VIDEO: How to Make a Great Cup of Coffee

3 Minutes To Perfection

SmartCup introduces XPress, the first single-use, single-serve French Press, which resides in a recyclable lid that has a built-in press and fits standard 16 and 20 oz. hot cups.

VIDEO: XPress Lid is Easy to Use, Fun and Profitable

The XPress lid is an easy way to deliver a superior tasting and personalized coffee or tea beverage to your customers.

The XPress Lid system can turn your store into a destination location while increasing your profits. It not only allows you to serve the exact beverage your customer wants (not just what is currently being brewed), it improves your ability to offer your customers a chance to sample your inventory.

Stay Fit: With A Steaming Cup of Coffee

ScienceDaily.com Reports on Health Benefits of Coffee

Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as “the devil’s brew,” coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially biologically active compounds (eg, polyphenols) that may promote health.

For instance, observational studies have suggested a beneficial link between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes.

Interviews with Coffee Business Leaders

Interviews with Coffee Business Leaders
By Melissa J. Pugash

As the global coffee industry enters a new decade, we encounter new challenges as well as opportunities for unprecedented growth. To help guide us through these uncharted waters, we’ve asked top-level representatives from the green sector, roasting companies and trade associations to share their perspective on where the industry is going and offer their insight into how stakeholders from “seed to cup” can achieve their maximum potential.

What Are the Coffee Aromas?

Roasting coffee transforms the chemical and physical properties of green coffee beans into roasted coffee products. The roasting process is what produces the characteristic flavor of coffee by causing the green coffee beans to expand and to change in color, taste, smell, and density.

Coffee aroma is responsible for all coffee flavor attributes other than the mouthfeel and sweet, salt, bitter, and sour taste attributes that are perceived by the tongue.

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Tea & Coffee Journal

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French Press 101

If you’re a coffee fanatic you probably use a French press coffee pot. It’s a simple design that makes great coffee quickly and easily.

Many consider coffee from a French press to be divine. It’s a rich creamy and full of coffee flavor. The reason? The coffee oils aren’t trapped in a paper filter or burned in a percolator. The coffee floats up lazily from the press and forms a rich, thick brew that tastes like a heavy cream in the mouth.

Preparation
A French press requires coffee of a coarser grind than does a drip brew coffee filter, as finer grounds will seep through the press filter and into the coffee. Coffee is brewed by placing the coffee and water together, stirring it and leaving to brew for a few minutes, then pressing the plunger to trap the coffee grounds at the bottom of the beaker.