason to love coffee and for those who want to lose weight. According to Health Magazine, a recent Spanish study, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism found that:

…trained athletes who took in caffeine pre-exercise burned about 15% more calories for three hours post-exercise, compared to those who ingested a placebo. The dose that triggered the effect was 4.5 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight. For 150-pound woman (68 kg), that’s roughly 300 mg of caffeine, the amount in about 12 ounces of brewed coffee, a quantity you may already be sipping each morning.

 

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Video: Why Starbucks Spells Your Name Wrong

Comedian, Paul Gale gives us a hilarious insight into this phenomenon.

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Published September 9, 2014 by

Chocolate Lavazza Coffee Cake

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Delicious accompaniment to any coffee or tea!

Ingredients

  • 100 g (3.5 oz) of pastry flour
  • 120 g (4.2 oz) butter
  • 100 g (3.5 oz) sugar
  • 3 tablespoons bitter cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 sachet of baking powder
  • 1 large cup of Lavazza ground coffee with very little sugar
  • Milk
  • Salt

Put the butter in the mixer at room temperature and add the sugar (keep 1 tablespoon of sugar) and blend at low-speed until the mixture is frothy. Add the lightly beaten eggs, flour, 2 level spoons of bitter cocoa powder and a pinch of salt. Add 2 spoons of milk followed by the baking powder. Pour the mixture into a buttered oven dish, sprinkle uniformly with a mixture obtained by mixing 1 spoonful of cocoa and 1 of sugar. Finish off by quickly pouring in the cooled coffee. Place in the oven at 180°C (355°F) for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve the cake cut into slices, completing the dish with the coffee cream formed on the bottom of the oven dish. To change the dessert’s presentation you can cook the mixture in single-portion moulds, to obtain small cocoa and coffee cake muffins. In this case reduce the cooking time to 20-25 minutes. Yields 4 servings.

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Choosing the Right Equipment for Your Shop

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Coffee shop equipment offers the highest return on any investment in your business. Choosing the right equipment will help you prepare delicious, high-quality drinks that will make your customers keep  coming back for more. At Cappuccino Connection, we carry the following high-end equipment for your shop:

  • Espresso Machines
  • Pannini Sandwich Grills
  • Grinders
  • Coffee Brewers
  • Blendtec Blenders

Brands include Nuova Simonelli, Blendtec and Vita-Mix Blenders, BUNN Brewers, and more. Request a full catalog or call us at 1-800-249-0011 for pricing and leasing information.

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Why Your Coffee Shop Should Move Next to Starbucks

11111-national-starbucks-jobsDo you feel intimidated against megabrands such as Starbucks? Don’t be. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, a new study recently found that Starbucks don’t kill local coffee shop business, it actually increases sales:

The study, which was published in the Journal of Marketing Research, found that when a bookstore advertised that its “main competitors are large multi-billion dollar corporations,” people were more likely to buy books and to spend more money on them than if no competitor was mentioned. And when the participants were offered $1 or a chocolate bar as compensation for being in the study, they opted for the chocolate when they thought it was facing a challenge from a larger candy company.

The study also suggests that coffee shops that are closer to Starbucks tend to have higher reviews on Yelp. The researchers found that when people reviewing a Peet’s Coffee & Tea store mentioned Starbucks more often, the overall rating of the Peet’s store increased.

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Banana and Macadamia Smoothie

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Create this healthy, smooth and delicious beverage!

Ingredients

  • 2 frozen bananas
  • 100g macadamia nuts
  • 60ml Monin Macadamia Nut Syrup
  • 300ml milk (soy milk tastes great!)
  • 200ml plain yoghurt
  • 1 banana, halved lengthways

Place frozen bananas, 1/2 the macadamia nuts, the yoghurt and milk in a blender and blend for several minutes. Chop the remaining macadamia nuts and put on a plate. Coat the banana halves in the nuts. Stand the banana half in each glass and then pour in the smoothie. Serves 2.

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