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Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it is hard to go back to sleep.Mushroom Coffee
Apart from being great-tasting and providing the body with the caffeine, it needs to function optimally, coffee is long recognized as having different health benefits if you consume it at a reasonable paste. Still, there are some people who cannot...
read moreCan Caffeine Battle Hangover
Hangovers may be the body's way of sharply reminding people about the hazards of alcohol overindulgence. It’s actually a physiological group effort: Diarrhea, fatigue, nausea, headache, and shaking are the classic hangover symptoms.At times, the...
read moreHow to Keep Coffee Beans Fresh
If you want to enjoy a delicious and aromatic cup of coffee, always use fresh and high-quality beans.Have you ever tried storing packaged beans with a degassing valve? They stay fresh for about fifteen days in the sealed bag. But, the ground coffee...
read moreEating Coffee Beans
Raw coffee beans are edible-despite its grassy or woody taste, they are safe to eat. Some people eat them unflavored because of the range of health benefits, while others prefer chocolate-coated coffee beans.The taste actually depends on the beans...
read moreHow to Make Pour Over Coffee
While some coffee lovers consider hand-pouring water over your coffee grounds as an arduous task, this method ensures that your coffee is evenly extracted and you have full control of its coffee to water ratio. The resulting coffee has no bitter...
read moreFeeling Nauseous After Drinking Coffee
Do you love a great cup of coffee but sometimes feel dizzy afterward? Coffee can leave you feeling a bit queasy, especially if you drink it before breakfast. Find out the reasons why you may feel nauseous after a latte, cappuccino, or even an...
read moreHow Much Coffee For a 30 Cup Percolator
One of the best secrets to a great tasting coffee is proper coffee brewing ratio. You may buy the finest Kona coffee, but if the brewing is not done correctly, you’ll ruin the otherwise excellent coffee.Yes, you may have purchased first-rate coffee...
read moreAmericano VS Latte
[/ez-toc]Are you one of those people who can't get through a morning without a cup of coffee? Coffee shops offer many coffee drink options and if you’re not a coffee fanatic, choosing a caffeinated drink to spice up your day can be a little confusing. Two...
read moreHealth Benefits of Coffee & Resistance to Addiction
There are two types of people in the world – the coffee drinkers and non-drinkers! Well, coffee is the aptest dynamic to divide the world’s population into these two popular categories.Coffee is the world’s most popular beverage and is drunk by a...
read moreHow to Use a Camping Coffee Percolator
The truth is that a cup of coffee tastes extremely good over a campfire or when you wake up to a chilly morning after a night under the stars. But coffee is not just coffee; you need a quality cup of Joe when at the campsite. In fact, you need it...
read moreDifference Between Decaf and Regular Coffee
Decaf is just like regular coffee, except for its very small amount of caffeine content, which is about 7 mg per cup, compared to most regular coffee blends with at least 70 mg of caffeine.The regular coffee beans go through the decaffeination...
read moreBest Coffee for French Press
The humble French Press can produce some of the best tasting coffee you’ll have in your entire life… if you know how to use it right. Choosing the right beans is the first and most important step to a texture-rich and aroma-full cup of coffee....
read moreHow to Flavor Coffee
While there are many coffee purists who advocate and stand by black, black and black, it cannot be denied that adding a new extra ingredient to your cup of coffee once in a while provides a welcomed change. We have compiled several different and...
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Best Coffee Maker Under $100
Is there anything worse than falling in love with a new coffee maker and then realizing it will cost more than all your kitchen appliances put together? If you care about coffee, you might have assumed that finding a good coffee maker is going to...
read moreThe Difference Between Cold Brew and Iced Coffee
Although cold brew is cold coffee, it's certainly not iced coffee. Cold brew is made using cold water, is less bitter, and less acidic. Typically, cold brew is more expensive compared to iced coffee. On the other hand, iced coffee is made using...
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How to Clean a Grinder
If you are a coffee lover, a burr grinder should form an essential part of your brewing arsenal. It ensures that you get a quality cup of Joe all the time. It should, therefore, be no big surprise if you get hugely disappointed with your cup of...
read moreThe Best Kona Coffee In the World
One little word and all the coffee lovers in the room go a bit wild! Kona coffee is award-winning, delicious, and extremely expensive. There are Kona fan clubs, Kona addicts and, unfortunately, Kona scams. As Coffee Dorks, we love Kona. Like a fine wine or...
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Best Espresso Machine Under $500
In 2008, a new Mastrena espresso machine was made for Starbucks… at just under $18,000 per machine. Over a decade later, and some estimates put Starbucks’ new espresso machines at costing around $40,000 each. So, is an espresso maker that costs...
read moreBest Espresso Beans
After hours of carefully selecting a grinder for consistency. Weeks of experimenting with pounds of coffee beans to get the right grind coarseness. Thousands of YouTube videos watched to master your tamping technique. It all comes down to one extraction. And…...
read morePour Over Coffee VS Drip
What makes pour over coffee different from drip coffee? While both of them involve pouring water over coffee grounds and they almost look the same, these two brewing methods produce very different results. Pour Over Brewing MethodPourover is the...
read moreWhat Makes Espresso Machines So Expensive
The most expensive espresso machine could cost around $20,000, but do you really need to spend that much to perfect the master of espresso? Probably not.Also, the best is not always the most expensive, so you have to factor in the quality and other factors to...
read moreBest Programmable Coffee Makers For 2019
Some coffee connoisseurs have a bad habit of turning their noses up at programmable coffee makers. But not us at Coffee Dorks. Yes, there are some terrible coffee makers out there that produce cup after cup of tasteless brown sludge… but then...
read moreNutmeg In Coffee – Spice Up Your Day
If you’re not a coffee purist, but you don’t mind adding an extra ingredient to a delicious brew, you might consider adding nutmeg for a different taste. This warming and delicious spice from the inner seeds of nutmeg trees are invading the coffee scene as...
read moreCan You Grind Coffee Beans In a Food Processor?
Do you know that you can get a nearly espresso-worthy grind with a food processor? Just use the processor’s medium-fine grind to work on your coffee beans for a few minutes until you reach the grind consistency of your choice. What Ground Should...
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