How do you take yours?
Many people start their day with a hot cup of coffee. The United States is the largest consumer of coffee, consuming about 400 million cups each day. How do you take yours?
Wrestling with Starbucks : conscience, capital, cappuccino
Kim Fellner.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
"Say "Starbucks" and people start talking. From Paris, France, to Paris, Texas, Tampa to Tokyo, perfect strangers will gladly debate the merits of Starbucks coffee and the meaning of Starbucks in modem life. In Wrestling with Starbucks, an investigation into Starbucks' ethos and actions, social justice activist Kim Fellner asks how a coffeehouse chain with a liberal reputation came to symbolize, for some, the ills of globalization Fellner takes readers on an expedition into the muscle and soul of the coffee company. She finds a corporation filled with contradictions: between employee-friendly processes and anti-union practices; between an internationalist vision and a longing for global dominance; between community individuality and cultural conformity."--BOOK JACKET.
God in a cup : the obsessive quest for the perfect coffee
Michaele Weissman.
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.
"In God in a Cup, journalist and late-blooming adventurer Michaele Weissman treks into an exotic and paradoxical realm of specialty coffee where the successful traveler must be part passionate coffee connoisseur, part ambitious entrepreneur, part activist, and part Indiana Jones. Her guides on the journey are the nation's most heralded coffee business hotshots - Counter Culture's Peter Giuliano, Intelligentsia's Geoff Watts, and Stumptown's Duane Sorenson." "Weissman tells the tale of an odyssey she shares with these and other brash visionaries who devote themselves to coffee with near-religious fervor, unquenchable energy, and geek-like attention to detail. This journey through the rituals and rivalries of today's ultra-premium coffee business begins in a sweltering Central American hotel, where "cupping" competition judges sniff and spit their way through hundreds of cups, detecting tobacco, chocolate, and blueberry in the brews."--BOOK JACKET.
Coffee creations
Gwin Grogan Grimes.
Tucson, Ariz. : Rio Nuevo Publishers, c2008.
Ol #233; for caf #233; ! A newcomer to the Cook West Series, "Coffee Creations" puts a fresh Western spin on an old favorite flavor. Instead of a plain cup of coffee, try Va-va-vanilla Espresso. Entice your teens out of bed with the tempting aroma of Coffee Glazed Bacon or warm Coffee Cinnamon Rolls. Dazzle guests at Sunday brunch with Cappuccino Swirl Bread, or impress them with a dash of your own special Coffee Liqueur after dinner. With 50 recipes ranging from Coffee Fajita Marinade to Cowboy Pinto Beans to clever holiday gift ideas, "Coffee Creations" is a coffee lover's dream. 20 color photos.
How Starbucks saved my life : a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else
by Michael Gates Gill.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2008.
- Originally published: New York : Gotham Books, c2007.
- "Unabridged"--T. p. verso.
Coffee is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the one of several species of coffee plant. One of these species Coffea arabica is considered by many to produce the best coffee of the commercially grown coffee species.
Interestingly, coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia where it was growing wild. Currently, coffee plants are cultivated in many parts of the world including Java, Sumatra, India, Arabia, Vietnam, Hawaii, Mexico, Central and South America. Brazil is the top world producer of coffee beans.There are over 100 types of coffees sold worldwide by coffee producers.
The niche of marketing flavored coffees has increased coffee consumption. The rich aroma added by cinnamon, French vanilla, or chocolate cream creates a pleasing atmosphere when sipping a nice, hot, brewed cup of flavored coffee.
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Caffeine Comparative (mg)
1c brewed coffee 100
1 shot expresso 80-100
1c instant coffee 70
1c decaffeinated coffee 1-5
1c tea 40
1 can caffeinated soda 38-45
1c cocoa 5 |
Many coffee lovers enjoy it because coffee contains caffeine, a substance that acts as a stimulant on the nervous system. Some people prefer to drink a decaffinated coffee in order to drink coffee and not have it as a stimulant. The benefits and hazards of all types of coffee continue to be debated.
Ask people 'how do you take yours?' and you will get many different answers.
- Some like their coffee from lightly roasted coffee beans; other coffee drinkers want theirs roasted medium or dark. Espresso drinkers look forward to the darkest roasts.
- The degree of roasting is not the only difference. Do you like your coffee hot or cold; dripped, perculated, or instant?Do you want it without anything in it; or do you ask for milk, cream, sugar, or one of the many flavors that are now added to coffee?
- And don't forget the coffee fans of latte or cappuccino. The blending of expresso coffee and steamed milk help create a delicious and soothing blend to enjoy.
Whatever your preference, coffee lovers abound in busy cafes or coffeehouses around the world. The conversations found here are likely to be as stimulating as the coffee.
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Article by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
